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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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For CEOs, Safe Decisions Aren’t Always Safe

N2Growth Blog

Organizations have incubated a generation of leaders who believe their job is to make safe decisions, not to rock the boat, and to protect people’s feelings, when those leaders rise the office of chief executive their default settings for risk aversion become magnified. Being politically correct rarely solves problems – it exacerbates them.

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11 Secrets of Tactful and Diplomatic Selling - CEO Blog - Time.

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 03, 2010 11 Secrets of Tactful and Diplomatic Selling A friend of mine talked to me about internal family business politics. 3 - Let the idea incubate. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. 2 - Speak highly of everyone.

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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. TFA stands out as a prolific spawner of entrepreneurial leadership in education. Learn more about the Advanced Leadership Initiative.

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How Managers Can Avoid Playing Favorites

Harvard Business Review

. “With good reasons, you default to the people you consider to be excellent colleagues, the people you can rely on and enjoy,” says Karen Dillon, author of the HBR Guide to Office Politics. He says his approach to leadership has evolved. But when managers favor one employee over another, morale and productivity suffer.

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The Fringe Beats the Mainstream

Harvard Business Review

This has been an explosive summer — markets in turmoil, cities in flames, politics in meltdown. Paul Gudgin, the Fringe's artistic director from 1999 to 2007 (and who now advises festivals around the world), calls the event "the world's greatest artistic incubator."

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

Even in this era of political gridlock there is agreement in Congress that entrepreneurs need support. For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve. Americans understand this, but do their economic policymakers?