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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

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This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. The mechanistic world of the industrial age continues to have a grip on our belief system. If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

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A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support.

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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

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Put rather simplistically, a business model is the system that defines what creates value, generates growth, and increases revenue and profit within your organization. The primary advantage that a business model has over any number of other strategic frameworks lies in the fluidity of its inherently dynamic nature.

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Discipline & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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Discipline requires a systemic approach. To make good decisions, we need to understand how the system works. The most productive leaders I know have the ability to be extremely nice, very civil and always polite while maintaining the ability to be direct, focused, and candid. It takes some work, but don't settle for anything less.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

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My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity. Thanks for stopping by Steve… Rob Mike- Systems thinking can be of high value to leaders. I'll be sure and check it out.

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Navigate Your Path to Success

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Ask a colleague, friend, coach or mentor to hold you accountable this year and help you stay on track with your own personal navigation system. A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals. 2 Chrysty January 11th, 2011 at 12:28 pm NICE perspective, Bonnie!

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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I find that it's rarely this bolt of lighting epiphany and rather a collective result of thinking systemically about solving a key problem. Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Vision is often misunderstood.

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