N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.) watching things grind to a halt as you scramble to evaluate options, and; 2.)

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Plan for the future. When your business has contingency plans for future scenarios you will seldom be caught by surprise. Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. Design and re-engineering of products-services. Business development.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In the wake of superstorm Sandy, we've heard story after story about the big infrastructural challenges of disaster response, crisis management , and climate change. But what about the impact on individual managers? And we've heard story after story about the storm's economic toll on supply chains and small businesses.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for. Communicate more effectively. Classic business theory tells leaders to stay at arms length.

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