N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The UC Berkley budget gap has grown to $150 million, & still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on $3,000,000 consultants. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn. moravecglobal Here's another example of disconnected leadership and the consequences for, in this case, students, faculty and taxpayers.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. Futurism: an ongoing quest toward wisdom.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Introduce new products. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Therefore, our loyalty to the company rises, and we are more productive. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Behave as a gracious winner.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. Most corporate leaders are two management styles behind.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This is a comprehensive set of strategies, methodologies, policies, practices and programs that are integrated throughout business operations, supported and rewarded by top management. This looks at how good companies become better. It reassures other stakeholders as to the company’s intent. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

You’re in the best business-industry, produce a good product-service and always lead the pack. Operations are sound, professional and productive. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Customers get what they cannot really get elsewhere. Running the business. Behave as a gracious winner.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Management by Objectives came into vogue in 1965 and was the prevailing leadership style until 1990. Other important components of business (training, marketing, research, team building and productivity) were all accomplished according to goals, objectives and tactics. Most corporate leaders are two management styles behind.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The term Budgeting gets tossed around in many ways. Budgets get blamed for gridlock. Budgets get politicized. Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. Budgeting by itself is a minor piece of business strategy. by Hank Moore.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. Being productive and fulfilled. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. This series will have three more to come. Benefiting humanity.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. I heartily endorse that find a great mentor. About the Author.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I'm also talking about those individuals (and I have one in mind right now) who work tirelessly in some unknown village to help their own people rise up out of poverty and ignorance, without a budget and without recognition from the world. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. Let's call them Mr. and Ms.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. However, peddling sales to some ‘foundation’ that is named after your product and which supports only one cause is not appropriate. Who is to say that a sales promotion tied directly to your products is right?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. Product Recall, Tylenol. Product Contamination-Damage.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Not only was this a shift in company focus and customer orientation, but it put high-volume tire production and sales as the only priorities. What Causes Crises. Intervention. About the Author.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Have to make cuts everywhere else to pay for rising production costs. We make a good product… that should be enough. In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Organizations must educate consumers, in a pro-active way, on how to best utilize their products-services. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

One-third of the Gross National Product is sent each year toward cleaning up mistakes, rework, make-goods, corrective action and correcting defects. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Yet, only 5.1% 50% do not.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Because of fear, productivity suffers, turnover increases and profitability drops. This stymies employees’ professional development and hampers company productivity. Promote and graphically portray your company’s designated cause-related marketing activities. Developing communications as a vital tool of business and life.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. There exist two current options. About the Author.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

They understand how to effectively deploy these highly productive and valuable team members to create tremendous leverage and velocity across the enterprise. I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

The production was The Sound of Music , starring Carrie Underwood. Ready… Set… Be productive. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Remove the distractions to doing your best-focused work.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Product recalls. Unsuccessful marketing.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Budgets are constantly cut and revised. There’s a rift within top management and everyone knows it. New products are “me-to” brand line extensions. Product discounting is chronic. Marketing blames Sales. Picture this: The CEO of the decaying company is addressing his management team.

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