N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have found that highly productive executives and companies clearly understand the value, leverage, efficiency, and economies of scale that are generated by assembling highly focused, motivated, and productive teams. This in turn leads to a very focused, coordinated, and ultimately a very passionate work environment.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And yet from a review of the research on incentives and motivation, it is wholly unclear why such a large proportion of these executives’ compensation packages would need to be variable. This has led to arguments that executive compensation needs to be organized differently so that the variable component motivates the right behaviors.

Execution 8

Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Or third, and more common, is that they sit on the impact-investing sidelines.

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Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In 1993, Apple distributed $273 million in buybacks and $56 million in dividends, even as profits plunged from $530 million to $87 million, compelling the company to do a $297 million long-term bond issue in 1994. The next year Microsoft released Windows 95, eliminating the Mac’s longstanding GUI advantage. I disagree with this priority.

Innovation 8

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. Drexler: Now for the flip side, of course people and institutions in most cases are motivated by more than just financial returns. Secondly, it’s about combining philanthropic and financial investors.

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Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. To hit P&L targets, for instance, the CMO at one technology company focused on shortening the sales cycle.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

When an organization is small enough that each member can have a personal relationship with every other, or at least recognize their faces and names, gathering everyone for regular meetings strengthens social bonds and bolsters the feeling that “we are one company.” But an intimate gathering with, say, 500 of your best friends isn’t feasible.

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Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8