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6 Defining Values of a Leadership Culture

N2Growth Blog

In 2006, one of my CEO clients in Sarasota, FL shared with me his annual employee engagement survey. in 2001, I worked for a boutique strategy consulting firm out of Princeton, NJ that developed and delivered high-cost elaborate strategic plans. In 2006 I launched the Culture Compass™. Before starting Walton Consulting, Inc.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. Join me in THANKS and in prayer for our Patriots, both domestically and abroad, who continue to fight valiently for the Freedoms we all enjoy!

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The Market Wants Apple to Unveil a Time Machine

Harvard Business Review

What the naysayers are overlooking or ignoring is that one could have made a list for Steve Jobs that would look remarkably similar: Missed earnings: Apple posted a $247 million quarterly loss ( in 2001 , four years after Jobs took over — and the stock went UP in after-hours trading). Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate.

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Failing Toward Success at Google

Harvard Business Review

That being said, what company would not be pleased to have maintained dominance in search, toppled the Blackberry in market share for smart phones at neck-breaking speed, hosted millions of e-mail users with gmail, and helped millions of us find our way with Google maps? Google Audio Ads (January 2006 to February 2009).

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What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves When an Economic Crisis Hits

Harvard Business Review

After the stock market’s rocky ride in recent months, some analysts are wondering whether a new economic crisis might be around the corner. I interviewed them about one of the last big crises for startups: the dot-com crash of 2000-2001. He had quit college, and his only other work experience was junior marketer in an ad agency.

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Warren Buffett’s Risky Final Bet

Harvard Business Review

As he gives his shares to the Gates and other foundations, which he started doing in 2006, ownership control will – over time but inevitably – be dispersed to many owners. billion of Berkshire stock since 2006. In 2001, then-CEO Carly Fiorina recommended to the board the acquisition of Compaq Computer.

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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

It gets that from a 2006 Government Accountability Office report that said there were about 42.6 I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade.

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