N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. It transformed my business and career. Serve to Lead discusses this at some length. I suspect we're just on the surface of the implications of the world that's rising in this regard.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Now in their late 30s and 40s, Xers make up the bench strength for management. They are the skill bearers and knowledge experts corporations will rely on to gain competitive advantage in the coming decades. Approaching or already in the prime of their lives and careers, they are prepared and poised for leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

“Eight out of 10 participants in the Corporate Service Corps program say it significantly increases the likelihood of them completing their career at IBM,” Stanley Litow, VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, told us. Corporate social responsibility Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

“Eight out of 10 participants in the Corporate Service Corps program say it significantly increases the likelihood of them completing their career at IBM,” Stanley Litow, VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, told us. Corporate social responsibility Talent management'

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:)

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Why should we make this investment?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In the three years since I read Moneyball, the talent crisis has only deepened. Annually, my firm ManpowerGroup conducts a global Talent Shortage Survey [pdf] , and remarkably, from 2010 to 2011, the percentage of employers in the U.S. Some business leaders are finding ingenious new approaches to sourcing talent.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 14, 2015

We rock and roll along in our career and then – wham! Think about your career trajectory. Remember to: Thank your boss for exhausting considerable energy on this transition and for investing personally in your career growth and development. Change is strange but it’s also an opportunity for career growth and personal rewards.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Moreover, the pursuit of perfectionism rarely results in a competitive advantage, but it will result in time delays, cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unkept commitments. New Flash : speed trumps perfectionism. Perfectionists tend to be very busy, but rarely are they productive.

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