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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

So much so, that I have really come to cringe every time I hear the word efficiency. It’s not really that there is anything wrong with becoming more efficient, but what I find is that far too many executives major in the minors when it comes to efficiency. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know?

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2020 Hindsight: Learning for Tomorrow

Lead Change Blog

Identify what has become clear about your business and the way you operate this year. What parts of your operating model worked well during the heights of disruption and which showed the biggest gaps or development opportunities? Take a close look at learnings from each chapter in your 2020 business story.

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. A Forbes article in 2017 titled “If You Want To Be ‘CEO Material,’ Develop These 15 Traits,” created a laundry-list of traits needed to be a great CEO. As we grow and learn, our neural networks become more developed. People over 45 basically die in terms of new ideas.”

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Management Improvement Carnival – 2013 Edition

QAspire

James is an experienced operations manager who is passionate about improving quality, reduce cost and increase efficiency of operations. Here are 3 posts and snippets that I enjoyed reading so far, and you will too: Executives can’t do it alone, and must be masters of developing people. Improvement & Development'

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Two Things to Remember as You Change the World

Persuasive Powerhouse

You are known for your accomplishments; you move mountains quickly and efficiently. Posted in Uncategorized 7 Responses to “Two Things to Remember as You Change the World&# Bret Simmons : January 5, 2011 at 12:11 pm Love it. I wish folks would also learn how to develop and balance a sense of urgency with these two.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

Deming Institute

Rather than seizing this as an opportunity to develop a new theory on which I might improve student engagement and learning, I focused not on what was on the minds of my students but on improving my pedagogy; reinforcing, perhaps, how to continue to do the wrong things – things that had no relevance for my students – better.

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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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