N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

I'm traveling this week, but will follow-up with you next week to arrange the Skype call. The focus of these short-sighted bean counters incorrectly place cost savings ahead of the customer experience. I'd love to schedule a skype call at some point if possible BTW! Scott [link] mikemyatt Hi Scott: Thanks for comment. Thanks Scott.

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CO2

JANUARY 23, 2011

I remember when I was at the beginning of my career and calling on AARP as a direct marketer to do their work. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Whether measuring a project or a business, here are a five steps to map your metrics with your business objectives: Know your goals : Identify what are your strategic, tactical and operational goals. Establish operational procedures : You can now establish processes and methods to collect the data, frequency and consolidation mechanism.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." But it must be memorable to stand out in this cluttered media world.

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CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

You may think that there is nothing you can do about it because you have tried everything you know to get your careers moving again. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Our careers are a means to an end and if we’re lucky, it’s a means to happiness and joy because we love what we do! How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? So why am I writing about these two subjects as if they’re interchangeable? Because I believe they are. Interesting thoughts.

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CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

You may think that there is nothing you can do about it because you have tried everything you know to get your careers moving again. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership.

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CO2

JANUARY 21, 2011

Our self-esteem, relationships, and careers are all profoundly affected by the kinds of questions we ask. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree. Read the reviews here and here ).

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

I left my son’s graduation in Florida on Sunday evening headed for Dallas and then traveling on to San Antonio. Moreover, it is those leaders who receive the negative press, those leaders who just can’t seem to get the job done that universally seem to be void in some or all of the aforementioned traits. I Think Not.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. All of his players were to be respectful toward flight attendants, waitresses and waiters, and hotel workers they encountered while traveling with the team.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

But structuring an area of work in form of processes, you are reducing dependencies and improving operational efficiency. Track the progress and improve further. Sure, it is a hard work first time. So if you are a manager or leader at any level, do a reality check this morning. I can assure, you won’t regret doing any of these!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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CO2

AUGUST 1, 2010

Even if you’ve spent your entire career with the same organization, it was nearly impossible to have kept up with all the changes. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

We would then develop a series of social media posts that focus on a particular topic related to either leading, followership or mentoring. I led a discussion on leadership principles and mindset and let the room evolve into an open debate on what was working and what was harmful in day to day operations. Casablanca, Morocco.

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Checklist standardize the operations and serve as great reminder to get the most crucial activities done. Checklists are excellent guides for others to perform the same activity in a consistent fashion with little instructions. Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. Aspiring to a global career. Translators were employed for cross-border communications.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  He was deployed to a forward operating base near Kandahar and told me that while he was there you were pretty much guaranteed of being shot at with AK-47’s or rocket propelled grenades whenever you left the base. .  Thanks for your continued leadership and insights, safe travels back for Italy!

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

I moderated a panel last week at a Social Media Club of Portland event that featured local startup Simple , a digital bank that is taking on a trillion dollar industry without a single brick and mortar branch. Photo by Mary Nichols. The conversation was lively, because of the “disruptive” way they have chosen to do business.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 26, 2021

There’s an old saying that bad news travels fast. With the advent of social media, the operative word “fast” doesn’t do justice to the speed at which bad news travels today. As Doug Larson, the columnist, said, “Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

In the early stages of his career he decided he had to speak up about malpractice he had witnessed. There is always someone or something more powerful than you are — when we spoke with company CEOs, they’d express concern about their boards, and when we spoke with board chairmen, they’d admit to being afraid of the media.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Nimbleness and frugality, after all, remain critical to growth, and it''s been interesting to see that even as the economy slowly recovers, plenty of business travelers voluntarily and even eagerly share hotel rooms with colleagues. Companies need to carefully calibrate their travel policies according to their organization''s culture.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 1, 2019

Travel to exotic lands? I will be SVP of Operations and increase my salary by 15%" or "I will launch a new line of products and increase my client base by 20%". Step One — What would make it an amazing year professionally? A promotion/raise? A huge uptick in business/clients? What would make it an amazing year personally?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A recent Fortune article on John Reed, the former co-CEO of Citigroup, reported that a decade ago he tried to convince the newly formed Citigroup board (the result of the $70 billion merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group in 1998) to bring in a new CEO and that both he and Travelers CEO Sandy Weill should leave.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. So a school could legitimately prepare a student for a business career while omitting training in sales. Each group has its own operating procedures.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2016

Gopman’s post quickly went viral, was blogged about endlessly at media sites such as Gawker’s now-defunct Valleywag , and he became a poster child for everything wrong with the tech industry in the Bay Area. Overnight, his career came to a complete standstill. And that’s okay. They named it A Better San Francisco.

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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. As an example, last summer I rented a car to travel around Great Britain. The world has become many-to-many , but we still operate with a one-to-many mindset.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

Like many good ideas, this one was born of frustration — in this case, when David Thompson, scientist turned social media strategist, went looking for someone to have lunch with only to realize that his usual group of colleagues wasn't available and he didn't know anyone in the company cafeteria.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2011

He'd suggested this dinner at their favorite restaurant, Luna Park, because it was where they toasted all their milestones: their engagement, Betsy's acceptance to business school, Zach's landing his first big client after he started his own media production company. There's no reason why the head of overseas operations can't also be a mom.".

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

The condition is rare but, fortunately, there appeared to be several specialists both in Germany and France who had each treated hundreds of cases during their careers. When it comes to specialist operations, experience is key, so he was going to visit each of them and then make a decision.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. I’m in the middle of reading "Brain Rules" by John Media. It is the pushing of my own thinking that is most valuable.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Due to the magnitude of the disaster, international media attention was extensive. The compound she lived in took frequent rocket fire.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. Being a consultant for an established company is a great way for individuals to build career skills while maintaining control over their success. Keep that receipt, too!

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 6, 2017

Travel to exotic lands? “I will be SVP of Operations and increase my salary by 15%” or “I will launch a new line of products and increase my client base by 20%” Maybe “I will learn the piano and take my family to Hawaii.” Step One — What would make it an amazing year professionally?

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