N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment Gordon. Thanks for stopping by Gordon. Clogston Hi, Mike. Once again, you have nailed it. I agree fully that, at least on a subconscious if not conscious level we are constantly judging and being judged.

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Blog Gordon Brand Media 318

Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A few years ago, I spent a weekend at a men’s retreat with Jon Gordon and that’s where I learned the power of one word. I’m shifting away from my operational and senior executive responsibilities to spend more time writing, researching, speaking, and training. The world is in desperate need of trustworthy leadership.

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Mission Statement Gordon Blanchard Energy 54

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. Dov Gordon [link] mikemyatt Hi Dov: As with other endeavors, poorly conceived or unneeded restructuring efforts will not end well. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. Understanding and respecting other’s perceptions is such a critical part of being an effective leader that absent this ability I truly believe you cannot be effective in a leadership role.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 15, 2009

The Penguins were delighted with the idea that Perry would bring a refreshing new perspective to their operation and Perry, being an ambitious sort, was equally delighted to be chosen. For a deeper view on this, check out the book “Orbiting The Giant Hairball&# by Gordon McKenzie ( [link] ). But then, the tide changed.

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Gordon Open-book Library Diversity 46

Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

He cites a passage from General Gordon Sullivan’s book, Hope Is Not a Method , that is particularly instructive. It is how successful leaders in business, in all walks of life, in fact, operate: by keeping their eyes on today and on the vision— always moving forward. Leadership is hard work. This is a powerful book.

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Chief Financial Officer Self-aware Gordon Open-book 315

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

This imperative is less about trademark than linking language to thought leadership. Under the leadership of Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove, Intel crafted the silicon lexicon of Moore’s Law, microprocessors, and megahertz that made digital innovation exponential. Customers Innovation Leadership'

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Gordon Innovation Brand Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The Gordon-Howell Report in 1959, funded by the Ford Foundation, criticized the weak scientific foundation of business education, suggesting that professors were more like quacks than serious scholars. The economics of operating large campuses, and big faculties and admin staff are inflating the costs of business education beyond reason.

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Education Drucker Globalization Trends 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership.

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Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The Gordon-Howell Report in 1959, funded by the Ford Foundation, criticized the weak scientific foundation of business education, suggesting that professors were more like quacks than serious scholars. The economics of operating large campuses, big faculties, and admin staff are inflating the costs of business education beyond reason.

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Education Drucker Gordon Scientific Management 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In private equity — the world of Bain, and LBOs, and Gordon Gekko — replacing the CEO is part of the deal. In the case of venture-funded companies, which have little operating experience and untested ideas, the bargain is both the idea and the people, with the latter more important than the former.

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Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Gordon CEO 13

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

In " Vision: Your Pathway to Victory," author Gordon D'Angelo defines "vision" as the process that brings imagination to creation. For Peter Drucker, leadership is about communicating with people , uniting them behind a shared mission and values, and mobilizing energies toward accomplishing the mission or purpose of an organization.

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Mission Statement Self-aware Gordon Drucker 163

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

When Gordon M. Less can be more when it comes to incentives. Consider how pleased you are when a friend brings a bottle of wine to your house for dinner and how different you'd feel if he offered to pay you for the meal. In the office, small gestures create a similar friendly feeling.

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Motivation Gordon Sharpe Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

After yet another painful discussion about what to do, the late Andy Grove, then Intel’s president, turned to CEO Gordon Moore and asked , “If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what do you think he would do?” Preemptive self-disruption is becoming a new normal for the serious leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

tech workers earn, research by Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego and Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business has found that while immigrants usually earn less than native-born workers across most occupations (controlling for factors like age, education, and gender), this difference tends to be smaller in STEM fields. .”

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