N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

That combination of personality traits, combined with the pace at which business operates today, can cause even the best and brightest to lose focus and in turn lose productivity, AND. It takes a systematic, process driven approach to maintain high levels of focus on a consistent long-term basis.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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Strategy CRM Development Document 248

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. General and specific observations of the culture they’ve had a hand in shaping.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 2, 2021

The paper highlights the various survival tactics used by corporate venturing managers during the pandemic, including rationalization, risk reduction, partner reliability, and opportunity recognition. Maintaining an innovation agenda is paramount for the long-term survival of organizations,” the researchers say.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

The constructs of this video compose a visual I developed more than 20 years ago, and the interesting thing is that it’s applicationally as sound today as it was back in 1988. Let me be as blunt as I can – The issue should not be strategy vs tactics, but strategy and tactics – not strategy vs cultue, but strategy and culture.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 17, 2021

Often the lack of this balance between the long-term strategy and the short-term operational demands is the cause of numerous problems from crisis to scandal to poor results. The response here cannot just be a tactical one. The first job of all leadership is to protect people.”–Lewis, Lewis, Malmgren. Chris Lewis.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Instead of reacting to the future, develop a strategy that defines the future based on your actions.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Instead, I let short-term tactical thinking cloud my execution. But I am most proud of the times I have been able to assist someone else in their development – both professionally and at times personally. He has a diverse background covering sales, operations, marketing, and product management.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. The combination of these six words, derived from Latin, translates into an executable language leaders can use to overcome the challenges in overall organizational performance and development. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. But, at the same time, what most people learn the hard way is that it is not a short drive in the beautiful countryside. oriented approach to develop and execute winning processes and strategies that will cover the life?cycle By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts.

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Women on Business

MARCH 18, 2013

Without understanding CLV or analyzing the ROI of customer acquisition, you’re essentially operating in a marketing vacuum. They may get stuck in their old ways of thinking, using marketing tactics they’ve been doing for years. Perhaps they have short term reporting requirements that ignore longer-term results.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Organizations can use such phrases to curb dissent, cultivate an “us versus them” approach, and deflect responsibility. References Adams, J.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 26, 2011

A portfolio of simple yet compelling stories should be developed that can be told to help people remember your values. This is our ship to fight and operate. I expect you to think tactically and operationally and to drive the ship aggressively. The USS Montpelier Command Philosophy. Initiative. Anderson Cancer Center.

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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. Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.” - Jack Welch. This is a haphazard way to operate. The caveat is to avoid the disruption of current operations.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Winning Well is all about achieving long-term results that last. If you’re focused on the short-term, it’s easy to do whatever it takes to get the job done… Click To Tweet. That’s why we break it down so tactically in the book. And you need to establish your operating principles.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Through observation, we can develop a sense of mindfulness that can help to inform and shape our understanding about a particular situation or process. In the face of prevailing uncertainty, it might sound odd to encourage that we build or nurture ‘sloppiness’ into how we operate.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a catalyst toward long-term evaluation, planning and implementation. Crystallize the core business in terms of viabilities to move successfully forward to some discernible point. This process helps to define and develop value systems to create success. Develop a mission statement. Develop the vision statement.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Instead of reacting to the future, develop a strategy that defines the future based on your actions.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Unethical dealings for short-term gain do not pay off in the long-run. Corporate Responsibility relates to every stage in the evolution of a business, leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of doing business. How we meet corporate objectives is as important as the objectives themselves. Change is 90% beneficial.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I wanted to put this question out there: Can humility be learned?

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Instead of reacting to the future, develop a strategy that defines the future based on your actions.

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Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 74

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Operations are sound, professional and productive. Business Development. You develop-champion the tools to change. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

They will have better insights than you on developing a more efficient workflow. Preventative maintenance could very well cause issues in the short-term, but when you look at the impacts of workflow over time, it may be essential to invest in planned maintenance, despite downtime, to ensure that the equipment does its job.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Have a Medium-Term Goal, and Stick to It. When you drew up your business plan, it’s pretty much a given that you set a range of short and long-term goals, but what about medium-term ones? Every good business plan should have a long-term vision and mission , which you’ll ultimately want your business to reach.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Look forward in the short-term to the next paid vacation, in the long-term toward retirement.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. People tend to think of motivation in terms of quantity: Do I have enough motivation; I don’t have the motivation to go to the gym today. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

All the perks and benefits in the world won’t cause a company to thrive if not governed by sound core values, which have been wrapped into a vision that can be strategically and tactically implemented. I think not, and I’ll explain why. Business should be fun. Culture is important – it is very important.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This premise also holds true for each corporate operating unit and department. The whole of the business and each sub-set must always educate corporate opinion makers on how it functions and the skill with which the company operates. Gaining confidence among stakeholders is crucial.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It isn’t about checking a few boxes on environmental stewardship or finding more humane tactics to squeeze out more profit. For example, Mark Donohue, Founder and CEO of LifeGuides, a Public Benefit Corporation, observed that a significant amount of suffering, even in a developed economy like the U.S., ” -Sisodia and Gelb.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. To say that business and its communities do not affect each other is short-sighted… and will make business the loser every time. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities.

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Loyalty Bottom-up Strategic Planning Bond 58

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Human resources development. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term.

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Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and clichéd attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in decisioning is a weakness, and that quick decisions are somehow synonymous with reckless decisions. I wonder if we'll see a difference in terms of how younger generations approach perfectionism & failure, given digital fluency.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. 70% of corporate CEOs think that business is too much focused on the short-term. by Hank Moore.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. by Hank Moore.

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