Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering. Both Katie and I had, and still have, a great love for travel, and in our travels we had developed an appreciation of the brands of both established and emerging designers from around the world.

Fashion 124

Fashion Press Release Discount PR 124

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I wanted to put this question out there: Can humility be learned? Greenleaf in 1970.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Servant Leader Long-term 419

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. If you want to be a long-term survivor in business I would suggest that you not participate in gossip and get rid of those that do.

Blog 419

Blog Reputation Participative Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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CEO Blog Delegation Covey 349

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

Blog 420

Blog Meyer Short-term Learning-by-Doing 420

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

These include selfishness, possessiveness, emotional immaturity, short-term focus, and a lack of taking responsibility for their actions. Included in this list is our physical bodies and health, our finances, our relationships, and the world in which we live.  I could go on. 

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Letter Short-term Learning-by-Doing Finance 117

Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

» January 02, 2011 The Wasting of Your Life There seems to be no limit to the number of varying interpretations of how one is to view the concept of "wealth." " The term itself deserves the quotes thus employed in the previous sentence because it conjures in people's minds many different definitions.

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Rogers Short-term Blog Letter 124

Chris Brady

JANUARY 20, 2011

All these and more speak to the fact that communication is almost always best when aligned with the natural human tendency to think and learn in terms of stories. In short, what I needed for him to do was paint me the picture, not give me the dimensions of the frame. We remember what we see much better than what we merely hear.

Travel 112

Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 112

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Long-term experience will either validate or invalidate first impressions.That said, it's the first impression that buys you the privilege of having the chance to be in the game to begin with. I believe that first impressions do matter but just in the short time. Thanks for highlighting that thought in your comment.

Blog 375

Blog Gordon Brand Media 375

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

They could not be more wrong - I’m here to tell you that strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive terms. I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength through service.

Leadership 284

Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

That choice of living a remarkable life starts with waking up to our current realities, setting your terms for the unconventional life, challenging the status quo, undertaking contrarian adventures, building serious competence, organizing your personal finances, living in possibilities and thinking about your legacy now.

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Review Godin Blog Directory 149

Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Everyone seems to have some sort of attachment to it, some philosophy about it, and some amount of understanding of the term. ' This is not a value judgment, as comparing something to 'bad,' but rather a term meant to describe the means to satisfy man's wants. ' But just what is this word all about? I love this.

Travel 119

Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 119

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

Blog 395

Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Forget all the buzzwords and acronyms, social media is about meeting your constituencies where they are – in a setting of their choosing, and communicating with them on their terms. One of the things I look most forward to is watching Chris continue to develop and refine his thoughts as the medium advances and matures.

Media 382

Media Blog Tools Influence 382

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

Blog 334

Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. Team building, group dynamics, talent management, leadership development, and any number of other functional areas are much more about clarity, focus, aligning expectations, and defining roles than creating equality.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. We can leverage each other’s expertise. Mine your backyard.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 19, 2011

Most fail far short of the owners’ ambitions. It’s every businessperson’s nightmare: his or her company is failing, dysfunctional, stuck in neutral, and/or is disappointing overall, from the finances to the customer feedback. Warring camps develop, each seeking supremacy in what has become a political organization.

Marketing 50

Marketing Objective Short-term Discount 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. Nokia did have resources to develop a new operating system, but chose to stick with Symbian.

Budgeting 12

Budgeting Innovation Business Model Technology 12

Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

In short, from a world-view that disdains accomplishment and merit (whatone accomplishes and earns) and instead focuses upon position and power andprestige (who one is and who one knows), heroes are made out of those who seemto succeed despite the rules of effort, contribution, and earning it.

Blog 112

Blog Leadership Real Estate Letter 112

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The initial investors (and their terms). Twitter 2006-2011) and vice versa (e.g., As the early team comes together, it has a short-lived opportunity to decide how it wants to do business, because culture entrenches at compound rates with each new hire - somewhere after two dozen employees, culture tends to cement.

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you ever wonder how the term “Politically Correct&# evolved from an obscure catch-phrase that was once used to label those who would not take a controversial position to the dominant mind-set of the day in our society? The first step in solving the problem is to deal in whole truths, not untruths or partial truths.

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In both places, we know the instability will worsen macroeconomic performance in the short term. If that is the case, and the faster growth generates higher profits for them over the long term, that might well compensate for any short-term losses from the disruption. Tunisia and Egypt are cases in point.

NPV 13

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 13

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# Don’t hype…stop complaining…fix the problem.

Blog 366

Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

I'm looking forward to learning from you in 2011. We may be able to in the short run, but not when our final stories are written. I'm looking forward to 2011 and I appreciate your advice and friendship. One way I have thought about these issues is in terms of one's calling. link] Mike Henry Sr.

Blog 414

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In short, they want to come to the rescue of victory. Much of what the company learned about its customers in the services mode has been developed into its product, although a good percentage of revenues still comes from services. Andy’s research was financed by DARPA at the university. How do you bridge the seed capital gap?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. That led to a high number of errant shipments and to customers not paying their invoices according to the terms of payment, often because they weren’t getting the correct shipments on time. Later that year, Dave’s got $2.1

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2011, the company dropped its requirement to exit investment positions when losses exceeded $20 million. On April 4 of this year, Dimon read a short article in the Wall Street Journal about a JPMorgan trader in London, Bruno Iksil, who was making massive bets that exposed the bank to high levels of risk.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

In short, the health of American small businesses depends significantly on credit. In contrast, loans to larger firms have risen every year since hitting bottom in 2011, and are now up about 4% since that low point. In contrast, several longer-term structural factors are contributing to the dearth of small business lending.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Together we developed an agenda for change and put it into action. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Operations Quality 8

N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

John Baldoni : You asked us to keep our answers short so I don’t have time to delineate all my faults, but let me say one thing I work on is patience. Get it done and get it done now is a real challenge that may not set up organizations for long term success. Mike Myatt : What do you see as your greatest weakness?

Blog 280

Blog Leadership Consultative Brand 280

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Business development. Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. See consulting as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed. Look at their activity in professional development and business education.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

Much has been made of the fact that a new breed of financial technology (or fintech) companies is unbundling banks in the developed world. Over the past five to six years there has been a rush of capital and talent into startups; investment in them has grown nearly eightfold since 2011. However, there are signs that this is changing.

Banking 8

Banking Company Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But let’s change what we’re asking: Which has the better potential to scale up and create long term value for customers, owners, investors, and employees? Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development. No doubt the tech startup wins the popularity contest hands down.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8