N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Labeling something as Best Practices is not a substitute for wisdom, discernment, discretion, subject matter expertise, intellect, creativity or any of the other qualities I value in an advisor. After all, if you can apply someone else’s theory in a vacuum it lowers the barrier to entry doesn’t it?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Manage Your Email: Regardless of your job, your location, or your industry, email likely takes up a significant portion of your time – while not always producing the best results. Also, early morning is an exceptional period of focus and creativity – don’t waste this time on inessential communication. The Bottom Line.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so tough, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of compassion as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. Of the legions of not so great leaders you’ve encountered over the years, how many of them were absent of these qualities?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage … The graph below (see Figure 1) may seem boring, but it is the very reason I wake up excited every morning. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous. This in turn leads to a very focused, coordinated, and ultimately a very passionate work environment. Bottom Line : Show me any team created of equals and I’ll show you a team that will never reach its full potential… What say you?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2011

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. This isn’t just an empty mantra.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011. But you might be wrong.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2011

For me, Harvard was a place from the movies, the place mothers joke about their kids going to when they grow up. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. This isn’t just an empty mantra.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2011

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. This isn’t just an empty mantra.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

One of a leader’s most important functions is to create an environment where trust and loyalty are the rule and not the exception. Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed. I Think Not.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The challenge for today’s brands is to adapt to this new real-time environment and the increased call for transparency. About the Author Jez Frampton is Interbrand’s Global CEO responsible for managing the firm’s worldwide interests and enhancing its strategic and creative offerings. Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 19, 2010

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Servant Leadership…Creating an Environment of Service The Power of Diversity → December 19, 2010 · 6:35 pm ↓ Jump to Comments Facing the Blank Wall I’m having some trouble, blog-wise, this week. Perhaps it will emerge when it is ready.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

We approached a big machine that we had never seen before and stood at bottom puzzling over the best way to get on and off it. At that moment, looking up from the bottom of the escalator, the idea that I would one day run a technology company seemed unfathomable. Consider the country where I grew up. Together, we had $34.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2011

Even if your corporate culture leaves a lot to be desired, managers can create a localized environment that inspires your employees to achieve peak performance. In the foreword to Built on Values , he says: “In order to be successful in a volatile world, you must unleash the goodwill and creativity of your people. The bottom line?

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2011

Bottom line : Adopt a pragmatic approach when implementing processes. Well Invested Time in December 2010 By Tanmay , January 6, 2011 @ 1:45 pm @Ivana - Thanks Ivana, for sharing your perspective. On the other side, excessive focus on compliance to process can kill creativity. Is the necessary guidance/references available?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. An environment of rapid change demands more and better questions from us. Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Creativity, Inc.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. I’m glad I did. Last week he died.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 20, 2010

When I ask what he can stop doing, give away, or prioritize to the bottom of his to-do list, he says, “nothing”. The single most important way he can help is by believing that that people are capable of thinking for themselves in order to come up with the perfect solutions for the problems they are dealing with. Consider this scenario.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked. And there are other people who are great at following orders but cause teams to fail because of their reluctance to step up into leadership roles. Followers Get Things Done Better followership often begets better leadership.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

Department of Labor Home Page Tom Peters, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Change Guru TUTs Adventurers Club: Explore the power of thought & creative visualization to manifest dreams! " Bottom line, if you are in the talent management game in one form or another, it is important to have your finger on the pulse of employment market.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How do we cope in the new environment? How creative must we become in the New Order of Business? By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition. Why did the scandals and corporate disrepute occur? billion for 2000.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2011

Add in the other beautiful buildings, the university’s abundant resources, and the seemingly endless opportunities it offers, and my friends often end up asking, “Shawn, why would you waste your time studying happiness at Harvard? Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. This isn’t just an empty mantra. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet. Or, “Where does the process start to back up?”

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The bottom line is that, despite how technological and automated organizations have become, at their core they remain a collection of human energies that are merely being applied in an organized environment," explains Shaner. It is also the single greatest source of establishing unity from top to bottom and bottom to top.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2011

Body of Work encompasses leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change, rather than feel as they’re victims of it. Contribute to the bottom line… directly and indirectly. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Behave as a gracious winner.

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Women in the LEAD

MARCH 7, 2010

They signed up from over 25 countries and represented over 35 states across the United States. TO LEAVE YOUR FINGERPRINT , click on " comment " at the bottom of this post and share. Today I am in the process of setting up a Public Benefit Organisation to reclaim the very life of this city.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

SAP's senior management asked Ferose to shore up employee morale at SAP Labs India, where the attrition rate had reached a painful 19% in 2009. This belief led Ferose to overhaul SAP Labs India's hierarchical, 'top-heavy' corporate culture, allowing bottom-up creativity and innovation to blossom.

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Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google , Starbucks , Nike , General Mills , and other big brands have all opened themselves up to both the potential risk and opportunity of supporting LGBT equality. But there are also concrete business reasons for a company announcing its support of LGBT equality — all tied to the bottom line. The marketplace demands it.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Bottom line: I’m not sure that the collective body of those who have uttered the mantra of “Culture Trumps Strategy&# actually disagree with me on anything other than how we choose to express our views. Of course, strategy without a good culture is like pushing a rock up hill. Very little in life is either/or.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

But keep in mind how alien most organizational environments must seem to them. Comfortable with the transparency of social networking sites, they bump up against information silos and knowledge hoarding. Used to the web's meritocracy, they face rigid hierarchies. These ideas are interesting, but I know there are more out there.

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Hamel Management Bottom-up Licensing 14

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. My bottom line is this…if you wear perfectionism as a badge of honor it is time for a shift in thinking. Others won’t see it as a badge of honor, but as a sign of pride, ego, arrogance or ignorance.

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Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 409

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

The greater prevalence and power of unions was a huge factor, and although minority and female workers were only gradually admitted to those, strong unions tend to pull up wages in other sectors of the economy and act as a counterweight to business influence over government policy. ” In 2007 the bottom 90% of the population held 28.6%

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