N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? While both require sacrifice, success comes at a great price and is often based upon the compromise of values. Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion. I really like the "what if" Zappos example.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. With 20 cents postage due on the envelope.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base. You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

You are a great example of someone cultivating community around your blog by responding personally to all comments. For example, I'm a pastor, I do personal devotions and meditative journaling. The big thing for me is I know when I add something to my life and work, there's a price to pay – time wise!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

For example, if you have an email list of 100,000 prospects, select every 100th prospect to create a test list of 1,000. If your email blast, for example, is designed to drive prospects to your website, you’ll see very quickly how effective it is. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 6, 2010

By being available as a mentor to other women – and also to men – we can lead by example as professionals and leaders, give others the benefit of our experience and perspective, and reap the reward of seeing others succeed in part because of our input. However, that’s a small price to pay for the positives that are derived.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom. Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. It is because of men like you that we all have the privilege of freedom.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

There are several ways to generate Revenue Streams: Asset sale, Usage fee, Subscription fee, Lending/Renting/Leasing, Licensing, Brokerage fees, Advertising and corresponding Pricing Mechanisms) Key Resources – Key resources are the assets required to offer and deliver the previously described elements. I really enjoyed this book.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In the VoIP world, there are two types of pricing models: Paying per user and wholesale pricing. For example: A salesperson may use 1,000 minutes per month while someone from IT might only use 100. The best you can do in these situations is to compare pricing and go with the company you feel offers the best value for the dollar.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 14, 2011

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! License. .   Today I have an excellent audio book from Robin Sharma to share with you.  Enjoy!

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

— The Product Management Perspective: Ideas are the fuel for great products. The difficulty for many product managers is capturing ideas and filtering the potentially great ones from the not so good. Michael Reply How Do Product Managers Capture Ideas? Ideas beget other ideas. Remember, ideas come on their own time.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

They are risk managers who believe in protecting what was rather than embracing what is, and what will be. . They are opportunity managers who believe engagement to be more valuable than silence, they believe in dialog not monologue, they believe in change and innovation – not in status quo. . Great leaders lead by example.

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010 "On Second Thought" - Outsmarting Our Hard-Wire Habits Ive been reading On Second Thought , a fascinating book by Wray Herbert that reveals 20 heuristics. You are torn between these choices until you spot another priced-right option. Copyright 2010. One is the "Decoy Heuristic." For a while, anyway.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Monsanto is a good example. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. So are goals. Likely true.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. To help you see what is different in his 2010 letter — I offer a partial list of Buffett principles from last year's letter. But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? This Saturday, Feb.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2020

That’s just one example of how collecting rare items can land you an unexpected fortune. There are gold watches with a price tag of more than ten million dollars. In 2010, the only known complete version of Atari’s Air Raid made a sale of $33 thousand. A wedding ring worn by your grandma can be worth millions today.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Monsanto is a good example. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. So are goals. Likely true.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Monsanto is a good example. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. So are goals.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. And the best thing about great customer service is that providing it doesn’t cost you an extra penny.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2013

Writing under a pseudonym in the Financial Analysts Journal in 1960, mutual fund executive Jack Bogle made "The Case for Mutual Fund Management." After costs, actively managed mutual funds trail the market. trillion in assets in 2010, up from $25.8 Multiple academic studies soon backed up that conclusion. billion in in 1980).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This is a great example of how looking at things from a different perspective can really pay off. The founders hired marketing and advertising experts and created what they called their ‘Drink Tank’ – a group responsible for developing and managing the Odwalla brand. There has never been a better time to be different.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gas prices have risen 90% from 2008 to 2010, leaving consumers with $160 billion less spending money per year. Many retailers are responding with across-the-board price promotion strategies. This is problematic, because not all shoppers are equally price sensitive across all categories. Unemployment remains high.

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The Idolbuster

MAY 21, 2012

Achilles Macris, who managed the European office and according to the NY Times shouted down anyone who objected to his strategy, still has a job. But Ina Drew, who managed the unit where all of them work, is out of a job. But Ina Drew, who managed the unit where all of them work, is out of a job. Kind of makes you wonder.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Meanwhile, Whole Foods could lower its prices (organic avocados for just $1.69!) provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods. Prior to the Amazon merger, the company had an egalitarian structure organized around self-managed teams. Prepare to negotiate culture.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Persuading consumers to pay more for a product by introducing some kind of “premium” element into it has always been a challenging task—but it was one that big, established brands had managed with a reasonable amount of success until recent years. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

So how exactly does a small firm with only 20 employees manage to make millions every year without offering prices much lower than their competitors? They don’t advertise or employ salespeople – yet they manage to make millions of dollars selling their products. It’s simple: They hire the right people.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

DECEMBER 9, 2009

He then cites examples of young adults who seem clueless about what they want to do with their lives and how they can add value to others. You dont help a child or an adult become self-reliant by doing things for them or micro-managing. A simple example, but this attitude carries over into every aspect of life.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the cold hard truth…if you cheat your family to invest into your career, you and your loved ones will pay a very heavy price. Thanks for a wonderful 2010. If you would rather spend time with your online “friends” than with your children, it’s time to pull the ripcord on your internet connection. Thanks for the great reminder.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

I tend to care about prices: Will this merger affect my monthly wireless bill? Wireless telephone prices are falling, a sign of competitive markets. And because the CPI cannot easily account for increases in call quality , this index understates the true decrease in the quality-adjusted price of wireless telephony.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

The industries most susceptible to disruption are those selling information-based services that can be delivered digitally – and a perfect example is the insurance industry. insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K., Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research shows that these are not isolated examples. We measured digital innovation based on the number of digital patents the firm had secured from 1998 to 2010. Thus it is with transformation.” ” Investors seemingly just weren’t looking for radical innovation from GE.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. Set internal prices on carbon to incentivize reductions, preferably imposing an internal tax that collects funds or using “shadow” prices to influence investment decision making. Getting to 1.5

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

For example, early efforts of companies developing chatbots for Facebook’s Messenger platform saw 70% failure rates in handling user requests. But how does a manager justify continuing to invest in AI if the first few initiatives don’t produce results? Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Related Video.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. Sure, you’ll hit something with a shotgun, but the price in doing so seldom provides the big payback. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators – able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The apparent business model of Big Pharma emphasizes the billions spent at great risk to find "innovative" and "breakthrough" new molecules that must be priced high to recover research costs that have become "unsustainable." See The Risks of Prescription Drugs (Columbia 2010). These cost employers even more in hidden ways.

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