1. The Dark Side of Leadership - ClearWater Blog. Which personality "dark side" are you?

   Explore Article ClearWater (Mar 16 2010) CEO Leadership

   Clinical Term – Narcissism, Charisma; Conviction; confidence; Courage; Energy; Untouchable mentality, Arrogance; Belief in own press; Overbearing; Lack of remorse; Inability to learn from mistakes ... The CEO sought our advice. Our assessment was that M's profile was not suitable for a strategic integrative role. His skills were more as an entrepreneurial sole operator. The tough uncompromising style that made M a success in the first place, was likely to do more harm ... (Read Full Article)
   

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2. The Fallacy of No. "Yes" is not a sign of weakness so go ahead and lead with it!

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Mar 15 2010)

   By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth There seems to be a popular movement afoot that believes the word “no” is the super antidote to the far inferior word “yes.” There are many popular axioms espousing the benefits of learning to use the word no with greater frequency. In fact, there are some very bright people that [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Play To Win: Mike talks about competing as a Chief Executive

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Mar 11 2010)

   By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Today’s message is not likely to please the politically correct, nor will it mollycoddle the timid. I’m not going to address competing or playing nicely, rather I’m going to deal very bluntly with the topic of winning. Want to succeed? It’s easier than you might think…just don’t quit. Strip away the [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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4. Is Anger #Management BS? Steve Tobak analyzes bad boss behavior. Are you a bad boss?

   Explore Article Business Blogs (Mar 10 2010)

   Rant and rave at employees? Throw gadgets at the IT guy? Act out childhood issues on unsuspecting coworkers? If it doesn't get you fired, that behavior will likely land you in anger management class. But nobody knows if they do any good and I'm not sure anyone cares. (Read Full Article)
   

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5. Why Do Businesses Fail? Mike talks about the 10 points of sound executive leadership.

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Mar 10 2010) CEO Leadership

   By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Why do business fail? Given the current state of the economy, I would say it’s a safe bet that many of you have pondered the answer to this question as we watch companies close their doors on a daily basis. The unfortunate reality is that well more than 50% of all new business ventures fail [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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6. Aspiring Leaders: Stay Focused on the Big Picture and forget the petty, little stuff. Life's big and short.

   Explore Article Business Blogs (Mar 9 2010)

   The less you get yourself all worked up about workplace politics, who makes what and all that, and the more you focus on taking risks, meeting goals, making numbers, and pleasing customers, the faster you'll get into the big leagues and the bigger you'll make it once you get there. (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Do You Really Want to Be a Leader? - #MIT Sloan Management Review

   Explore Article MIT Sloan Management Review (Mar 8 2010) CEO Leadership

   Aspiring executives who wish to gauge their ultimate potential, or that of others, should ask instead: What level of leadership do they aspire to? And are they willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices required to take on the responsibilities of the position? The most senior jobs present tasks that are massive, complex and full of conflict. The playing field and rules become less certain. Indeed, part of a leader’s job is to shape these things. (Read Full Article)
   

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8. CEO Term Limits?

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Mar 5 2010) CEO Leadership

   By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion. You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a valid [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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9. In Support of Strategy

   Explore Article n2growth home page (Mar 1 2010) CEO Leadership

   By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth What’s with all the “strategy bashing” of late? How could sound strategic planning possibly be a bad thing? Things have spun so far out of control that I recently had a CEO ask: “Is strategy still relevant in today’s business world, and if so, what role does strategy play in the [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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10. Need CEO leadership skills, fast? Hire an intern

    Explore Article Taariq Lewis: Many facets of leadership (Jan 30 2010) Career Management , CEO Leadership

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    Diane Garnick, Head Strategist at Invesco, held a presentation at MIT Sloan, last fall. Her most important slide that I thought very inspiring was her Slide on “Thinking Outside the Organizational Chart”. In this slide, she gives a number of great ideas on how aspiring leaders should embrace and extend their leadership influence in the organization. My most favorite point: “One Year into the job, as for an intern.” Need leadership and people management skills, but the company doesn’t have a budget to hire a staff under you, just yet? Get an intern. Here are her tips on how to execute successful intern acquisition: (Read Full Article)
    

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