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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. But corporate leaders today seem to agree that strategic alignment is high on the list.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. But too many major companies — Bank of America, Sony, Gap, Yahoo, Nokia — that need to get it, don't. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nestlé announced plans to cut its staff in some central African countries, while Barclays’s new CEO is considering selling off the bank’s Africa assets. Businesses will have to adapt to withstand slower and more variable growth across SSA.

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Reinvent Your Company by Reassessing Its Strengths

Harvard Business Review

Wells Fargo has become the most valuable bank in the world by sticking to its strategy of building a value proposition around selling more products per customer than anyone else. But the capabilities — from merchandising to managing store staff and operating the supply chain — are very different for a small-store format. Strategy'

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