N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. If you find all the noise around social media to be confusing, rest assured that you’re not alone. Best wishes Sir.

Media 382

Media Blog Tools Influence 382

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. Operational Statistics.

Ethics 62

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 62

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. HR reinvented the way it trained and developed talent. We know, for example, that developing leaders is essential. In developed countries, such as France and the U.K.,

Globalization 14

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. He spent two years as the CFO of power and automation company ABB, from 2002 to 2004, before returning to Shell as CFO.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode. Executives never stayed long.

Strategic Planning 58

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 58

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders. Visa restrictions also limit U.S.

Competitive Advantage 12

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Their missions’ success rests on their ability to stay resilient and perform effectively in adverse circumstances.

Stress 10

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Upon his retirement in 2002, Bill invented a new life and purpose (by making little bets, I might add shamelessly) to write and to teach. The new book is about how to create a great personal board of directors or tribe, along with all the norms, practices, and feedback mechanisms to support your leadership (and life).

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9