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’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Moreover, the pursuit of perfectionism rarely results in a competitive advantage, but it will result in time delays, cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unkept commitments. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. New Flash : speed trumps perfectionism.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , says “ Improve Your Perception: A reputation that took decades to build can be threatened by a single event. Tacy Byham, Ph.D.

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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. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:)

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. 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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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Why should we make this investment?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

For Your Success For businesses on the cutting edge: companies proactive in seeking a competitive advantage; progressive firms open to adopt new innovations. … Executive Development Opportunities.

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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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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. It transformed my business and career.

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HR Digest

MAY 14, 2024

Performance Management : Assessing and managing employee performance to align with strategic goals. Learning and Development : Providing training and development opportunities to enhance skills and career growth. The importance of human capital management in determining the quality of work is considerable.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Indeed, multicultural organizational capabilities are becoming as significant a source of competitive advantage as other core elements of business strategy. Build multicultural elements into management training programs , either by adjusting existing curricula or developing new materials. Is your organization prepared?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks. Female promotion rates have increased nationwide across all cohorts, with a 22-percentage-point rise among senior managers, while the attrition of senior women has slowed by five percentage points.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our research indicated that young people are more than twice as likely to stay at their job for more than a year if they see their job as a career or a stepping stone to a career. Chipotle highlights a clear career path for entry-level employees on its website and directs new hires to it on Day 1.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Pilots are a critical pool of talent for an airline; there must be a sufficient supply with appropriate skills to operate the airline. This is the reason airlines invest in elongated career paths for pilots. But this is a segment where “good enough” suffices.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Note that essential experts typically don’t want to manage others; they only want to manage themselves. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations. Competitive compensation is table stakes for these folks.

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