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  • What Can You Do To Stay Entrepreneurial as Your Company Grows? [Episode 21]

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    Are you wondering how to keep the “entrepreneurial fire” going as your company grows larger?


    Successfully transforming from an entrepreneurial business to a middle market company, and on to a large company is a leadership challenge often filled with “growing pains.” How can you add people, processes, and systems that can keep you even more responsive and innovative than when your company was a smaller entrepreneurial business?
    This week we’re sharing a few of the most critical lessons we’ve learned on this issue from our own consulting experiences and from CEOs who have successfully made this transformation.
    We discuss:

    * The #1 secret for keeping your organization on the entrepreneurial track as you grow
    * The most often overlooked and/or underestimated aspects of culture that impact staying entrepreneurial
    * Three steps to overcome “growing pains” and stay responsive and innovative




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    Pamela S. Harper is founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc. She is an internationally recognized expert on business performance, an acclaimed author, and a professional speaker. She is author of the Critically acclaimed book,  Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results
     
    D. Scott Harper, Ph.D.,  is Sr. Partner with Business Advancement Inc. He is an internationally recognized innovation expert with a unique ability to blend technical and business insights. With a commitment to innovation, Scott has helped clients overcome “organizational inertia,” enabling them to become faster and more effective, gaining millions in top and bottom line growth.
     

    Resources for This Episode

    * Download the list of 8 Aspects of Corporate Culture Impacting Business Performance, from Pamela Harper’s book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock
    * About Preventing Strategic Gridlock by Pamela S. Harper
    * If this topic interests you, Request a Complimentary Introductory Consultation so we can explore if we are a match for enabling you to accelerate toward your top objectives.


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    29 min
  • What CEOs Need to Know About Emerging Trends in C-Suite – Board Relationships

    It’s time for CEOs, C-Suite Executives, and Boards to Engage in New Ways Be sure to listen to our conversation with Peter R. Gleason, President of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and a recognized expert on board leadership and corporate governance. With increasing complexity and uncertainty in the business environment, there are a number of […]

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    30 min
  • What CEOs Need to Know About Emerging Trends in C-Suite – Board Relationships [Episode 20]

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    It’s time for CEOs, C-Suite Executives, and Boards to Engage in New Ways
    Be sure to listen to our conversation with Peter R. Gleason, President of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and a recognized expert on board leadership and corporate governance.
    With increasing complexity and uncertainty in the business environment, there are a number of forces driving what is rapidly becoming a necessary shift in the relationship between CEOs, C-Suite executives, and their Boards of Directors.
    The more that all of us who lead companies, large or small, public or private, understand these issues and recommendations from the Board perspective, the more power we’ll have to build the most effective working relationships and raise the performance of our companies.
    In this episode, we discuss:

    * The forces driving new trends in board-C-Suite relationships, and the advantages of a different kind of Board / C-Suite engagement
    * Examples of the new ways in which the Board can add valuable perspective to build more powerful strategies
    * Three ideas you can immediately use for strengthening the strategic engagement of the Board and C-Suite in your own company




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    About Peter R. Gleason
    Peter Gleason is President of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the only membership organization devoted exclusively to serving the information and educational needs of corporate directors. He also oversees NACD’s Research Department, which produces guidance on leading practices to enhance board performance. Peter has served as a Commissioner on every NACD Blue Ribbon Commission report issued over the past 14 years, including the most recent releases on Strategy Development, Talent Development, and Board Diversity.
    Peter is regularly quoted in the national media, and is a frequent presenter on the subjects of corporate governance, executive and director compensation, risk, strategic planning, board-shareowner relations, and board evaluation. Read More about Peter Gleason

    Resources for this Episode:

    * Risk Communication: Aligning the Board and C-Suite (Complimentary Report)
    * Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook (Complimentary Resource)
    * NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Strategy Development (Available to NACD members only)
    * NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report on The Diverse Board: Moving From Interest to Action (Available to NACD members only)


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    30 min
  • Establishing Work-Life Balance – Advice From A Professional Juggler

    Maintaining a healthy balance between all the parts of our lives can be a real challenge − e.g. deciding when to start or stop for the day, whether to respond when someone calls your mobile number with an urgent and important issue, or resisting the urge to check email “one last time” at the end […]

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    30 min
  • Establishing Work-Life Balance – Advice From A Professional Juggler [Episode 19]

