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Capital vs. Influence

N2Growth Blog

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. 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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5 Most Important Leadership Competencies for Function Leaders

Center for Creative Leadership

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. The leaders surveyed rated themselves in terms of their effectiveness in the 13 critical leadership competencies.

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Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

Lead Change Blog

Vans is way more than just another shoe company; it’s a worldwide influencer that’s still striking a chord with up-and-coming generations. Fortunately, leadership is all about influencing people and the future toward a greater good, and that has entrepreneurship written all over it. The best part?

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds.

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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Ken Marlin: Leadership is one of those concepts that management gurus like to throw around. Another said that leaders “influence” while managers “direct.” A fundamental premise of the Marine Corps approach to leadership is that it is inextricably linked with winning. I don’t buy it: good leaders do both.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Product management — at every level — is a leadership role within the organization. Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management.