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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They often don’t possess the skill sets to add value to the initiatives they want to control. Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. That’s about it. Transfer ideas and allocate resources and get out of the way.&#

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

  Center for Creative Leadership : Fundamental Four: Core Leadership Skills for Every Career Stage - It is safe to say that different levels of leadership require varying skill sets in order to be successful in that given position. Lisa Rosendahl, Simply Lisa : Succession Planning. Fascinating.

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Possibility Maximizer: The Conference Board

Sales Wolf Blog

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.  I cannot recommend highly enough that you head over and check it out for yourself!

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To Lead Change, Explain the Context

Harvard Business Review

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. pursuing adjacent markets, making acquisitions) and significant contractions (e.g. downsizing, divestitures, program cancellations) several times over the course of just a few years. This case isn’t the exception.

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Great CEOs See the Importance of Being Understood

Harvard Business Review

While the incumbent customer lexicon wasn’t abandoned, it neither drove nor literally defined how marketers and innovators talked about the people they were serving. Welch, says Lane, ruthlessly and relentlessly reviewed ever senior level presentation his top team made there.

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There Is No Career Ladder

Harvard Business Review

Jack Welch laid off thousands, "de-layering," as some people called it. For example if you are a financial analyst, consider other analyst positions in your company, perhaps in market research or sales. Horizontal experience can also broaden your skills, which improves your chances of moving up. Prove you can handle a promotion.

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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.