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    Maintaining a healthy balance between all the parts of our lives can be a real challenge − e.g. deciding when to start or stop for the day, whether to respond when someone calls your mobile number with an urgent and important issue, or resisting the urge to check email “one last time” at the end of the day.
    We explore the art of keeping a healthy balance in our challenging world with Jen Slaw, a speaker and educator who also holds three world records in juggling physical objects as well as various aspects of life, and has appeared in various venues ranging from TEDx to David Letterman.
    We discuss:

    * Jen’s journey from a career as a structural engineer to a life of entertaining and improving lives though the juggling arts
    * Using the “B.A.L.L.” formula for increasing work/life balance
    * Three things you can immediately start doing to create more balance and success in your personal and work lives




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    About Jen Slaw
    Speaker and educator Jen Slaw is Owner of Jen Slaw Speaks, as well as Executive Director of Juggling Life, Incorporated, a nonprofit organization with a mission to engage, inspire and emotionally heal ill and disadvantaged youth through unique juggling and circus arts programs. She’s appeared on a variety of network TV programs, including Late Night with David Letterman. She holds three world records in juggling and has been referred to by the New York Times as an expert juggler for her work co-producing and performing in the off-Broadway show, Perfect Catch. Jen designs custom keynotes and interactive training sessions for clients including Fortune 500 companies, associations, and nonprofit organizations, including TEDx. Read & watch more about Jen Slaw

    Resources for this Episode:


    * Request complimentary access to Jen Slaw’s 10-video series:‘Top 10 Tips for Mastering the Juggling Act of Life’
    * Watch Jen Slaw’s TEDx talk: Juggling Life – Redefining What’s Possible – Jennifer Slaw at TEDxPrincetonlibrary
    * Find out more about the Nonprofit Organization, Juggling Life Inc.


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    30 min
  • CEO Lessons Learned From a Successful Company Reinvention

    How did one CEO dramatically reinvent a company, resulting in a multi-billion dollar deal? Listen now to our conversation with Dr. Francois Nader, M.D., MBA, who was the CEO and President of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2015. He tells the remarkable story of his company’s reinvention, resulting in its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals in January 2015 for $5.2 billion. We discuss: The […]

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    30 min
  • CEO Lessons Learned From a Successful Company Reinvention [Episode 18]

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    How did one CEO dramatically reinvent a company, resulting in a multi-billion dollar deal?
    Listen now to our conversation with Dr. Francois Nader, M.D., MBA, who was the CEO and President of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2008 to 2015. He tells the remarkable story of his company’s reinvention, resulting in its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals in January 2015 for $5.2 billion.
    We discuss:

    * The anatomy of the crisis that resulted in the wholesale reinvention of NPS
    * How Dr. Nader and his leadership team won stakeholder support for the reinvention
    * Two actionable steps you can take to accelerate reinvention, big or small, in your own company




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    Dr. Francois Nader
     Francois Nader, MD, is a leading value builder in the biotech industry. He was President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of NPS Pharma from 2008 to 2015, when the company was acquired by Shire for $5.3 Billion. During his tenure as CEO Dr. Nader transformed NPS Pharma into a leading global biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative therapies to patients with rare diseases. He was recognized as the Ernst and Young National Life Science Entrepreneur of the Year® in 2013. Dr. Nader currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Acceleron Pharma Inc. (XLRN) and board director at several emerging biotech companies, including Clementia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Trevena Inc. (TRVN).
    Dr. Nader is a 30-year veteran of the healthcare industry. Before NPS, he was a venture partner at Care Capital. Prior to that, he served on the North America Leadership Team of Aventis and its predecessor companies holding a number of executive positions including senior vice-president, integrated healthcare markets and North America medical and regulatory affairs. Previously, he led the global commercial operations at the Pasteur Vaccines division of Rhone-Poulenc.
    Dr. Nader is also a leader in significant industry and business organizations. He is a Board member of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Open Future Institute. He is the immediate past chairman of BioNJ, New Jersey’s biotechnology trade organization and has served on the board of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the national industry body.
    Dr. Nader earned his French Doctorate in Medicine from St. Joseph University in Lebanon and his Physician Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee.

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    30 min

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Growth Igniters® Radio is the award-winning executive leadership podcast for CEOs, C-suite teams, and board directors who are reimagining leadership for transformational growth. Since 2015, hosts Pam…