N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

If only we could learn the art of dealing with conflict in a collaborative and constructive way, I am sure that organisations would be transformed. Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Vision statements, as implied in the construction of the phraseology itself, put forth a statement of envisioned future. It is the vision that defines the end game, and the mission is the road map that will take you there.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. logistics, and finance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. and people mean relationships.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. The initiative sought to improve manufacturing operations — to deliver high-quality products in relatively small batches and on shorter production deadlines.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

I worked as a consultant for many years before becoming the CEO of Red Hat. My fellow consultants and I would sometimes joke that just about every individual inside a company could immediately tell you what was going wrong and what needed fixing. Photo by TOM EVERSLEY. We debate, we argue, and we complain. We let the sparks fly.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

In both cases, however, constructive use of criticism only requires a dose of humility and an honest desire to make things better. This platform should furthermore be woven into Walmart's existing, corporate strategy (see next point) rather than divorced from it and placed in the hands of consultants, lawyers and HR professionals.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Some of the first business functionaries were railroad telegraph operators who managed schedules.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A consulting friend, Susaan Straus , points to cognitive preference as an important factor. Few CEOs I know have operations-focused thinking styles or backgrounds. Whether they are analyzing the numbers, or conceiving of new directions in which to take the firm, they love to operate in the world of ideas. We all have.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Disappointment doesn't discriminate; no matter what industry the individual operated in, what role they had been given, or whether they were soaring successes or mired in failure, five dominant themes shone through. Another consultant said, "I'd love to leave the stress behind, but I don't think I'd be good at anything else."

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Like any industry, the medical cannabis sector needs everything from lawyers and accountants to human resources professionals, insurance specialists, and consultants.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] Social Media Influence [.]

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Construction began in 1884 and by some accounts continued around the clock until her death in 1922. ” — the questions we would ask about other kinds of constructions. Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. Good for whom?”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The daughter of a senior corporate executive, she had all the right tickets including an MBA from a top school and several years of experience with a prestigious management consulting firm. Smart as a whip, she possessed impressive analytical skills and a tremendous drive to produce results.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

She hired a consultant and a contractor, who found structural obstacles that were expensive to address. When she expressed surprise, they told her that her place was beautiful and very functional, but her price was far beyond what they would pay: code for “you overspent for the location and construction.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

” Jeff Weiss, a partner at Vantage Partners, a Boston-based consultancy specializing in corporate negotiations and relationship management, and author of the HBR Guide to Negotiating , agrees. “Introduce yourself, and take a little time to get to know people, how they operate, and how they act.” Make small talk.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

. “It’s probably a frustration you haven’t had for a while — and if you’re a relatively new manager, you might not have ever experienced this before,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The cloud is also a common repository for the collection and analysis of new data, and the place where an increasing number of artificial intelligence operations, like image and speech recognition, are conducted.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I'm in total agreement with you that personal brands constructed properly are both beneficial to the individual and add value to the corporate brand. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Mary.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Trust is built by sharing vulnerability," says John Hagel, a longtime author and consultant who cochairs Deloitte's Center for the Edge. "The and Canada and more than 7 million vehicles a year traverse the Ambassador bridge, according to the Public Border Operators Assn. Canada border crossing. Trucks clocked a cumulative 5.2

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Whether constructing, deconstructing, or smashing brands, Martin’s understanding of branding goes far deeper than the tired noise you typically hear from brand agencies. My favorite quote from Martin was: “ great brands are emotional bookmarks.&#

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