N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. The following pointers are offered to companies who communicate with niche publics: Seek and train multi-cultural professionals. Design public relations programs that embrace multicultural constituencies, rather than secondarily appeal to them after the fact.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Objective analysis of how the organization has operated to date. Assets are adequately valued and managed.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Even non-profit and public sector organizations must utilize quality approaches for staff and volunteer councils/boards. Research shows they can be cut in half.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

And those that deal with public relations challenges regularly have still been caught off guard by a customer insurgency. When it comes to a crisis happening, the question seems to no longer be “if” but “when.” Involve your head of marketing and human resources early.

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