N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric. Communicate more effectively. Communication skills are so essential for leaders that it is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator. They have the uncanny ability to understand what is not said, witnessed, or heard.

Tips 417

Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 417

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

They are fiercely focused on operations, because they know that's how money is made or lost. By innovating, operating efficiently, and exploiting market niches, Zhang has confronted well-established manufacturers of the North on their own territory and used his success there as leverage to win in the global game. They learn fast.

Globalization 8

Globalization Chief Financial Officer Class Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Seed investors are mostly operating as growth investors, expecting that the entrepreneur will somehow manage to bridge the gap and bring a concept to realization. Omer bootstrapped his company from no revenue or employees to about 45 employees and over $15 million in revenue by the time AgilOne partnered with Sequoia Capital in 2011.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. A former Congressman is also bidding for three dispensary business licenses in Massachusetts.

Industry 9

Industry Retail Banking Brand 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

As the officers and men are not permitted to visit their wives and families, I ought not to see my esposita — as it might make the men feel that I consult my own comfort regardless of theirs.&# Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. How times have changed!

Leadership 420

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power." Many shuttered plants and flew home expatriate staff and families.

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

When I first suggested to a team of health care clinicians that their work needed to be radically redesigned, I was told that the word "radical" was reserved for only the most serious of medical procedures and I had no license to use the word — after all, I was not even a physician. Jim Champy is a consultant and author.

Health Care 14

Health Care Champy Information Technology Insurance 14