Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. From my experience, these six characteristics encapsulate the competitive business culture. This is a tremendous competitive advantage for the smaller player.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 29, 2019

The data highlighted clear divergence in how various layers of the business view upskilling, with senior executives placing more emphasis on technology than skills, whereas those on the frontline had understandable concern about their future career path. ” A competitive advantage.

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Benchmarking Competitive Advantage Short-term Training 70

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All businesses have competition, serve stakeholders and other various constituencies, and must do certain things to avoid failure while on the path to creating a sustainable endeavor. Let me give you a great example…It is not at all uncommon for an executive to tell me that his/her business doesn’t really have any competition.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s essential for high-tech companies to maintain their competitive advantage, but how we’ve handled that change has been one of the pillars of our success over the past four years. Our employees embraced our values and so too did our executive leadership. Change is inevitable in any company. Carey Pellock, CHRO, Neustar.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

I’ll bet a lot of executives and managers reading this post would enthusiastically agree with the declaration “Employees are our greatest asset”. At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. How about you? Be a role model.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I believe the same characteristics that are present in the heart of a warrior are also present in the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. The more I began to ponder the heroism of our military (past and present), the more I began to consider the traits possessed by our nation’s warriors.

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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

Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Chief Executive An online magazine written exclusively for chief executive officers and their peers. ** N2′s Top pick for C-suite insights and information. CFO.com Web magazine targeted to senior financial executives. … Executive Development Opportunities. Business2.0

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. As an example, Look at Apple! But manufacturing?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share two events which occurred over the past week that inspired me to write about why I believe all business executives can learn valuable leadership lessons from those in uniform. From personal experience I can absolutely guarantee you that these same traits will serve you well as a business leader.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

It has definitely caused its fair share of angst, frustration, and vigorous debate among executives and professional advisors simply for the reason that it is one of the few metrics that touches virtually every aspect of a business. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. This is a simple leadership behavior that can be leveraged to be a significant competitive advantage for any organization.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. I’m always amazed at the number of senior executives who really struggle with even simple decisions…This next comment might hit a bit too close to home for some of you, but I’m hoping it may help bring you back to reality.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%). That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Research shows they can be cut in half.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

Army Infantry, and later in my career as a Drill Sergeant. As a leader, your duty is to execute, and executing your duties will bring credibility and build trust among your team. I had new, plush leather office chairs delivered to me and my executive team. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

percent of executive officers, 8.1 In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2014

Each entity, made up of people, operating within their own culture, thinks they are doing the ‘right’ thing for the ‘right’ reasons. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2015

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%). That's what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I look at incremental improvements as a necessary part of day-to-day operations, and a necessary component of keeping things current. I visited his church on numerous occasions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You are missing clues, haven’t developed a wide network, and operate more like individual contributor than a leader. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Blame others for outcomes.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

While Cornell executive leadership can be exemplary, there were and still are times when units within this very large institution needed significant improvement. We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. Training is rarely allowed to be extensive. merely begins. Mentorship.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

More than half of senior executives experienced a backlog of at least two years on critical new analytics applications. When the CEO assigns ownership of analytics, that executive will command bigger budgets and more time on the board agenda and will oversee a powerful new pool of resources. But poor ROI is only part of the story.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

When executed well, the results are astonishing. Indeed, multicultural organizational capabilities are becoming as significant a source of competitive advantage as other core elements of business strategy. Is your organization prepared?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Is your spouse willing to make significant career or personal sacrifices that might be required to support you and the business? Family Questions. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Pragmatism. When the U.S.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Every senior executive would love to have an Allan Taylor on his or her team. Allan has ensured consistent execution of his boss's strategic initiatives — and is quickly falling into what I call the "first lieutenant syndrome.". Or competitive activities, underlying customer needs, and new ways to create competitive advantage?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In every aspect of business, we are operating with mental models that have grown outdated or obsolete, from strategy to marketing to organization to leadership. Many of the paradigms we learned in school and built our careers on are either incomplete or ineffective. One problem is that they’ve been focused on the wrong thing.

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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. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.

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