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The Big Picture of Business – Visioning Scope: Applying Vision Toward Your Organization’s Progress

Strategy Driven

Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Sales is a tactic, one of dozens of tactics which an organization must pursue. Tactics feed into objectives, which feed into goals, which feed into strategy, which feeds into Vision. Generate select strategic options. Be sure that all sectors of the organization participate.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. They understand the difference between raw data and useful information. should anything be transparent?

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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. They make changes.

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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation. While not all great business leaders have served in the military, those of you who possess the heart of a warrior understand the advantages you derive from your military bearing and state of mind.

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How to Build a Brand | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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