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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Product Development Superiority Apple’s expertise in creating user-friendly, technologically advanced, and aesthetically pleasing products like the iPhone is unparalleled. Ordinary products languish.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. They are voracious learners always looking for better methods, different approaches, enhanced efficiencies, better technology and increased velocity. Want to find out? Section X: Results.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, if you're reading this text, just stop right now and benchmark your activity against your reflective thoughts – Is what you're doing, in alignment with your true priorities, or have you been sucked down into the weeds? The old "what if I only had 'x' number of hours to work in a week, what would I focus on?"

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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Product Development Superiority Apple’s expertise in creating user-friendly, technologically advanced, and aesthetically pleasing products like the iPhone is unparalleled. Ordinary products languish.

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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. In most cases your wins won’t put you out of business, but your losses most certainly can.

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test. Are they using email blasts, social networking, relationships with key bloggers? How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? The same idea works for e-marketing.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. An organization's purpose often changes over time as advances in technology, changes in customer demands/preferences, etc. impact the competitive arena.

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