Eric Jacobson

MAY 19, 2022

As longtime Republican political operative Bill Greener aptly put it, quoting others: “Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” To the extent possible, make it a one-day story and respond with equivalency—what is needed but not more than the story deserves. Articulate bold, positive steps you are taking to fix the problem.

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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. Demands from regulators, customers, and the market itself can shift radically by the day, if not by the hour. Agile and Adaptable.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2020

Solar energy is one of the best investments you can make for your business. According to Geo Green Power , specialists in large-scale commercial solar panel arrays, generating your own solar energy will significantly reduce your carbon footprint, increase your company’s sustainable credentials and improve your business reputation.

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Energy Efficiency Document Technology 66

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. 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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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If your manufacturing process isn’t particularly green, it could have a negative impact on your reputation. More energy consumption could mean higher energy bills, while wasted materials could result in higher supply costs. Modern customers are starting to care more about the environmental impact of their purchases.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 12, 2016

There is a change happening at the very top of the organizational hierarchy that, like a weather vane, reflects some of the fundamental changes happening across every organization and the marketplace they operate in. Marketing became part of a broader, social media dialogue taking place between a brand and its customers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2019

Governments and the community at large have created a strategic focus on ensuring that businesses become holistically sustainable in their operations and resource utilization. Businesses which emphasize becoming strategically sustainable are more likely to thrive in the competitive market as compared to those which do not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

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. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. They make changes.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 305

Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2019

Increase Marketing Efforts. Marketing is vital to success and the more that you do, the more likely you are to boost sales. Increasing your marketing efforts can raise brand awareness, increase visibility online and drive more traffic to your company website. Content marketing. Social media marketing.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2019

Using alternative energy. Most modern-day businesses will require at least one vehicle if not a fleet as part of the operation. Putting more money in marketing is always a great idea as increasing brand awareness, and reputation is vital for growth and competing against the bigger brands in your industry. Going paperless.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

From here, you can ensure that SEO , ad placements, and other marketing tools are built to reach the right people. It is important to check that you are getting the best value for money when buying materials, energy rates, or insurance. Without the right protection, financial and reputational damage will cause you major headaches.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

Then there are the business developers forever in pursuit of new products and new markets. I listened to an IT manager explaining on a speakerphone to a colleague he served in the marketing function why it was going to take two days to get a requested report. They put energy into worrying about turf, credit, and justification.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. Would love to teach my staff this lesson with your permission. I would like to add one.

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Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 412

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito. It ain't efficient but it sure is effective.

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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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The answer often reopens the typical debate about technology; namely should a business invest in tech or should it instead focus on other factors of success such as hiring the right team, keeping track of the trends on the market and managing your brand reputation. Train your employees. At least, that’s the theory of it.

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Tips Technology Depreciation Entrepreneur 51

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? 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.

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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

The already inflated world of ‘reputation management’ websites lured people into buying advertising in order to create the facade of being a ‘consultant.’ Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%).

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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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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. Far too many companies are churning out traditional sales lingo laced with fluff and vague, or entirely overinflated, claims, spending paltry little time and energy establishing credibility with prospective customers.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Activities include media-spokesperson training, field and operations staff training, coordination of corporate response and message points, community liaison, collateral materials writing-production, video archiving-production, media relations, monitoring and expert testimony.

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Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 92

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

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Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 17, 2020

Despite the fact that we’re all living in a digital world these days, there are still a lot of small businesses out there operating without a website. They should have a great reputation for helping host small business sites. You may need to enlist the services of a company that specializes in beefing up the SEO of websites.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. My energy levels are based on the foods and beverages I consume. I’m not talking about surface level excitement or energy.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

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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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

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.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Yet, when the marketing team suggested that Cabot become a certified B Corporation, I was skeptical. According to Chris McAllister , vice president for reputation management and public affairs at Nielsen, companies engaged in “sincerely-driven” CSR must work harder to convince consumers of this fact.

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Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For every “shared value” example of an energy-saving initiative that reduces operational costs, or of a social investment that enhances customer loyalty, one can find a less comfortable result. They understand the power of reputation and relationships. Moreover, the business benefits of integrity have many variables.

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Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 10

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. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. Experienced operators in the field have better knowledge and more current information than remote dictators or their mercenary agents do.

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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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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. Feeling safe is a primal human need.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

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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Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. Feeling safe is a primal human need.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50