N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. And 37 people would still be alive.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

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. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team. A host of people make the CEO look good. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. She knew what everyone was thinking and was the glue to the cases. In short, never stop!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. Richard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Its very business revolves around breaking down barriers and reconnecting the world’s financial system by providing risk-managed banking services to emerging markets around the world. Fintech startup Elemental Financial appreciate this all too well. graduates in STEM disciplines is remarkably low.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. These include legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement, litigation, ethics, reputation, crisis management, corporate citizenship, and pressures from public officials, NGOs, and the media.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2017

For the past several years, Wells Fargo has been run by MBAs, while Bank of America’s CEO since 2010, Brian Moynihan, has a law degree from Notre Dame. Might this difference in education influence how CEOs behave when it comes to setting a course and trimming corporate sails? One possibility is the tone at the top.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Good leaders understand that people are their greatest asset. Prioritising the needs and well-being of your people can have a remarkable impact on the organisation and your bottom line.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 4, 2022

The importance of mentors was on full display when retired Navy Capt. Barbara Bell recently attended the unveiling of a new exhibit that featured her and seven other women in aviation at Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Maryland. One of the other women in attendance, Colleen Nevius, the first woman to graduate from the […].

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. But recently, these financial outcomes have been found to predict only about 50% of a firm’s market value. Financial markets Performance measurement Leadership'

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The most important thing an Enlightened Leader can do is to view people as individuals and, in turn, respect who they are and what they’re all about. When you make everyone feel as though they belong and avoid creating unnecessary divisions, you open the doors to communication, cooperation, innovation, and motivation. Most of all, you […].

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Cooper Magazine Leadership Motivation 101

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. All members of top management have Business Development responsibilities. Marketing plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 28, 2022

The events of the last two years were unexpected, painful experiences shared uniquely by so many around the world – at the same time. They have forced us to ask a lot of really big questions, pivot on a dime and reassess life on the regular. This time of widespread questioning (and subsequent reassessment) might […].

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I still remember the best pitches I’ve ever heard over a decade later. I don’t remember the CAC or the LTV. I don’t even remember the business model or the revenue projections. Truly exceptional pitches are that memorable and it’s all because of how their story is told. As a corporate storyteller I’ve helped hundreds […].

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Complimentary Resource – Chief Marketer. Nathan joined INPO from PSEG’s Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station where he stood watch as a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed Senior Reactor Operator. Complimentary Resource – Winning in Today’s Environment: Six Imperatives for the Chief Sales Officer.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Any leader concerned with employee engagement understands that the process is not always fun and games. On the contrary, one of the most challenging endeavors a leader can undertake is sparking passion in people for the role they perform.

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Strategic Planning Magazine Process Planning 72

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Individual managers might expect a moderate market with fluctuations that follow past experiences; an uncertain market with unpredictable volatility; a market boom when everything seems to be going up; or a recession when everything seems to be going down. In moderate market, there is a discoverable order.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

More recently, CARVER has converted a new community of believers in the business world, including CEOs, financial analysts, and risk management planners, not to mention any number of Fortune 500 security directors. (One of us, Luke, is so enthusiastic about CARVER that he cowrote a book on it.). 3 – Moderate impact.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. sales, marketing, manufacturing, intellectual property—in all business units in all geographies. Compliance.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

When Thai flooding created significant shortages in the hard disc drive market, manufacturers lost millions of dollars. This is especially true in supply chain risk management, although those high-profile one-off events do not necessarily represent the largest portion of risks that should be addressed regularly by supply chain managers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Individual managers might expect a moderate market with fluctuations that follow past experiences; an uncertain market with unpredictable volatility; a market boom when everything seems to be going up; or a recession when everything seems to be going down. In moderate market, there is a discoverable order.

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Risk Management Company Marketing Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Better insight from customers can drive serious growth in your company, at least according to a recent study by IBM of over 1700 CEOs. But today, acquiring and interpreting customer data inherently must involve both the marketing and IT departments. Put Business Needs First, Infrastructure Second. For example Dr.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

Walmart's principal problems appear to be largely reputation-related: a phenomenon that has cost the company millions in wasted PR consulting fees and possibly billions in lost, potential market capitalization over the last decade. However, more recent actions in the long-standing gender discrimination case against the company (i.e.,

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Engineering PR How To Reputation 14

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Great CEOs realize the importance of being consistently, purposefully and intensely engaged with their CXOs.

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree. Jeff Skilling, as a condition of his employment at Enron, insisted the company adopt mark-to-market accounting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Owning up to our own behavioral biases is a worthwhile starting point to discussing the problem of managing infrequent, severe events. Start-ups are particularly at risk today because of both their size and age.

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Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

Judging by our interactions with CEOs around the world to date, some of their burning questions are: What are the elements of uncertainty created by Brexit? This is how we recommend CEOs approach these difficult questions: Identify the sources of uncertainty. What are the first-response imperatives for corporate leaders? Run scenarios.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Holding people to account for these and related issues is an essential element of a broad approach to risk management inside financial services (and industrial) firms.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. But Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy saw the deeper problem behind Avaya’s NPS score and knew radical change was necessary. Avaya embraced innovation as a risk management exercise.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Their failure to choose the right CEO and to provide appropriate oversight on core risks and opportunities has, in my view, reflected a broad failure of the corporate governance movement and its reliance on directors to effectively to oversee the corporation and its business leaders. environmental, health and safety laws]).

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Corporate Accountability CEO Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

To the contrary, said Vanguard CEO William McNabb , this is “precisely why we care so much about good governance.” In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. David Locke Innovation fails because of management, not the innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

But for businesses, knowing when to expend time and effort preventing — and planning responses to — low probability, high consequence events is now, more than ever, one of the hardest and most important risk management problems to address. See my prior thoughts on the range of issues here and here.)

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Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis Report 10

Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions have been around forever, but there is a new legal form of conquest that is allowing organizations to steal market share from well-established businesses. The menace of which I speak is the digital marketing organizations that are springing up in most industries, offering services on a pay-per-lead basis.

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