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How to Build a Brand | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The following 8 items constitute the basic tenants of branding, which if incorporated into your brand management strategy will help build a solid brand regardless of the size of your company or your ad budget: 1.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business Review

But although the latter three spent relatively less on innovation, they spent their innovation budgets more wisely, choosing to invest in innovation ability rather than capacity. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. ” The Ovi Store was discontinued in 2015.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm also talking about those individuals (and I have one in mind right now) who work tirelessly in some unknown village to help their own people rise up out of poverty and ignorance, without a budget and without recognition from the world. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. Let's call them Mr. and Ms.

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Midsized Companies Can’t Afford Operational Glitches

Harvard Business Review

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. They are usually quick to recognize operational problems and deal with them before they become disasters. Operational meltdowns at midsized companies can take much longer to notice and resolve.

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Questions and Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. As a CEO you can either pit your executives against one another, or have them collaboratively engage in supporting one another for the overall good of the enterprise.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

This perspective is a shift from existing strategy perspectives as it affects nearly every major decision a company makes, from growth initiatives, portfolio strategy, and M&A opportunities to its approach to budgeting and cost cutting. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. SD : Why now?