N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part. Oddly enough, I have also found it is usually the network where they spend the most time, energy and effort. As I said above, your yield usually directly correlates to your efforts.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Meanwhile, the electricity used for water treatment can be as much as one-third of a city’s energy bill. Most companies’ value chains are heavily dependent on water and energy resources.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I visited his church on numerous occasions.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 11, 2022

Data analytics is a major driving force behind business leaders’ efforts to streamline operations, connect with new clients, and gain an advantage over competitors. Such essential areas as risk, compliance, treasury, and finance often make use of disparate databases and reporting tools.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Previously it focused on quantitative analysis in areas such as finance and operations, with little emphasis on other aspects of organizational life. In addition, the nature of the signal being sent depends on the specific MBA program’s reputation, and this is not simply a matter of prestige.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2019

Starting a new business venture can be an incredibly exciting time, but you must also be careful and well-organized during this period, especially when it comes to your finances. Using alternative energy. Car Finance. Most modern-day businesses will require at least one vehicle if not a fleet as part of the operation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

rogue traders in finance). Think about finance and tech startups, where billions of dollars are quickly made or lost; surgery, where high-stakes operations leave no room for error; and military and police units, where risky jobs are performed under strict chains of command. by reputation and ostracism).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. Such executives base their efforts to build team strength on the answers to two fundamental questions: Where do I need to spend my time and focus my energies?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Consider the story of Bud Frankel, the founder of Frankel , a firm that created the marketing services industry (where both of us eventually worked) that gained a national reputation and attracted clients across both the consumer and healthcare areas. “We were Abelson-Frankel, yet operated as two separate agencies.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

The company provides services in a myriad of industries, such as health care, water treatment, aviation, and financing. A potential barrier at the board level is that it is often considered improper for directors to become too involved in checking the day-to-day operations of a firm, even if they have the time and will to do so.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

At the other end of this dimension is the broader context, where politics operates at the organizational level. However, the problem became unsustainable and the same group, within the year, helped to ease him out to protect the organization’s reputation. These can evolve into group-level behaviors.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The immediate news coverage is focused on the size of financial penalties for the institutions, on the potential civil or criminal culpability of bank officials and on the reputational harm to both the bank and its senior officers. Manipulation of energy markets. Poor controls over risk and valuations. LIBOR rate rigging.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Is the customer really always right? How far should a company go to satisfy their clientele or customer base?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. It seems that in today’s world many people have lost the ability to disagree with someone, yet still respect them.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

They are demonstrating that meaningful work, social responsibility, and accountability are more important than raw titles and the next salary level.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Recent corporate scandals have cost good businesses in reputation, credibility and support, by virtue of being lumped with some bad apples. Operational Statistics. Formerly sainted icons went down in disgrace.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In general, managing energy bills has traditionally been a pretty low priority for most corporations. For all but a few process-focused companies or those with energy-intensive facilities such as data centers, the utility bill is generally filed under the list of uncontrollable, take-it-or-leave-it costs of doing business.

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Management Payback Period Energy Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But as the energy and excitement from that first event fades, you’re left wondering: Now what? In these organizations, the working parents’ groups feel like natural and essential outgrowths of core operations. The kickoff cocktail party drew a crowd of parents eager for advice — and curious about this new resource.

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Organization How To Seminar Follow-up 10

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It enhances your brand reputation and awareness. Some companies haven’t used an agency because they believe no one knows their product and the reason for operating in their space as well as they do. Content marketing cannot be done by someone in finance that kinda dabbles in writing. Ad blindness is real. But yes, they do!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

On the other, they acknowledge that it’s all but impossible to operate above the political fray. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Get yourself an agent. The problem?

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Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

These risks extend to a company’s reputation, its employee relations, its customer and shareholder relationships, its legal footing, and attainment of its business strategies. As the director of an energy company told us: “A lot depends on the expertise of the board.

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