Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The British army’s professional soldiers were superbly trained, disciplined against the chaos of battle, equipped with the latest weaponry and led by experienced career officers. Regardless of the size and resources you’re up against, you will certainly have some competitive advantages of your own.

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Advice Open-book Competitive Advantage Globalization 227

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Pricing impacts everything from strategy and tactics, to finance, to branding, to marketing and sales, to vendor selection and supply chain management, to recruiting and compensation, and to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Why do some consultants get $50,000 a day for their time, while others have to give their time away?

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Price Discount Brand Supply Chain 371

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Before you know it the herd mentality of the legions of politically correct consultants and advisers use said practice area as a platform to be evangelized, and the necessity of common sense and the reality of what actually works often times gets thrown out the window as a trade-off for promotional gain.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

I’m going to admit at the outset that I was a strong proponent of Herzog’s concept for most of my career. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. But hold on for a moment.

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Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 121

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Rankings, Lists and Recognitions The Power 150 – Top Marketing Blogs This list ranks the top 150 marketing blogs based on an algorithmic approach using Google page rank, Technorati rankings, Bloglines ranking and editorial quality. The N2growth Blog is pleased to announce its inclusion in the list.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. Count up how much time is spent reviewing the earning per share, revenue, profit, sales quotas, manufacturing capacity, inventory, marketing strategy, and other topics.

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Review Talent Management Follow-up Bottom-up 248

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage.

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Organization Teamwork Learning-by-Doing System 158

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

In the early 1980s I had the opportunity to work as a consultant in several of America's largest organizations. If you wore a white shirt, showed up, and met minimal expectations, you had a job for your entire career. Global Competition In the 1950s managers and professionals in the U.S. had a huge competitive advantage.

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Health Care CFO Competitive Advantage Outsourcing 132

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

Many became ‘consultants’ of one sort or another. Some sites offered the platform to become a consultant with a national firm by paying them subscription fees. Consultants conduct programs designed by their companies, in repetitive motion. High level strategists create all knowledge in their consulting.

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Mentor Consultative Strategic Planning Entrepreneur 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2015

Many became 'consultants' of one sort or another. Some sites offered the platform to become a consultant with a national firm by paying them subscription fees. The already inflated world of “reputation management” websites lured people into buying advertising in order to create the facade of being a “consultant.”.

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Consultative Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage Article 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2014

Trust is ultimately inspired, critical business relationships blossom, careers advance. By demonstrating respect toward others, professionals at all levels automatically earn respect, lead more effectively, motivate others to get the job done and advance in their careers. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Consultative Skills CFO Competitive Advantage 56

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet? We book worms of years gone by now may even have a competitive advantage. You can’t talk about this too much.

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Venture Capitalist Competitive Advantage Workshop Blog 187

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 94

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

Joel Garfinkle on his Career Advancement Blog shares “ 7 Competencies Successful HR Executive MUST Know ” to be successful. ( @workcoach4you ). Schroeder Blog demonstrates how leaders can realize a sustainable, substantial competitive advantage in the marketplace – and create a more engaged workforce in the process.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career. Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation.and will market their services accordingly. Niche consultants believe these things to be true, within their frames of reference.

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Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Today's workforce will need three times the amount of training that it now gets if the organization intends to stay in business, remain competitive and tackle the future successfully. It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Trainers cannot reconstruct organizational structure, nor can other niche consultants.

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Education Company Succession Mentor 50

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. It transformed my business and career. Serve to Lead discusses this at some length. I suspect we're just on the surface of the implications of the world that's rising in this regard.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

market forces) and internal ones (e.g. Ability to change, readiness to realignment and agility in mindset are the new competitive advantages. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context. Change eliminates (on a long run) those who don’t adapt.

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Management Blog Directory Open-book 131

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:)

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Rajesh Setty

JANUARY 18, 2011

MM: It’s about the challenge of finding the right combination of freedom, money and time in life, through the career choices you make and the creativity and commitment you bring to them. I started off blogging to generate leads for my consulting business. And I have an upcoming interview with John T.

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eBook Course Entrepreneur Creativity 35

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Although the number is still quite low, it is a tentative sign that labor market mobility, which had petrified during the recession, has started to recover. Approaching or already in their prime of their careers, they are ready and willing to lead. I need something new to keep things fresh." Let them learn. "I I really like my company.

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Competitive Advantage Survey Constraint Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2011

Reflecting on the fact that Holly routinely plays with both our iPad and Kinect , I said to my wife, "I think the odds that Holly actually uses a laptop during her working career are pretty close to zero.". Look at the seemingly prosaic world of consulting. I joined McKinsey & Co. as an analyst in 1996. 1996 wasn't that long ago.

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Library Entrepreneur 13

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid.

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Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

And if you doubt it, ask Toyota about the impact their latest crisis has had on their market share. The first to go will be those you most want to keep – the high performers with the most knowledge and competitive advantage.

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Blog Budgeting Competitive Advantage Crisis 43

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Which markets, partners, clients, or other opportunities can add significant value to our business? How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. What specific steps can you take to increase your area’s contribution margin? Does this add value to our core business?

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

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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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. To concentrate on customer solutions, Palmisano spun off personal computers and disk drives and acquired PriceWaterhouseCoopers' consulting business.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. And they faced big constraints.

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Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. Promote and graphically portray your company’s designated cause-related marketing activities.

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Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 110

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

The art with which we build our careers and our legacy is a journey that benefits many others along the way. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve.

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