N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. While many have scoffed at the CBS show &# Undercover Boss, &# I believe it signals a very disturbing trend.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Most companies can claim an element of success in some aspect of CRM proficiency such as sales force automation, database marketing, development of a knowledgebase, etc., but the reality is that most companies absolutely miss the boat in harnessing the true power of CRM which is improving the customer experience.

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share 8 tips for common sense branding that entities of any size can put into practice… So what’s the best way to build a brand if you’re not a Fortune 500 company? Be very, very smart.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The importance of migrants was underlined during the Covid-19 crisis when it was revealed that the founders of both BioNTech and Moderna, two of the companies at the forefront of the development of a vaccine against the virus, are immigrants to the United States and Germany respectively. This should perhaps come as no surprise. Brain drain.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. This post is a great example of facing up to the expedient and popular trend of using no as a silver bullet. While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on June 18, 2010 09:30 am under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement Today, The Economic Times in India published an article I wrote about Jim Goodnight and SAS Institute. The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit. This seems straight forward, and yet in my experience company leaders too often lose track of this important goal. In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. Know what works.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. They argue that, for instance, in medicine, the doubling of medical knowledge in 1950 took 50 years, in 1980 this had shrunk to 7 years, and by 2010 it was down to just 3.5 Positive or negative?

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s roughly twice the number who were leaving per year in 2010. It’s a trend that is helping to turn China into a true scientific powerhouse. The study found that around 16,000 researchers have returned to China from overseas in the last few years, with 4,500 leaving the United States alone.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you’re among the group of active users who no longer find it confusing, but still haven’t hit your stride, you’re also in good company. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Small Business Trends Anita Campbell Editor provides information of interest to entrepreneurs and executives. Inc.com Inc.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Figure 1: The Interbrand Best 100 Global Brands 2010 A look at two brands’ performances from this year’s table offers insight into how brands can navigate today’s marketplace. Juliano Howard T.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I use it personally and my company has a social media practice area which offers social media services to our clients. In today’s post I’m going to explore responsibility as it relates to social media – the responsibility that comes with living in the real world vs. a perpetual state of virtual reality.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Blogs can clearly be accretive, and will continue to add brand equity to those companies and individuals who grasp the value of social media and understand how to incorporate blogging into their social media efforts. Blogging is much more than the latest trend and is here to stay.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

If they are feeling your brand understands them and their needs, is innovative, is a good value, and cares about them, they are now ready to jump in and interact with you. How would your customers feel if your company let them down? Are you ready?? Step 4: Brand Loyalty: Would you hang out with Buddy on a regular basis?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

More and more I see companies defining “data” as purely quantitative, dismissing or minimizing, at their peril, the importance of the qualitative. Data usually doesn’t tell us much about fringe factors or trends that impact it. Not everything that counts can be counted.” Quantitative data can tell us a lot.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A recent report from Dell into digital transformation highlighted the relative paucity of investment into artificial intelligence, with less than 30% of companies planning to invest in the technology. When analyzing companies, they found that certain “superstar” firms were investing heavily in AI.

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

So, quality is a moving target – each time a customer comes back to you, you need to deliver similar or better quality (of products, services and experience), you need to demonstrate improvement, care enough about them, stay on top of market trends and keep changing the rules of the game (innovation). Thanks for the comment!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston. Take advantage of the military spending with a civil construction company. New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

In this TED video , Sinek explains what he believes to be the reason for Apple’s constant innovations and their repeated successes. While most companies explain that they make great products, Apple is unique in that they begin by telling the consumer “ why ” they make their products.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The crucial habit for progress is watching, learning and becoming aware of trends and changes going on around you. ’ Be the person at your company who is willing to do new things, like taking on the project that nobody wants. One Response Police Oral Exam , on February 2, 2010 at 12:15 pm said: Saw your Blog bookmarked on Reddit.I

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

That executive decision began the downfall of the company. But business trends proved Borders'' strategy wrong. Mr. Lynch had been named chief executive in March 2010, having previously run the company''s website. Eventually, Borders was acquired in 1992 by Kmart Corp, which married Borders to its Waldenbooks unit.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

a company that partners with leaders to help them develop the most critical skill in business – relationship building. Tanya energizes leaders to help them light the spark in their teams that results in: the proliferation of ideas and innovation,shorter cycle times, more collaborative environments, and high customer and employee loyalty.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Possibility Maximizer: Chief Happiness Officer Blog | Main | Possibility Maximizer: The Leadership Quarterly » August 16, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week Happy Monday!  In other words produce more, get more in return.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

Each morning you will be delivered a handful of stories on a variety of leadership topics such as strategic management, innovation, employee development and succession planning, managing in a global economy, and sustaining a competitive edge - just to name a few.  Enjoy! For what you pay (nothing!)  Enjoy!

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 19, 2015

As another calendar year drew to a close, while our cable TV company was buoyed by better sales numbers as a result of new service activations and stepped up marketing, we were still struggling to reverse a downward overall trend. Hey Bob, how fast could John W roll this out to the whole company?”. Making the Connection.

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HR Digest

APRIL 21, 2024

Companies that embrace workplace diversity policies perform better financially, earn higher cash flow per employee, and have more productive teams. In England, Wales, and Scotland, the Equality Act 2010 requires employers to make reasonable adjustments for staff with disabilities or neurodivergence. A majority of U.S.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

As a backlash against increasingly international trends, relationships matter more. When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Being timid leads nowhere.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

It became clear to me as I watched the digital economy in 2010 that we had passed a tipping point and moved into a new age of technology use. The Cloud Era is about the cloud, and also about three other fundamental trends in computing that became unmistakable in 2010. 25 billion tweets were sent in 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In many ways, the biggest business developments of 2010 were the things that didn't happen. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. The annual number of venture capital deals expanded from 8,500 in 2010 to 14,800 in 2017, for an increase of 73% in just seven years. Jakal Pan/Getty Images. Forces Behind the Shifts. What It Means for Leaders.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Sharlyn Lauby serves up another round of wisdom with Developing Your Mission Statement posted at hr bartender , saying, “Managers need to be involved in creating and evaluating the company mission. posted at Mapping Company Success.

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