Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The real question is: are you willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices necessary to take on the responsibility of a leadership position? The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go? with the simple statement “the answer is irrelevant.&#

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Timur would then go on to alternate between leadership positions like these to staff positions as he advanced his career, later joining the Army Reserve. . “My Following his initial tour of duty, he spent time in the private sector but was recalled in 2009. First, I became very comfortable in a leadership role,” Timur said. “At

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Regardless of whether or not they have served in the military, today’s business leaders would be well served to possess the characteristics of a warrior in their pursuit to achieve sustainable growth and long-term success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Not only is true influence not difficult to acquire, but it is also sustainable when you understand the proper constructs. What are some ways that influence can be possessed by my leadership staff? i.e. Will my employees ever respect/lean on an assistant manager rather than the manager?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

Of the 8 core principles of More Human leadership , it’s #6 - Measuring, monitoring and managing with the right metrics - that presents the biggest “nuts and bolts” challenge to any leader. The answer, as this leadership short story shows, is to think green. Lead well! Leadership'

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Whether you’re assessing the strength of a personal or corporate brand, finding the appropriate level of brand exposure is key to sustainable growth in brand equity. As I stated above, having an underexposed brand, or what I like to refer to as having a brand in stealth mode, means that you really don’t have much of a brand.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All businesses have competition, serve stakeholders and other various constituencies, and must do certain things to avoid failure while on the path to creating a sustainable endeavor. What I do vehemently dispute is the assertion that a particular nuance is reasonable justification for flawed business logic to prevail.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. However my question to you is this: What is leadership without action? Sound harsh?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Simply put, the savvy and sophistication of your messaging will have a direct impact on the sustainability of your tenure as a chief executive. CEOs who become recognized as great leaders are prepared, articulate, consistent, and crisp in their messaging. They speak with authority, clarity, and certitude.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Both scalable and non-scalable businesses can achieve growth and sustainable success. If your employees cannot simply and effectively explain what you do you have problems. The last point I want to cover is that of growth as it relates to dumb businesses. However it is important to understand the distinction between the two.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

What can a classroom full of bright-eyed and energized kindergartners teach you about leadership? I decided to use this as research into the minds of 6 year olds and to see what leadership attributes the kids had acquired over the months. Jim’s passion is enabling product marketing teams. My wife is a gifted Kindergarten teacher.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

What struck me the first time I listened to this podcast is how beautifully these principles apply to product management, to leadership and to life in general. During this conversation Larry shares the strategies that have made his teams successful through the years. In life we all write the script of the final person we want to be.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

I believe it is the experience (or promise thereof) that creates and sustains a relationship. You engage your employees through leadership, coaching and training. The initial concept behind CRM was to integrate experience with management, which was a great idea, but in all practicality, rarely exists in most companies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

A lesson that I learned long ago is that you simply cannot experience sustainable improvement without transformation. True game changers are built with velocity and sustainability in mind. Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Cost cutting and process improvements always have their place, but on their own accord don't constitute a sustainable business model. We did not formulate our own style but tweaked it to our leadership style and vision plan. What say you? Many things in the church world do cross over. In the Bible belt this is very questionable.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The deepest concerns that are facing us, population control, climate change , leadership and flexibility in the workplace call out to women to take charge. It is a strong responsibility of women to be heard because we know that the “dominate and conquer” model of living, of making a living is not sustainable. It’s hard to hide, and.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin With just a few weeks left in 2009 you have no-doubt spent time thinking about the events of the past year and the growth and changes that have resulted. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved.&# -Seth Godin “Leadership is more than influence.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. Here's link to a post of mine a couple of years ago: Dan Nigro, Rick Rescorla and the Leadership Lessons of 9/11 [link]. We owe deep debts of honor to so many people for their service on that horrendous day, and in the years afterward.

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Battery Ventures

AUGUST 4, 2020

A 35-year industry veteran who had a front-row seat for most of tech’s major transition points, René cut his teeth at giants including Ingres, Oracle, Business Objects, SAP, Salesforce and others before joining Palo Alto Networks in 2009. Battery Ventures provides investment advisory services solely to privately offered funds.

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

By managing the invisibles together with the visible figures, a high performance, sustainable and scalable organization is built.” - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture.

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QAspire

JULY 14, 2010

Selflessness is at the core of great leadership. Truly organic leadership is one that: - creates best value - is sustainable - is not harmful to the culture and quality of the organization - produces nontoxic output By Tanmay , July 15, 2010 @ 1:07 pm @Setu Vora - Thanks for adding those brilliant points. Excellent Post.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With all this, they might get the first assignment with a customer, but never a sustainable engagement. Focus too much on preaching. Undermine people at times or just don’t get along well with others. I think it’s not only business specific. Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 15, 2018

Back in 2009 I read a piece in the New York Times by David Brooks about Vaillant and the study , in response to a longer piece published in the Atlantic about the same time entitled “ What Makes Us Happy ” written by Joshua Wolf . Well, not exactly. It doesn’t always work that way.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 21, 2011

Categories : Uncategorized 1 Comments 1 sandrar September 10th, 2009 at 1:59 pm Hi! Why not nominate her on the Veuve Clicquot website ? I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

Delivering great experiences through people, processes and leadership comes with a cost, but that cost is far less than the cost of losing a customer and then acquiring a new one all over again. Mobile service providers seems to be coming up with such improvements / innovative offers, periodically to sustain loyalty of customers.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Long term improvements (and their benefits) can be realized if you are ready to invest time in creating systems that helps you sustain, scale, deliver and create a better future for your organization, yourself and your people. - - - - - Stay tuned to QAspire Blog: Subscribe via RSS or Email, Connect via Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

We use our focus to design, plan and implement sustainable marketing strategies proven to compel others to WANT to buy. Red Zone Marketing’s “Why”: We focus our efforts on finding simple, common sense and inexpensive alternatives to creating growth in a business.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

These insights will help readers frame their quality strategy by effectively leveraging processes, people and leadership to build a customer-centric organization. Short-term gains may be a stroke of luck – but luck is has never been a sustainable strategy! The Paradox of Choices By Tanmay , November 13, 2009 @ 9:00 pm Thank you Steve!

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2020

And you're using that argument to fend off investors who are saber rattling for the cash on your balance sheet today, by arguing that paying them jeopardizes the sustainability of those cash flows tomorrow. Yes, we've seen that movie many times before in tech, and usage has a nasty habit of not converting into sustainable revenue.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Often, I was gasping for the sanity-sustaining air of business camaraderie and a sense of achievement more profound than was afforded by a successful potty training session. Women on Business Named Best Blog Finalist for 2009 Stevie Awards for Women in Business I’m pleased to announce that Women On Business was named.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 3, 2014

To further test what I had learned, I turned to business model guru and friend, Alex Osterwalder (I’ve used his Business Model Canvas since 2009 because I believe it’s one of the best methodologies out there). This post originally appeared in Harvard Business Review''s Scaling Social Impact series.

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