N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you’re still asking these questions WAKE-UP – get your head out of the sand, and stop broadcasting your ignorance. I’m going to tell you the cold hard truth about social media…what you need to know that most people won’t tell you.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Bright minds spend considerable time and energy drawing up ambitious plans for things like market share growth and increased revenue generation — only to watch staff put out fires all day rather than work on the strategy which will prevent most fires in the first place. They just don’t do it.”.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

   You will find their research in a variety of formats like case studies, surveys, white papers, newsletter articles, and editorial-like letters from Buck team members on select issues.    The bottom line is that resources like this are increasingly rare in today's short-sighted business world. 

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. These qualities make it invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Presidents.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The youngest uncle, who took a casual approach to his job as vice president, was opposed to my father''s getting the job — he worried he would shake things up.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Effective Crisis Handling, Case Studies. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. Unrelated cases but both well handled involved Perrier Water and the Girl Scouts of America.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. He has a marketing communications degree from Bradley University. workforce is between 45 and 64.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! To learn more about Barry, click here. Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Decision facilitation” enables a smoother, faster process that leads to a better outcome for both the marketing manager and the design firm. The result?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. He has a marketing communications degree from Bradley University.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In other words, it’s time for companies and individual leaders to ‘woman up.’ Whether you’re a man or a woman, it’s time to start embracing your feminine side (and yes, many women have squelched their natural leadership style for far too long).

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

We’re looking for a “speak-up culture”—the kind of workplace where we feel welcome and included, free to express our views and opinions, and confident that our ideas will be heard and recognized. Case studies we did for our report give weight to these findings.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top. If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top. Actually, scratch that “up-and-coming” part – social media is already here.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

By simply setting up a blog, any individual – or company – can become a ‘published’ author and gather a crowd of loyal readers. Yes, blogs are fun to read and to write – and they can also be used to grow your business, engage business partners, and establish thought-leadership. Blog, but mind your manners.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

If the answers are inconsistent, or don''t reflect leadership''s intended positioning strategy, that can indicate one of two issues. Either there''s a bottom-up communications problem where the messages aren''t connecting with their targets, or there''s a top-down problem where management isn''t clear on what its message is.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

If you were entering the job market in the early 90s, most job descriptions included “Macintosh experience” or “excellent PC skills” in their preferred qualifications. Since this is first and foremost the responsibility of leadership, early executive buy-in on becoming a more data-driven company is paramount.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The key for every firm — regardless of size — is to figure out how to consistently create value in a demanding, ever-changing market. Customer-facing teams around the world were asked to deliver IBM's solutions in myriad markets. Trying to Preserve Market Position vs. Cultivating the Ability to Adapt.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

And it sets strategy like one, according to a Harvard Business School case study by professor Julie Wulf. With its success, Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma are making the case for a strategy approach that has fallen out of favor in the U.S. there are signs that their bottom-up approach to strategy might be making a comeback.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

And how exactly do you make your case? “Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. Do you want to move up — or might a lateral move interest you? ” Build your case. What the Experts Say. More money ?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched. We all have.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

“Before you respond to a request or knock on a door in a marketing capacity, you need to establish that the company can pay you and will pay you,” he says. ” The bottom line: Don’t work with clients who have a bad reputation. Pearce recommends you “try to get as much money up front” as possible.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Promoting gender equity in the leadership of private and public organizations is one of the most pressing business, economic, and social challenges we face at present. But business schools that fail to recognize and advocate for the critical role of gender-balanced leadership in business performance simply reinforce the status quo.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Porter is a member in good standing of the business-community Kagame fan club, and has just finished a new version of his case study (an earlier one is available here ) on Rwanda''s economic transformation. The case study doesn''t hide the fact that Kagame has many critics, but it doesn''t dwell on political issues.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Whoever came up with the idea of putting gender issues under the diversity umbrella? It's about learning enough about the differences between men and women to be able to effectively access and connect with the majority of today's talent and markets. The bottom line? Problem 1: Calling it Diversity.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In early April, following the news of faulty ignition switches and recall of more than 6 million cars, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a “Speak Up for Safety” program. “GM This is “not because people screw up, but because of the immense complexity of what we do,” she told The Washington Post.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

If the discount airlines are ten times more dangerous, this rises to 1 in a million, but you make up for this by saving $50 per flight. By forcing people to purchase additional seats it would inevitably drive up the demand and therefore the price of airline tickets (and I fly quite a bit). One or nine? It is around 100.

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