N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. Are your management and executive ranks void of youth?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The training we get is partly also a residual of the Industrial Revolution. Each family has its own history and legacies that are filtered from generation to generation. So it is with all organizations. The patterns of learning in most schools come from our European roots.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

What they share, however, is sorting through the almost immeasurable impact—physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and financial—of a pandemic that has turned every industry and institution completely upside down. Jossey-Bass; 2011:30. It’s a strategy for soaring—not crashing. _. 1 Stein S, Book H. Leading in times of trauma.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

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. The mechanistic world of the industrial age continues to have a grip on our belief system. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Is it a niche business catering to a specific industry? However, if Buddy didn’t excel at toymaking, then what was his true strength? Spreading Christmas spirit, that’s what! What is your company most skilled in providing your customers? Does it fill a need? What does your brand stand for? Brand Associations: What is Buddy About?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 As we read year-end and best-of 2010 articles and watch the tribute shows, take a moment to try to add up the cumulative wealth of those being remembered. billion estate.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

 She has been published in leading industry magazines and ghost authored a number of chapters for books published by Linkage, Inc and Pearson Education. in Industrial and Organization Psychology with honors and a B.S. To read more about it, go to www.elevati-inc.com/newbook.html. Clients served through TalentSmart® and Elevati, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Mike Myatt : What if anything have you found to be a common misperception about the coaching industry? In fact, I hold Marshall in such high professional regard that he is one of only three other coaches that I’ll refer people to if I’m unable to meet their needs. I help people understand this and act upon it.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

As of October 2008, the site had more than 30 million registered users spanning 150 industries. Questions may be broad and generalized or micro-specific and niche to your industry. This is such a beneficial tool for online networking, and I continue to use it for strictly business use.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

WRONG …The simple truth of the matter is that the time needed to attain performance goals varies depending among other things the age, size and competitive positioning of the company, the industry, sector and vertical, etc. And what if a company finds or is built by just that person…and loses them to a term limit?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. Of those 8 functional areas, 5 of them are led by senior executives who are in their 60s and expected to retire within the next 3 – 5 years.

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The Costco experience isn’t what it used to be, US auto manufacturers continue to struggle, the banking industry has been crippled, and government agencies (pick one…USPS, IRS, DMV, etc.) often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Companies in many industries stand to lose significant numbers of highly skilled, tenured workers. What’s a manager or executive to do? Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Petersburg, Florida.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It is a unique way to talk about your business: what it is, what you offer; share information in that niche; offer insights into your particular industry and much more. I see blogging as being a part of Social Media.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I now own two small construction companies, I believe this industry could actually change to commission//Salary. As an example, the marketing assistant who receives a comparatively small bonus when contrasted to that of a sales person feels that his/her contribution is minimized and feels treated unfairly. a 12 month project.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

You can review virtually any industry, sector, vertical, or micro-vertical and when you examine the dominant brands you’ll find quality design at their core. While there are exceptions to every rule, they are few and far between when it comes to design.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Petersburg, Florida.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2011

As I describe in my book Career Mapping : Charting Your Course in the New World of Work , you first need to have decided that you want to work in the industry in which the company does business. If you are a functional expert, say in HR or finance, you might tend to think your skills are transferrable and can be applied anywhere.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

We are considering offering something like the following on a monthly basis: Review trends of your specific keywords Identify potential hotspots for blog links Update Facebook Fans page = 25-50 postings Identify and connect with potential Facebook friends Update Twitter account = 30-50 Search Engine Optimized postings Leave comments on blogs and websites (..)

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The job of the senior executive is much more complicated today than it was a decade or two ago — and that trend will continue, especially if you hope to play on a global stage (which is a nearly universal condition these days for many companies). Many executive searches are done on a global basis now. Here are five reasons.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? An old client became well known and rather notorious through this technique: he liked to predict the future in his industry, always outrageous. Adapt ideas from other industries. How do you best focus the time and resources you have? The wrong ones were forgotten.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Of course, this kind of talk is hardly encouraging to the scientists working for big pharma labs, and executive participants in our programs also shared with us their concerns that their best R&D talents are being depreciated and demotivated. As yet, the facts don't seem to substantiate the fears.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. While it can offer valuable lessons for other industries and other problems, the model is not universally applicable. This is a dangerous mindset.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Do you really want to financially incentivize your executives to make hiring decisions that place a greater value upon diversity mandates than qualifications?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 Finally, reaching profitability quickly ensures that when outside financing dries up, the venture can succeed on its own. Now, the venture capital markets cannot supply more capital and the company must depend on the IPO market to finance its money-losing operations.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

These are the images many outsiders have of the medical marijuana industry. 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. And I still do now. The list goes on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The grueling testimonies from CEO John Stumpf, coupled with insights from my industry-wide research into the culture and mindsets of bankers, suggest there is a blind spot among senior leaders at Wells Fargo, as well as deterrents to speaking up among the rank and file. of deposit accounts could be fraudulent.

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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. If I only had a nickel for each time a CEO has told me “We have the best talent in the industry.&# In today’s post I’ll examine one of the most frequent offenders; “ Talent is our biggest asset.&#

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

They believe big companies are weighed down by their own success, too invested in the past to create and execute new ideas. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. ” I disagree.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Not surprisingly, as Jean Rogers, the Executive Director of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), points out in a Greenbiz blog , "It''s no surprise that banks and financial sectors are the institutions least trusted by U.S. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.".

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries. Has this transformation had impact on customers and its industry in the past decade?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

From my research, consulting experience, and more than 20 years as CEO of a midsized firm (in the decorative art publishing industry), I have found four signs that signal when an operational meltdown is probable in a midsized company: An overbearing sales culture. million in financing for a new 50,000-square-foot bakery, which opened in 2008.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In business, volatility used to be more limited to the realms of finance and high tech. It’s no longer good enough to wait for change to come to your industry; you need to be out there where it’s happening. Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The International Reciprocal Trade Association reports that in 2011 over 400,000 companies worldwide used bartering to earn an estimated $12 billion on unwanted or underused assets. What linkages do you need to build in your organization, for example between purchasing, finance and the business units to make these deals work?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

One of the most memorable moments was listening to an executive of a British bank rescued by the government, who told his audience that the economic crisis had been a breakthrough moment in his career. One day, it will form the basis of a masters in finance, and you should all grasp this opportunity to learn with open hands."

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