N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. It takes far more courage to display love than disinterest, as compassion requires an investment of time, caring, empathy and understanding.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While feigned humility is the height of insincerity, authentic humility is the most sincere form of confidence and strength.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust. The following perspectives if kept top of mind will help in identifying and bridging positional gaps: Respect leads to acceptance. Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Last week, LDK Solar , a struggling Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers and panels, announced that it had missed $24 million in bond payments. This news followed the bankruptcy in March of Wuxi Suntech , the main operating subsidiary of the world''s largest maker of solar panels, after it defaulted on a $541 million bond payment.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

The WEF is comprised of many groups, among them policy groups, civil society groups, technology pioneers, and many more. Today I'm heading to some opening sessions for the Technology Pioneers. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

What is the most important business or personal relationship that began or grew online in 2011? Personal bonding: I discovered Cute Overload because its creators use (and blog about) the WordPress theme that I use on my own site. Which of 2011's entertaining online discoveries have helped you bond with friends, family or colleagues?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The first (whose name is disguised to spare blushes) is TEKCO, a technology company. The company hired many open source technology developers to build new collaboration tools. Between 2008 and 2011, the turnover rate of Tupperware's predominately part-time sales people (consultants, as the company calls them) fell by 15%.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

After the toppling of Dictator Ben Ali in January 2011, whose stifling reign lasted nearly a quarter century, the country faced a rocky start to a new ruling order. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Build bonds to strengthen trust.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Since a major update in 2011, Guinness Storehouse attendance has increased 35 percent, retail sales per capita have gone up 26 percent, food and beverage spend has increased 47 percent, and overall net profit has increased 240 percent. The New Tools of Marketing. Sponsored by Percolate. How leading companies connect with customers.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

link] mikemyatt Great insights Una – I not only agree that business is personal, but leaders who don't personalize business will never establish the trust bonds necessary for effective leadership. " Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing Una. Thanks again for stopping by Sami.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Commitment - While technology is a natural accelerant helping to catalyze new opportunities and extend relationships, creating trust and influence will still take time. Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Consumers today are trying and bonding with brands through design touch points and their experiences, not through advertising alone. Technology has also changed the picture for many brands in terms of building trust. Another major shift is a fairly profound convergence of brand and design.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In 1993, Apple distributed $273 million in buybacks and $56 million in dividends, even as profits plunged from $530 million to $87 million, compelling the company to do a $297 million long-term bond issue in 1994. The next year Microsoft released Windows 95, eliminating the Mac’s longstanding GUI advantage.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011. This provision was extended through 2011. Implements a payroll tax holiday for workers in 2011. In 2011, workers will pay 4.2% Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011. .

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2011

Stop feeling overwhelmed with changing technology, culture, business, trends, and values, and regain the confidence that can give you a real advantage. The social implications are significant, from no friends to visit people in the hospital, weakened bonds during crisis, fewer watchdogs to deter neighborhood crime, and a lack of community.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve. There are obviously contextually and environmentally specific issues that would apply to any given situation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

By extrapolating consumer behavior from fixed demographic information like gender, age, and ethnicity, companies indiscriminately make conclusions like "African-Americans love fried chicken ," "senior citizens only care about incontinence" and "single men aspire to be James Bond."

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

And the Business Roundtable , picking up where it left off in the summer of 2011, has continued its ineffectual pleas for the president and Congress to find a solution to the deficit , while failing to offer a single concrete solution. A form of low-grade debt known as "junk bonds" provided a new source of funds.

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