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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

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This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. There are even some business theorists that warn against undertaking complex restructurings because of the great risks involved. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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Interview: Rebel Brown

N2Growth Blog

For me businesses are as much or more about the people than they are about the products and markets …so those tough restructuring calls (or sometimes the shut it down calls) are the hardest things ever. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Relationships and Red Flags - A Learning Experience

Building Personal Strength

Monday, November 15, 2010 Relationships and Red Flags - A Learning Experience About 20 years ago, I met a wealthy retired executive who liked what I was doing so much he decided to help me succeed. It took me a while, but after sorting through the nuances of organizational politics, I discovered that he had "bought" this position for his son.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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Organizations lacking clear goals and measures of performance often make personnel decisions on the basis of politics, and Brown-Nosers work hard to have no enemies (as they can never tell who their next boss will be) and as such play politics very well. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? John Sullivan FORA.tv

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

A few verbal tweaks (such as renaming the “Troika” — which consists of the EU, the IMF, and the ECB — the “Institutions”) were given as a political concession to the newly elected government, which had created high expectations with its electorate. The EU is notorious for putting off its hard decisions.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business Review

Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 When more responsibility is added to what you already do , you have an opportunity to restructure your work and present your plan. It may take a while before people learn not to interrupt you during that time, but if you are politely persistent, it will work. million jobs were lost.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

This has certainly been the picture painted by Syriza, the left-wing political party of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and by many friends of Greece and progressive economists. Back in 2010, before the haircut, when Greece ran out of money, all of its debt was private and issued under Greek law. The IMF, ECB, and EU own the rest.