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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

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Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Social Media Demystified

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link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth. Thanks for the great insights Rob. link] gunnar Mike, these are great observations and so true. Thanks for sharing! admin Hi Gunnar: My pleasure Sir…thanks for stopping by. Nicely done Mike! Best wishes Sir.

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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”. Innovation Leadership Strategy' No, it’s to maximize shareholder value.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style.

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Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All

Harvard Business Review

As we in the United States juggle major structural and operational changes and try to secure our financial systems as revenues fall, we must keep our promise of safety and high quality to every patient, every time. I offer three recommendations to ensure that we keep these promises to those who depend on our leadership.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

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Never confuse power with leadership. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. The highlight of the day for me was when Jack Welch took center stage, and center stage he took. The bottom line is that I really like him, I just wished he had more new material to share.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

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Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. If I recall correctly, Jack Welch wrote that you can only have one priority, you need to pick which it will be.

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