N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Senior leadership must champion any new initiative. Due Diligence : Just because an idea sounds good doesn’t mean it is.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

But on the other side of that equation is the influence of sound business practices, planning, due diligence, and adaptability on business success. Evaluative people can execute and sustain ventures. Former Disney Parks and Resorts executive, Lee Cockerell, often says that feedback is a gift. The answer is complicated.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The reality is that great leaders all seem to possess an innate sense of timing such that most executives have a very clear understanding of the critical role timing plays as a survival skill at the C-suite level. weeklyleader Wharton professor Mike Useem calls it the "Leadership Moment."

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

This may sound harsh, but the truth often is… I’ve witnessed far too many people in positions of leadership that wouldn’t recognize an opportunity if it hit them squarely in the face. If you cannot recognize, attract, and acquire opportunity you should not be in a leadership position. Click To Tweet.

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Lead from Within

MAY 2, 2017

But intuition is more than that…here are 4 ways our intuition really works and how it can make your leadership great again. Learn more about the intuitive leader in my new book: The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . Savvy CEOs simply aren’t in a rush to close the deal and secure the funding if it means sacrificing knowledge, experience and influence.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Many of us have confused the roles and responsibilities of the executive, legislative and judicial branches – and so have those in those branches! citizens do as much due diligence into the candidates they vote for as they do into the new TV, smartphone or car they will buy.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011. Erin Schreyer, Authentic Leadership : Could 2011 be the Year of The Incredibles?  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Unlike other executive roles, there is also the demand for a proven track record in revenue generation and driving operational efficiency. This calls for an individual with exceptional leadership qualities and cross-functional experience. It involves thoroughly understanding the company’s objectives, culture, and dynamics.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 14, 2011

Since trial and error on the job (57%) was the number one most influential thing to achieving their leadership skills , it's not surprising that these leaders were shocked once they were formally in the role. Why do some talented executives fail? More than half of leaders learned through trial and error Being Blind Sided.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s created through a process of due diligence and a deliberate effort to intentionally and consistently integrate the seven core values into the workplace. As a leader, your duty is to execute, and executing your duties will bring credibility and build trust among your team. This is leadership!

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Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

The Venture Mindset is a new mental model where failure is a must, due diligence is put on its head, dissent is encouraged, ideas are rejected in their myriads in search of a single winner, plugs are pulled, and time horizons are extended. Execution matters. So, what is the Venture Mindset? Experiment with small bets.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 7, 2010

First, let's assume you've done your due diligence on the process with your successor. That means you've decided whether or not you will coach your successor; you have hired an executive coach for those areas in which you are not an expert; and you've involved key stakeholders in determining your successor's strengths and challenges.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. Experience Gathering – Circumstances within and outside your control caused the projects to fail.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). I volunteered to be the “lucky&# laid off executive and have never looked back. Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

If stepping into a new leadership role has you feeling a little nervous, multiply that feeling by ten to estimate the apprehension rippling through your new team. ” Read more from Kellogg Executive Education: How “Brainwriting” Can Get Better Ideas Out of Your Team. Learn more about leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

Making these shifts requires increased attention to organizational governance around three domains: talent, capability , and leadership. To focus that attention and transform the companies in their portfolios, PE firms are establishing a new role that we call a leadership capital partner (LCP).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

How realistic is leadership’s vision for the acquisition? With asset prices at record levels, careful due diligence is more critical than ever. As a result, they’ve become an ongoing responsibility among executive teams accountable to investors, customers, employees and their own exacting standards for success.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Jack Ma , the founder and long-time CEO of Chinese web company, Alibaba , recently announced that he is stepping down as CEO, and now we have learned that Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi will become chief executive of the company in May. Alibaba is an incredible success story. The company began in 1999 and last year had estimated revenues of $40 billion.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Four things are required: Do deeper due diligence. Find out how they made it work and double down on the due diligence. I work with executives around the globe; so being on Telepresence and Webex is a natural way we communicate. Look at leadership capabilities. You and Your Team. Hiring and Firing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

” Which helps to explain why Ellis’s book is a such a terrific case study in leadership. Furious over desertion rates, Adams suggested to an aide that they execute in each regiment every tenth man as a lesson.) Do your due diligence. ” Leadership Leadership development Managing yourself'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

His idea was to turn investor relations on its head by using regular meetings with top-class investors as something akin to due diligence. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Martin describes how executive teams carefully explore the risk of different courses of action, but neglect to make a similar assessment of the risk of staying the course. If executives on your team are endlessly asking for more information, effectively stalling any decisions or progress, try getting the team to put some boundaries in place.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Jack Ma , the founder and long-time CEO of Chinese web company, Alibaba , recently announced that he is stepping down as CEO, and now we have learned that Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi will become chief executive of the company in May. Alibaba is an incredible success story. The company began in 1999 and last year had estimated revenues of $40 billion.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Several years ago we came up with a great idea for a new leadership-development offering we thought would be valuable to everyone. But many people just get so excited about a decision they are making that they never take the time to do that simple due-diligence. We continue to find that the best executives have deep expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Anxiety, fear, even dread are among the predictable reactions in the executive suite and boardroom when they unexpectedly appear. Because it was the “mother of all decisions,” it was also one whose execution could have been slowed or even stalled by its own gravity. Brown conducted the due diligence required of a director candidate.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Hopefully then, we can agree that while the principle of performance review is sound, where it often falls short is in the execution of the process. In our top-down, manager-knows-all world, we’re a long way from coaching by the leadership being a required skill. So, what to do? This is as it should be. A conversation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). He offered development opportunities to those who were short on the skills needed to execute the strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

” Which helps to explain why Ellis’s book is a such a terrific case study in leadership. Furious over desertion rates, Adams suggested to an aide that they execute in each regiment every tenth man as a lesson.) Do your due diligence. ” Leadership Leadership development Managing yourself'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models. This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Common pitfalls are a lack of cultural understanding between the integrating parties, poor integration leadership, and a focus on the wrong activity set or the wrong targets. In efficient M&A situations, steps 1-3 would be considered in detail before deal closure, with steps 4 and 5 executed post-close.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2015

“You must understand the person as she is,” says Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at global executive search firm Egon Zehnder and author of It’s Not the How or the What but the Who. One of the greatest mistakes you can make is failing to do your due diligence. Do your homework.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

This requires due diligence, says Younger. “Don’t walk away, and don’t give up,” he says, “Work your way up the food chain and take it to the top” of the executive leadership if you need to. Be persistent about seeking payment, advises Younger.

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