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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business?

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

By understanding and managing the perception of others my managing our own attitudes and acceptance of others even when they don’t agree with us is vital to our ability to expand our own knowledge and skills and to be perceived as a true leader. ” Your conclusion is right on point. Thanks for sharing Gordon.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Bert.

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

Strategy Driven

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. It’s a ‘sharp pencil’ capabilities system rooted in superior information. This, in turn, increases the company’s leverage with suppliers and allows it to be extraordinarily efficient in moving inventory and managing working capital.

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How to Sustain Front Line Process Improvement Activities

Harvard Business Review

Managers spent a great deal of time on the plant floor watching Norman draw suggestions from the employees while asking questions about the jobs that they were performing. The top management team learned how to structure their time on the factory floor and how to listen. Yet Technicolor didn't maintain the momentum.

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News Corp, Walmart and CEO Failure to Investigate Wrongdoing

Harvard Business Review

Both CEOs initially failed to act — some years ago, during the 2005-2006 period. Today, Walmart management faces an independent inquiry of outside experts ordered by the board of directors that could spread beyond Mexico. Lee Scott, then Walmart CEO, apparently did not respond to initial reports of illegal bribery in Mexico.

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Transparency is the New Leadership Imperative

Harvard Business Review

Lunch meetings and feedback sessions are a great place to start, and if you're managing across continents or your workforce is simply too large, don't underestimate the power of video. (Customers, being human, also like to form relationships with real people, not just faceless organizations.) Transparency is brand insurance.