2011 Organization Productivity Sharpe 
N2Growth Blog
MAY 16, 2010
Focus on driving-down the most complex tasks to the lowest levels of the organization, and then leverage with talent, capital and technology while avoiding the creation of margin eroding dependencies. When I look at top performing organizations, many of them rely on “smart talent&# and relatively complex business models.
Women on Business
JANUARY 24, 2011
Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Being sharp means being succinct. Practice pitches and product or service descriptions. Rehearse your pitch.
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Terry Starbucker
OCTOBER 3, 2010
It’s 2010, sneaking up on 2011 – I’m looking for a HECK of a lot more than eye contact and posture from my leader. and prepared; if you want employees to be organized, then YOU be organized; if you want employees to be nice to one another, then YOU be nice to them, in public and private. Thanks again.
You're Not the Boss of Me
JANUARY 30, 2011
Offer Appropriate Reward It is often the case that while we talk a lot about collaborative work in organizations, our reward systems frequently continue to acknowledge individual effort disproportionately. So, the leader’s job is to strive for and encourage a balance that allows for healthy discussion, respectfully and productively conducted.
Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 26, 2011
It’s important to remember that achievements are often less dependent on your technical know-how and more dependent on how you organize and think. I’ve found that many organizations spend too much time thinking about what’s going to happen way down the road when all they’re doing is guessing. Why have two plans instead of one?
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. PL and CM: Coherent companies – those that possess a capabilities system that aligns their strategy with their product/service portfolio – generate superior performance over time, which is what we call the coherence premium.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 1, 2014
Simpson was acquitted of double homicide, and the World Trade Organization was formally launched on New Year’s Day. businesses in 2011—up from 23 percent in 1992, for an increase of half in just under two decades. Elsewhere, Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people in Oklahoma City, three years of war in the Balkans came to an end, O.J.
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