Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 27, 2014

But eConsultancy’s 2013 Cross-Channel Marketing Report found that 70 percent of business owners feel acquisitions are definitely more expensive than retention. He recommends incorporating more technology, such as social media engagement and mobile communications, to achieve this goal.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you entered a new market?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It is not uncommon to see both vision and mission statements change over time to reflect differences in market conditions. impact the competitive arena.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Many small to medium sized businesses already contract the services of outsourced professionals, such as accountants and marketing strategists, but haven’t yet understood that those services can be classified as outsourced! Advances in Technology at No Extra Cost. Then there are technological advances to be cognizant of.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

How do you choose a professional development course? I focus on my lacking skills, and I research about the educators and courses providing the same. I research the courses and find reviews online. Accidentally, I come across the professional development course, find it useful and enroll in it.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 14, 2021

While the educated middle classes were fervent devotees of innovations such as MOOCs, the working classes were most definitely not. What’s more, if these barriers aren’t overcome, it’s likely that this group will suffer most from any technological disruption. Providing support.

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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. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

I was recently stumped when faced with addressing a friends’ son who is unfortunately having to learn the word (or the anti-definition of the word) through observing the actions of his own father. By Webster’s definition it means “the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code; incorruptibility.&#

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

That’s probably the simplest definition of what I do. I write books and teach online courses helping other writers and creatives use online marketing to succeed. Q7: Can you tell us a little bit about your Tribe Writers course ? JG : Tribe Writers is a course that I’ve been teaching for 3 years now.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

After all, having a business is all about making money, so if you’re in a sales slump and profits are down, your stress levels are definitely going to begin to rise. We are living in a time that is dominated by technology, so, if you aren’t using social media to promote your business, you are seriously missing out. Use Social Media.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Adaptability Nothing is ever static at work, whether it is the overall market or the demands of a client. An essential quality of a good manager is being adaptable to changing times, trends, technologies, and tasks to ensure they can help their team adjust easily as well.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

After starting and selling 3 companies now I can look back and see I was definitely the seagull in the fist one, arguably all 3. This belief, of course, is not always true but it is definitely a decision driver. link] Larry bruce Wow nice post Mike! Thanks for sharing. Pastor Tom Very insightful and challenging Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

You are definitely not alone…Thanks for sharing Ron. Many good people in the organization choose the latter course, and both morale and productivity tend to spiral downward. To place a bully in a position of leadership is to consent to the abuse of those over whom the bully will control through intimidation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. Data-Driven Marketing.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2014

Their markets did not affect each other that much and so they operated in parallel without much worry about the impact they made on each other. We still want profit and prosperity…of course we do. There are many definitions of philosophy. Through technology, the World has become more accessible to more people.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

If the list is a long one, you were probably one of the Bright Girls – - and your belief that you are “stuck&# being exactly as you are has done more to determine the course of your life than you probably ever imagined. I definitely know women who fit this description. Only they’re not.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

But the very model of organizing a business is becoming increasingly challenged by what I call the Big Shift — long-term forces, such as the rise of digital technology infrastructures, that are reshaping the global business landscape. Of course, not everyone will be working independently or in small companies.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Of course, there’s another aspect to success that many of us share in common and that is what do we do once we achieve that success? It was such an incredible feat of human ingenuity and technological prowess that the news of this achievement was shared on news outlets worldwide and cheered in people’s social media channels.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 19, 2012

Their markets did not affect each other that much and so they operated in parallel without much worry about the impact they made on each other. We still want profit and prosperity…of course we do. There are many definitions of philosophy. Through technology, the World has become more accessible to more people.

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Rajesh Setty

MARCH 20, 2012

For example ( Note: these are EXAMPLES only) you might: Join a course, may be even an MBA program. In general, you will come up with a number of things that are considered as “difference makers” in the market. For example, if you are a marketing person, your right intersection may be the mix of: powerful storytelling.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Just having a definition for what constitutes acceptable behavior is a positive step in containing the crazies. If taking the high road fails, or is not the best course of action, then relax…you’re the CEO – you can always let them go, which is probably what you should have done long ago.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

By definition game changers happen, they exist, they have life. By definition, a game changer causes change. Would you agree that a game changer by definition is not incremental? The longer we consider it the more it fits that definition you just outlined. If you forget the people, you cannot have a game changer.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

A leader whose focus is on serving others will find it difficult to wander off course. Social and societal stigmas are definitely in play when it comes to love and leadership. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 19, 2012

Their markets did not affect each other that much and so they operated in parallel without much worry about the impact they made on each other. We still want profit and prosperity…of course we do. There are many definitions of philosophy. Through technology, the World has become more accessible to more people.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2018

Ranking improvements are definitely seen when a website greatly increases its speed and useability – and that’s simply due to the fact that Google loves to see websites that are slick and ready for customers to use as soon as they click.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My goal is to simply help them leverage their success into becoming significant individuals over the course of our dealings. My clients usually tend to be successful individuals prior to finding me.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." The numbers are enough to make the apple pop right out of the marketer's eye. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Of course not! And here’s the clincher: If you choose not to engage with these folks, they’ll do it without you – and you definitely don’t want that.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A timid or passive person is by definition not action oriented. A study by Leadership IQ showed that 23% of board members questioned were willing to tolerate bad news and significant course corrections by the CEO. Ideally you're going where no one has been yet, so fall down, get up, and get on with it.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

That’s why I was fascinated by Unfiltered Marketing: 5 Rules to Win Back Trust, Credibility, and Customers in a Digitally Distracted World by Stephen Denny and Paul Leinberger. This lack of trust extends into the world of technology, as well. “Leadership in this digitally distracted world demands a new kind of leader.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation. In the model described by Clayton Christensen, a new entrant offers substitute products using technology that is cheaper but initially inferior to products offered by mature incumbents.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Continued… [link] mikemyatt Anne: I'd also be curious as to what you believe defines success…the definition of success you elude to as being controlled by white males in my experience varies from person to person, organization to organization, culture to culture. Just my opinion of course. Primarily white men.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

We give each business unit as many resources – tech support, product management, marketing – as we can to enable them to operate as autonomously as possible. For example, if two or three teams within a unit are developing technology products, is it really efficient for each team to do their own product management internally?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Email is by far one of the best digital marketing solutions to have in your toolbox. However, with this approach there is plenty of room for error amid an industry rife with regulations; delivery, filtering and other technology concerns and a glut of ever-evolving best practices. Savvy marketers understand this.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." The numbers are enough to make the apple pop right out of the marketer's eye. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer.

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