N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

That was what management told us to do. It took two days to get an apology from United Airlines CEO Oscar Muñoz after the video surfaced, but the company’s management now appears to recognize that its frontline service providers set in motion something with awful consequences. What must they be thinking now? Of all the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

What could be easier than chatting with managers you already know? Too many candidates, and hiring managers, shortchange the internal interview process; they view it as a formality and think that all of the evidence is already there. John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Just the Job!: Piece of cake, right?

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How To Reputation Case Study Career 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

Even the most decisive manager can be thrown into despair when faced with a high-stakes matter. We make decisions every day without noticing, but a career-making (or breaking) challenge requires thought and deliberation. Case Study #1: Don't go it alone and reassess along the way. I'm not a fan of consensus.".

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

Dismissing an employee is one of the most unpleasant tasks of management. Presiding over layoffs is a “distasteful part of management that many people fear,” says Laurence J. Stybel, a career management and board adviser and an executive in residence at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Managers who want to recognize employees for good work have many tools at their disposal. However, managers in most companies have a good deal of input into the decision, and in some cases they are the ultimate decision makers. It's critical that managers make these decisions about promotions and raises carefully. "I

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Ford’s success with social media is well documentd in numerous case studies, and can largely be attributed to Scott’s efforts. Not that Scott needs me to come to his defense, but he is a professional in the truest sense of the word.

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Brand Blog Reputation Media 302

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. A Harvard Business School case study that Robert Huckman, Sam Travers, and I wrote earlier this year documents what came next.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. D from Columbia.

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