Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Here is just a small sample of how James’s insights have helped me in my career: “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”. As we progress through our careers, keeping a truly open mind becomes increasingly difficult. Instead, I let short-term tactical thinking cloud my execution.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2021

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don't market your business, you won't have one.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 24, 2020

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don't market your business, you won't have one.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2020

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don't market your business, you won't have one.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

Based upon many hours of advisory with C-Level clients, here are the two major tenets that bubble to the top: IQ – Intelligence Quotient (or Tactical Intelligence). Operational – Know how the organization works inside and out. Sit at home and map out your operational chain from start to finish. It’s that simple.

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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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 3, 2019

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don't market your business, you won't have one.

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Books Leadership Storytelling Delegation 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. They understand the difference between raw data and useful information. should anything be transparent?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Based upon many hours of advisory with C-Level clients, here are the two major tenets that bubble to the top: IQ – Intelligence Quotient (or Tactical Intelligence) You have to have the chops, the intellect, the experience, and knowledge to make it through the first hurdle. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. They make changes.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2017

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don't market your business, you won't have one.

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Books Leadership Storytelling Delegation 50

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. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Some performers made careers as supporting players. Back characters on TV shows included restaurant and bar operators, where the stars went top relax. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Act as a mentor to still others.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation. While not all great business leaders have served in the military, those of you who possess the heart of a warrior understand the advantages you derive from your military bearing and state of mind.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Operations are sound, professional and productive. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Philosophy.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

In an in-depth conversation with The HR Digest, Lisa Chang, the Global Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company, reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career trajectory. This dilemma forced me to evaluate my career path and what mattered most. For me it is impact. By 2030, we aspire to be 50% led by women.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Make an equitable blend of ambition and desire: Fine-tuning one’s career is an admirable and necessary process. This premise also holds true for each corporate operating unit and department. Do you have a detailed, written analysis of your market area? Entrepreneur is as entrepreneur does. It is quite illuminating.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 11, 2014

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don''t market your business, you won''t have one.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 2, 2015

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don''t market your business, you won''t have one.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result. Do successful corporations operate without a strategy-vision?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. Leaders who attempt to use command and control tactics without the necessary underpinnings of real leadership principles will simply not do well. Loyalty matters… What say you?

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don''t market your business, you won''t have one.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 29, 2013

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. If you don''t market your business, you won''t have one.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I think not.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Not just in terms of their own career growth, but in how it would open up a whole new understanding and area of knowledge in their field of study, if not also inspiring others to take up the cause to learn more about this elemental key to our existence. In other words, a goal which can serve to define the purpose behind your shared efforts.

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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. Access to global markets. Customer retention.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Special Edition 49 – An Interview with Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top explores the approaches everyone in the corporate world can use, regardless of their current position, to shape their career development and accelerate their advancement. To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. link] ATIG We must rethink the leadership tactic !!!! In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form. Leaders lead and inspire, they don't beg.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. In whatever role we choose to excel, we first must 'know' the inter-connected elements that define competency. Short of this, saying we need to be more disciplined is like shooting at a target in the fog.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Whether or not you think Netflix is a company you want to emulate (and there are those who question some of their tactics ), Powerful outlines some very relevant points about how to be intentional about the organization your building – from the culture to employee engagement.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Much like every other business, a healthcare facility also comprises functions that support its operations. These may include finance, administration, marketing, etc. However, that said, we may wonder what role can marketing professionals perform in a healthcare facility?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ” Approach your career as a body of work.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future? Who will do this work?

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