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5 Convincing Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices

Strategy Driven

Plenty of proactive companies are shifting and adjusting their operations to incorporate sustainable practices. It refers to devising practices and strategies that help make the world better for this generation and the next generations. Improved operations and lower expenses. Enhanced corporate social responsibility.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. There is so much unethical behavior (what I refer to as situational ethics) at the executive level that continues to create an us versus them environment.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Parents are raising their children in the same fashion and we are breeding a world where people cant take rejection, and people or managers who do say no are bad or don't practice "intellegent leadership." This post is a great example of facing up to the expedient and popular trend of using no as a silver bullet.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Corporations buy and employ human advice from many wise advisors—consultants, lawyers, investment bankers—in the same fashion that investors did in the past. Corporate strategy is complex, and the advice is expensive. Companies are both operators and investors. is going to be disrupted by robotic advisors.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations. defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations. Joseph , a scrap-metal recycler, in order to secure supplies for its operations. The Future of Operations.

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7 Tips for Managing Your Business Data

Strategy Driven

All this data is essential for maintaining your business operations and keeping customers happy, and it has become an integral asset for companies, big and small, all over the world. In the worst instances, you could disrupt business operations, lose profits, and potentially face legal action from unhappy customers. Create a plan.

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business Review

It should now be dawning on us that they also reflect a new reality when it comes to keeping legitimate business secrets, requiring a new mindset and strategies from those leading all kinds of enterprises, especially in knowledge-intensive industries. We’ve had a tendency to think of these primarily as addressable technical failures.