N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them? A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 322

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Too many times you have leaders who came out of operations as big shots and become isolated and hear what the world is through 4 or 5 people who report to them.” For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. He prefers to get see things first hand. “I

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Taylorism Taylor Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 91

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

But while field organizing is essential in this closely contested race, the groundwork has been laid over many months by the campaigns' digital operations. But it's clear that online operations have become so central to political success, everyone has to play: Romney simply cannot afford to cede the advantage and focus elsewhere.

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Media Marketing Politics Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In this blog post, I will offer a new set of beliefs, which can renew and restore faith in corporations and capitalism. The stock market is short-term-oriented. The market favorably receives projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development. The Conventional Wisdom.

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CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% from 2004 to 2007. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) And they succeeded wildly.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Employees frequently attribute breakdowns to incompetence or bad faith on the part of colleagues in other departments: "Those bozos in headquarters [or finance or marketing] screw everything up." Within three years, ALL's Brazilian rail operations had increased revenues by 50% and tripled EBITDA.

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Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8