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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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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Discipline & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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

N2Growth Blog

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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How to Make Your Next 12 Months Your Best 12 Months

Kevin Eikenberry

That’s why we are offering our Start Today Learning System now – 26 days before the New Year – at a 26% discount. What’s in this System? To give you one more reason to invest in yourself with this life changing system – and do it now! Why not Start Today? I’m glad you asked. Why the discount?

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Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

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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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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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“Value” and “Waste” – Watch Them Constantly

QAspire

Unwanted complexity, bureaucratic structures, complex systems, increased time on unproductive activities, rework and time spent on things that may not contribute directly in delivering value. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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