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. Simply put, the underlying factor in the success rate of engaging our workforce and delivering change is leadership. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 259

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

As financing dries up, entrepreneurs would do well to remember the benefits of bootstrapping. Though taking money from investors might seem like the path to success, bootstrapping has several advantages. In 2004, I attended my first trade show. Set your company up for success. Insight Center. Sponsored by Northern Trust.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Long-term Short-term Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. Should we support generally moderate candidates who can compromise on major structural issues facing the U.S.,

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Company Politics Policies Proposal 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). But success or failure on sustainability goals cannot be measured only in terms of profit and loss. It is time to either step up — or to get out of the way.

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TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. ” Your goal is to determine “where this company is on the growth curve,” he says. “If the idea is a success, it’s my hard work that made it so.

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Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

In 2004, the cost of manufacturing on the east coast of China was approximately 15 percentage points cheaper, on average, than in the United States. Its medium-term goal — if its first U.S. facility is successful — is to add as many as three more U.S. In 2016, that gap was down to about 1 percentage point.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Even though Obama is able to leverage the infrastructure of his successful 2008 campaign, such as an impressive online operation, the message is entirely different this time around. He'll also have to give voters a better sense of his overarching agenda and goals for a second term. And let's face it: It could have been way worse!

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