N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Although charitable giving is reported to be slightly up for the first nine months of 2010, giving in general is significantly down from prior years and charities are still struggling to stay alive. Just be sure to get a receipt from the charity for the cash, or keep your credit card statement, bank record or other receipt as documentation.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 21, 2010

A long time ago in a land far away, I worked for a year as a first year associate in a now defunct Wall Street investment bank. The firm I worked for had ten corporate values printed in the back of its annual report. It was a stressful, but educational experience. What did I learn? Lots of things. Number ten was, “Have fun!” 

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

BullDog Reporter’s Daily Dog Media, News and Intelligence for PR Pros. ** N2′s Top pick for the latest information from the PR world. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. Inc.com Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

Two recently released JP Morgan Chase (JPM) reports on the causes of the "London Whale" trading losses raise important questions about whether financial service firms can exorcise the spectral issues which were so central to the financial crisis. But the 129-page internal task force report is significant.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2012

Furthermore, I understand all too keenly the complexities of determining a fair valuation for companies that are too early in their development to fit existing measurement standards and can't meet the criteria for standard bank or SBA funding. The April 2012 report estimates that 452 crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) raised nearly $1.5

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although anecdotal, there is some connection to the research out there as well as what others who meditate regularly have reported. It was located along the banks of a river, an ideal place to meditate. The benefits I’ve noticed Presence: As a child and younger woman, my family may have called me a dreamer.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The CIO’s response tends to be “reports” (61 percent of the population). However, no one is saying “before we can do analytics we must explain the take-to-the-bank value of analytics to decision makers.” Researchers at the IT Leadership Academy are doing just that in Global 2000 enterprises.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. I quit my job, and here I am, working only on what I am good at: business quality management.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

John Shuttleworth, a member of BTFG’s Executive Management Team, is responsible for Platforms and Investments. The company, Australia’s largest wealth platform provider, is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group (Australia’s second largest bank in terms of market capitalization). Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

On July 1, 2011, the Australian Government amended the Corporations Act introducing the “two-strikes” rule. If this occurs then all directors (except the managing director) must stand for re-election within 90 days. In its May 2017 Budget, the government proposed a bank tax, like that in the U.K.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It's easy to assume that Jamie Dimon, the accomplished CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was simply stonewalling when he claimed that mounting trading losses in his bank were "blown out of proportion" — that he was unaware of how grave the situation really was. But I believe that Dimon literally didn't see perceive disaster unfolding before him.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

August 2011 HBR. While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Don''t get us wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

An extreme version of this is Stockholm syndrome , so named after a Swedish bank robbery in 1973, in which after only five days of being held hostage, the victims identified with and defended their captors. This past month we saw what has been described as " a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad jobs report."

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Eccles , a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School points out, that’s not because these issues don’t have financial consequences. Rather, it’s because there are no standards for how to measure and report on ESG issues, unlike a company’s financials. ” As Robert G.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The unbanked pay four times more in fees to access their money than those with bank accounts, and they pay $4 higher fees per month for cash access on average than those with formal financial services. For businesses, paper money has to be managed: it must be stored, guarded, and accounted for. By FDIC estimates, 8.2% How can this be?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Turn-and-burn, yank-and-bank; show me how to start the engine and get out of my way. During World War II, the success of a mission was measured by how many people got back alive, and the debrief was largely the battle damage report. He also serves as a consultant to process and continuous improvement management programs.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

2011 will be remembered as the year of the Arab Spring, when a generation found its voice on the streets of Tunis and Cairo. It saw 5% annual growth for nearly a decade before the global recession, and the International Monetary Fund reports that it's growing strongly again — about 5% in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Specifically, we analyze discrimination against senior managers with Jewish origins in Nazi Germany. Using data on individual managers and corporations, we learned more about how the stock prices and the profitability of firms evolved when Jewish managers were removed from the German economy due to rising antisemitism.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

The journey of the four decades, of growing from an entry-level professional to a leader among fellow professionals invariably calls for mastery over four things: the ability to efficiently manage resources, volume, complexity and finally, rainmaking. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Consider leaving a comment!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. million in 2011. Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., As of 2010, only 2.4%

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The bank earned about $18 billion, down from $21 billion the year before. He criticized the bank and himself for the Whale. They arose in different parts of the bank, not just one dysfunctional unit. They have seriously corroded the bank’s reputation with regulators, a number of investors, and the public.

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Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Using nationally reported statistics from the World Bank (2011) , we found that nations with tighter cultures tended to have fewer female legislators, senior officials, and managers. Diversity Gender Human resources Leadership Managing people' Cultural context matters.

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Strategy Human Resources Diversity Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Munich Re reports that natural disasters in 2011 caused insurance companies to substantially spend down cash reserves, with payouts exceeding premiums in the US by 16%. Yet for many companies, the only form of climate risk acknowledged in the annual report is regulatory risk. What risks does it pose for this company?"

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Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

So what exactly is one to make of a new movement like “impact investing,” about which the World Economic Forum issued an intriguing report on Thursday? One of the definitions of impact investing, according to the report, is that you have to intend to have a positive environmental or social impact when making the investment.

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Finance Discount Report Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

France introduced quotas in January 2011, and in one year, the number of women on boards took a grand jeté of 10 percentage points to 22%. Set up a talent bank and clearinghouse for women and men who want to "on-ramp" their careers after voluntarily off-ramping for childcare, eldercare, or other personal obligations. since 2010.

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Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Netflix reported another great quarter last month, with big subscriber and stock growth. I''ve written three HBR posts on Netflix since its difficult 2011. Commerce Bank (now TD Bank) found free coin changing machines drove new accounts. Consumers felt it meant the bank wouldn''t nickel and dime them.

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Strategy Company Sample PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

Chili’s, after installing self-service tablets, reported a similar increase in dessert orders. In addition to all of this, there is some research from 2011 showing that a seven second reduction in service times in fast food restaurants can increase the company’s market share by 1% to 3%. ” So why the uptick?

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Banking Technology Norton Ryan 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

First, I examined the social media networks of a sample of social entrepreneurs who applied to participate in the 2010 or 2011 summer accelerator programs run by the Unreasonable Institute. The majority of these entrepreneurs reported having some prior entrepreneurial experience when they filled out their applications.

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Entrepreneur Sample Follow-up Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Now, barely three months on, the corporation is in turmoil, stymied by recent crises that have exposed its weak leadership and ineffective, bloated management. At a time of austerity and cuts, the public is rightly holding its leaders to account over their performance, perceived excessive remuneration, and labyrinthine management structures.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Taft is CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S. the brokerage firm formerly known as Dain Rauscher) and spent 2011 as chairman of the main securities-industry trade group, SIFMA. Taft wrote the book himself (he's a former newspaper reporter) while holding down these two jobs. Got all that?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Because of their relationships with banks, PE funds can get financing much cheaper than target companies could under their current management. Patents make a good proxy for innovation activity because they’re not self-reported, they’re costly, and they seem to be highly correlated with other common indicators of innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

In addition, a 2011 survey completed by GfK Custom Research stated that more than 40% of young professionals are frequently stressed by a lack of work-life balance, the largest of all age groups surveyed. 3) Gen Y women are more prepared and much more specific about how they would manage work versus family when they project 10 years out.

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Sample Survey Career Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to a study by the Center for an Urban Future, small businesses that win large supply contracts report average revenue growth more than 250% in the two years after their first sale. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

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