N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information? Thanks for stopping by James. Efficient v.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. Smart leaders will do everything in their power to keep a decreae in velocity from becoming a self imposed adversary due to a lack of contingency planning.

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CO2

JANUARY 16, 2011

Technology and its role in travel 2.0 If you ask the wrong questions you will likely end up with the wrong answer. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. The central idea is both simple and powerful: the job or position is a shared situation. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. Julia Fernandes Very nice post.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. You identify leaders by their actions and their performance. Real leaders will find you…you don’t need to go looking for them. Dare I ask for comments?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Diana Peterson-More shared The Power of Apology: It’s Not If, Rather How. Although Vaughan died in 2008, she continues to stand out as an exemplary leader for us today. Chamber of Commerce outlining the importance of political power for business leaders. Access it here. ” Follow David on Twitter at @ThoughtPartner.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe. Differing views are always sought in this forum.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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CO2

JANUARY 17, 2011

Technology and its role in travel 2.0 About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. Any one of those truths could take an individual years to discover on his/her own, and any one of them has the power to immensely improve that individual's life. It's what we know that just isn't so that holds us back the most.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process. WORDPRESS! [.]

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. If you want to become a true standout as opposed to someone who has great potential my message is simple – become very intentional about bringing discipline to every area of your life.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Opposing positions, competitive tensions, power struggles, ego, pride, jealousy, performance discrepancies, compensation issues, just someone having a bad day, etc. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Intuition is a powerful thing. When I was working for an employer, I knew going through the recruitment process that there was some bad “juju&# around the opportunity. Check-in To Harness the Power of the Start It seems that someone is always keeping score. We know what we know. where my intuition kicked in. 500,000 can.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Consequently ownership of any delegated task is a necessary, ongoing and never ending process where we also take ownership of the persons results as a product of our teaching. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership. Great leaders model the behaviors they expect of others.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. Women Leaders and Male Partnership In any learning process, there is a tendency to go. Complexity of Women Leaders Women in power in this century are, for the most.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I do it one “D” at a time: Discover (what is important or of value to my customer), Decide (what their experience will look like), Deliver (what I set as their expectation) and Do It Again (it’s an ongoing process that changes and improves with feedback). It’s an ongoing process that is never complete.

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

New business models, new ways of working, cooler tools and technologies. Regards, Jay Chhaya By Ajay, January 3, 2011 @ 1:18 pm Keep up with all technology, do everything. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Worthy Goal for 2011 and Beyond New year brings with it new predictions, agendas, resolutions and trends.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

An organization's purpose often changes over time as advances in technology, changes in customer demands/preferences, etc. With these fundamentals in place, it is helpful to have a roadmap to outline the process for setting strategy and tactics. link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation. impact the competitive arena.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. There is much research written about “deliberate practice”- a specific and detailed process that enables the leader to identify the new behavior and practice it in a way that leads to sustainable change.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Coming up with Creative Solutions I am fascinated by the creative process. Related posts: The 80/20 Way to Make a Living… and a Life Have you ever found yourself working long hours, skipping lunch, How to attack the business doldrums It’s nearly mid-October and we’ve all been shuffling along in. Do you find. Want that job?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Complexity of Women Leaders Women in power in this century are, for the most. Women Leaders and Male Partnership In any learning process, there is a tendency to go. Related posts: Toastmasters International celebrates 25 years of women leaders PRESS RELEASE RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF., It’s hard to hide, and.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Develop a planning process that consists of setting measurable objectives. Address personal fears, listen to your own instincts and intuition, and start believing in yourself to have the tenacity and drive to see your goal of business ownership actualize. Offer support to others with similar goals of business ownership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). The way I view the process it’s something like this. and people mean relationships. Flash of inspiration.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical. Mixed messaging or practices has killed many a brand. link] Glendaajackson It's really amazingly well written article here. I liked your post.

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QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. They use technology to cook more food in less time.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

How consistent is your product or service, customer experience, internal processes, etc.? • Buddy wears the same “uniform” day in and day out. That makes him dependable and customers always know what they can expect. Elves love to tell convincing and captivating stories. Are they consistent and repetitive?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

There is lots of conflicting research about what really matters in the process to educate children. Were you a social butterfly or more prone to stand on the sidelines? Were you an academic star or just muddled through? It leads to so many deep philosophical questions about what really matters in life.

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