N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost. Arrogance rarely results in lasting relationships built on a foundation of loyalty and trust.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. In whatever role we choose to excel, we first must 'know' the inter-connected elements that define competency. Short of this, saying we need to be more disciplined is like shooting at a target in the fog.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

Driven by technology, our interconnection and inter-dependence as individuals, as companies, and as countries are expanding exponentially. Leaders at all levels need to think both strategically and tactically. Using technology to manage at a distance. Technology has created many of these challenges.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate.

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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. Put simply, if you’re going to spend your time and money do it where you get the biggest bang for the buck. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. To implement change, you can either preach tactics to change, or you can drive change through a compelling purpose and value. (so You should know what "not do to" when implementing change.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 19, 2010

Tactical and visionary? Since I work with technology execs, I constantly hear people promote the stereotype that technically brilliant people cannot lead. Look beyond the aggressiveness that concerns you. Give this person a chance; there may be a vision you can’t yet see. All Rights Reserved.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

This is a dead end tactic. Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers. Their tendency has been to jump right back into the same type of career for security purposes only, even if they truly dislike this work.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Organizations rely on their data in order to make critical operational, tactical, and transactional business decisions that significantly affect the survival and livelihood of their company. A business’s life source is its data, and with the recent data breaches and cyber attacks, the state of a business’s data has become a top concern.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That said, the way to minimize the impact of discrimination is not through bureaucratic mandates or by playing the diversity card – these tactics increase the diversity gap and heighten resentment. Discrimination has always existed, and probably always will.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2011

About the Author Frank McIntosh is author of The Relational Leader (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010). Frank was inducted into the Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame in October 2008, one of 38 individuals so honored and the first not-for-profit executive to receive this distinction in Delaware’s 300 year business history.

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The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When you’re trying your case in the court of public opinion, attempting to preserve your chances for re-election, or hoping for a powerful sound byte for the evening news; the tactics employed by politicians may be useful. We have state-of-the-art medical technology available, IF a person can pay for it.

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The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When you’re trying your case in the court of public opinion, attempting to preserve your chances for re-election, or hoping for a powerful sound byte for the evening news; the tactics employed by politicians may be useful. We have state-of-the-art medical technology available, IF a person can pay for it.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

In 2008, RIM tried to match the new competitor. This simple tactic is seemingly backed up by the research. IT management Information & technology Technology' In 2007, RIM celebrated its 12 millionth subscriber and generated $1.67 billion in revenues. The Building Blocks of Successful IT. It''s C-Suite Problem.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

About the Author Frank McIntosh is author of The Relational Leader (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010). Frank was inducted into the Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame in October 2008, one of 38 individuals so honored and the first not-for-profit executive to receive this distinction in Delaware’s 300 year business history.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

They should be incorporated into integrated solutions that eliminate redundancies, and build in tactical leverage points. It must be actionable through tactical implementation. Evolving : Ideas should contain a road-map for versioning and evolution that is in alignment with other strategic initiatives and the overall corporate mission.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

When technology, access, information and how consumers buy changes, so must management.” .” “If your product or service sucks; social media, marketing or management won’t save you.” Your team is being untethered!! Challenge will be to manage them!” Ctrl.Alt.Del. Time for a re-boot on how we manage and think about business.”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

While I might spend a bit of time evaluating the most efficient strategy for getting to the other side of said wall, it will ultimately be my focus on the tactical execution of conquering the challenge that will determine my success. A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The Relational Leader : A Revolutionary Framework to Engage Your Team (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010) by Frank McIntosh The Relational Leader presents a framework to use as a compass point so that you can project a consistent message and methodology to your people. To read Frank’s complete biography, click here.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. Double your ratio of questions to statements. Don’t waste time trying to be successful, spend time being useful.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While it is sometimes necessary to “Shock and Awe” this tactic should be reserved as a last resort. Use great questions, humor, stories, analogies, relevant data, and where needed, bold statements to help connect and engender the confidence and trust that it takes for people to want to engage.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The case illustrates how information technology, innovatively, insightfully and courageously deployed, can change the structure of an industry. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. sascom Magazine sas com Magazine is the quarterly publication of the SAS Institute, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The Relational Leader : A Revolutionary Framework to Engage Your Team (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010) by Frank McIntosh The Relational Leader presents a framework to use as a compass point so that you can project a consistent message and methodology to your people. To read Frank’s complete biography, click here.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

" (Mike Myatt, 1988) [link] Scott Gould "Faith in business simply places core values where they should be in the hierarchy of leadership principles" Totally – this is SO good.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. So I listened to their advice and secured both – only to find that they wanted to change a lot of things about Defy Gravity that I didn’t like. I could write that but, it wasn’t my passion. So I drew the line – and they fired me. Wow, that was a shock.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 17, 2010

Given the death of that concept, organizations (for the most part) haven’t adjusted tactics. Technology and increased expectations are driving a pace that is hard to keep up with. We say it often, but we don’t see enough: dialog, discussion, collaboration, shared success between employees and employers.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Avon was one of the few companies to chart growth during the 2008-2009 recession. And remember that technology connects people in faster and more transparent ways than ever!

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Austin's 2008 HBR article "High Margins and the Quest for Aesthetic Coherence." I appreciate that he goes against the cutting-quality tactics that, unfortunately, I've seen so many companies turn to in an age where fast fashion is the norm. I really applaud Robert D. Design can never be compromised.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

According to a 2008 survey , the vast majority of professionals (94%) worked 50 hours or more a week, and almost half worked more than 65 hours a week. Make up for it: The first tactic was to compensate employees for the long work by rewarding them handsomely with financial and other benefits. Time spent deciding what to do next?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Bala Iyer and Tom Davenport attempted to “reverse engineer” Google’s innovation machine in 2008. In 2008, Scott Anthony surveyed Google’s innovation track record and concluded that its new products mostly hadn’t delivered results , and therefore Google was still fundamentally a search advertising company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Until the summer of 2008, container ports on both the west and east coasts of North America were nearing capacity as imports and exports soared. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. One tactical approach is to make more use of air freight. In the end, the above four are just tactics.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

when leaders move on – how do other leaders step up…or not) - Leadership tactics that Engage – How can we raise the level of employee engagement (during these dis-engaged times) Thanks for inviting us to weigh in.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. In health care, we thought, they could be a rapid, practical means for diverse professionals to share insights and tactics.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

And job losses have come in two forms: globalization that led to offshoring and technological displacement. Unemployment may have crested in 2008, but its roots are in the 1980s. With new organizing tactics, they have collectively won domestic workers bills of rights in New York, California, Hawaii. Economy Technology'

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

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