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Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity

The Horizons Tracker

It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that a recent survey from SolarWinds found that just over half of organizations regard their cybersecurity functions as mature, with budget constraints and a lack of skills and capability to keep abreast of the ever-evolving threat landscape the key barriers to progression. You can’t buy maturity.

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That’s Not How We Do It Here!

Leading Blog

It is the story of Nadia bright and adventurous meerkat who is part of a mature clan with over 150 members. This well-managed clan has done well to date but is now faced with unprecedented problems that challenge their once reliable rules and procedures. Add to that a network-like system that spans silos and layers of hierarchy.

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Admitting the Real Problem – Even When It’s Hard

Ron Edmondson

In one of my first vocational leadership roles, I managed a large retail division of a major department store. The division had several departments within it and each department had a separate department manager. Most of the departments were efficient, profitable, and easy to manage. Sometimes it’s not a systems problem.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The diversity across markets results in a mixture of backgrounds of different belief systems, habits, and perceptions that govern the behavior of local team members. A company with a robust value system that resonates with all employees and customers will draw more people to its product.

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Transcending Skill (A Mastering Leadership Excerpt)

Lead Change Blog

Mastery in anything, from sports to the arts to leadership, requires well-practiced capability mediated by a highly mature interiority—a well-honed Outer Game arising on a highly evolved Inner Game. How mature is your inner game for the stage you are playing on, or aspire to play on? Both are essential. Leadership Process.

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Sometimes It’s Not a Systems Problem – Identifying the Real Issue

Ron Edmondson

In one of my first vocational leadership roles, I managed a large retail division of a major department store. The division had several departments within it and each department had a separate department manager. Most of the departments were efficient, profitable, and easy to manage. Sometimes it’s not a systems problem.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. By closely monitoring these controls, we can maintain a healthy Risk Immune System that allows us to effectively anticipate, identify, analyze, and act upon the ever-present possibility that things will not go as planned.

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