N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. Others avoid it at all costs because it's a distraction from their distractions. Smart leaders avoid make-work and focus their energy on high impact initiatives, which may include a needed restructuring. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Recognition takes no skill and costs nothing. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 30, 2020

Casting one’s mind back to the days when companies used to follow the mantra laid down by economist Milton Friedman and focused their energies solely on maximising the returns for shareholders, and it seems an altogether different era.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. Our Freedom.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

From the vantage point of an extraordinarily lengthy career at the company, Mike Fenlon talked with The HR Digest about how PwC’s “reimagining the possible” motto has helped forge an outstanding performance culture. Part of that effort is for each team to create a plan for how they will manage their energy and well-being.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 4, 2019

You’re striking out on your own in a way you never have before, taking your career into your own hands, and placing a lot of responsibility on your own head. After all, you can’t claim gas money on your vehicle if it’s only used in a private manner, and the insurance policy you already have might not cover you under business purposes either.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

This post was written with Karen Sumberg, a senior vice president at the Center for Work-Life Policy. You have to devote a huge amount of psychic energy to being closeted — changing pronouns, switching names. Being out makes all the difference to a career. It was torture.".

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

For many women, returning to work after parental leave is a key career transition point. Our interviews found signs that women’s careers were derailed after returning from leave, that colleagues held unconscious biases against the returning women, and that professional relationships also deteriorated after returning from leave.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Thank you for sharing.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. Oddly enough, I have also found it is usually the network where they spend the most time, energy and effort. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. In most cases simple can be translated as realistic, cost effective, quick to adopt, and fast to implement. It transformed my business and career. " <– that's my test of a great idea.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy? Our Freedom.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Unusually excellent leaders have a zero tolerance policy for sloppiness.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Previously, she was the vice president of Global Public Policy at Facebook. The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Learn about the future economy project.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects.

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 21, 2010

RS: How do you find the time and energy to manage two careers – as heart surgeon and Internet marketer? Each heart operation costs around $2,500 to $3,000. Like earlier this year, when our primary payment processor changed policies that prevented our Foundation from accepting donations online. MS: One word.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

It reinforced all the people-centric policies of the company. During his 36 year career, Frank has worked with many of the most recognized companies and executives in the world. StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. A Body of Work takes time, energy, resources and lots of heart to produce. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. They will see you as the low-cost provider. They will cut and skim.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They do not decrease the cost to the entrepreneur if his venture fails. Reduce the upfront costs of starting a high-potential business. Instead of manipulating the tax code to encourage startups once they are profitable, we should do everything we can to remove these early costs in the system. Lower the cost of failure.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Today more than ever, the entrepreneur is celebrated, failure is accepted as a cost of doing business, and starting your own company is seen as a path to achieving the American Dream. An effective policy strategy for small businesses needs to focus on the unique needs these companies have. But these things are not enough.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

These days, thousands of college-bound teenagers mark the end of high school with a gap year , a chance to stop and think, to work and travel, and to gain the perspective and energy necessary for making the most of what's next. What do their parents do to mark the end of exhausting midlife careers and decades of child-rearing?

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

In order for us to empathize, we must listen so that we understand what others are dealing with, what’s happening in their careers and in their lives. Hire people who truly love the work they do so they will bring more creativity and energy to their job, your workplace and to your customers. People want an amazing future.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

With policy makers distracted by political polarization and limited fiscal and monetary room to maneuver in, one thing seems certain: Global businesses must advance a new, credible narrative for globalization, technology, and the role of corporations — and support it with purposeful action. These are the seven areas: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Building a conscious pay system requires conscious policies and practices that support such an initiative. The next involves assessing the conditions you work under and reframing your policies and systems to best support your employees. Family-Friendly Policies Recognize and support diverse family structures.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

It is first and foremost about creating a way of life in the workplace that integrates a total health model into every aspect of business practice, from company policies to everyday work activities. A workplace health promotion program cannot be imposed on workers as yet another management cost-containment initiative. Asking for help.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

What is the lost opportunity cost associated with customer churn? The time, energy, and cost associated with acquiring a customer are substantial, the benefits of retaining customers are considerable, and the costs associated with customer churn are significant.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And what does that cost you? Think about the time and endless hours you spend following outdated rules and policies, searching for misplaced items, offering advice to those who don’t want it, trying to change people who won’t embrace it, struggling to control the uncontrollable , and of course, overthinking everything. Insignificant.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Your post finally got me to write about it.

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

You find your company’s maternity policy woefully inadequate. Lois Kelly, co-author with Carmen Medina (see case study #1) of the upcoming book, Rebels at Work: Befriending the Bureaucratic Black Belts and Leading Change from Within , says the smartest people carefully calculate what’s worth their time and energy. What the Experts Say.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Creating better outcomes at reduced cost. A mentor told me early in my career that only 20% of healing involves the high-tech stuff. When we do this, clinicians will once again be able to show up for patients the way they want — with passion, energy, enthusiasm, and empathy. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

At all costs, fight change.in The addictive organization does communicate directly with the news media and often adopts a 'no comment' policy. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result. Neither attends to details nor to pursue a Big Picture.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. The Corporate Elite continued to do what they did most of their careers: increase efficiencies, boost scale, and lower costs to maximize profits. as global hegemon.

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