N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

However in the text that follows I’ll address how to spot ineffective leaders by assessing six critical areas of leadership DNA. 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. Kevin Excellent summary.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Moreover they know how to leverage information and resources to achieve their objectives. Great leaders understand how to manage conflict and close positional gaps. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Section IV: Tactics.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

” We are also on the same page that “Walt Disney’s one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time who knew how to quit talking and begin doing.” I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great insights Susan.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

Teaching someone how to get to a yes is one of the most valuable things a leader can do. It's a leaders job to grow other leaders and this is best done by teaching people how to get to a yes. We taught them how to get to a yes by right thinking, proper actions, and diligent effort.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Author: How to Be Happy at Work. .

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times. How sad is this?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Essentially, tactical performance is how well you stick to your plan, and adaptive performance is how well you diverge from your plan. Every high performer needs both.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Do you have a strong work ethic?’” ’” Today, Chris is leveraging his military and leadership experience running a startup operation within a larger company that specializes in security consulting for major sports arenas and convention centers. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Ethics aren't just important in business," Branson says. It's sound advice on how to succeed as a business innovator in the 21st century. For folks who are looking for operational principles, take these from Lisa Gansky's fabulous book, The Mesh. They are the whole point of business."

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

But that mind-set's simply too focused and operational. Truly strategic leaderships — and their boards — should treat Brin's "worst idea" as their most provocative thought experiment for revisiting how they recognize and value data. How to Repair Your Data. That's the essence of the Big Data business case.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How creative must we become in the New Order of Business? How far-reaching are business practices? How much further should we extend ethics? They don’t know how to cope.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

After reviewing all the comments, I decided to talk on how to lead effectively when dealing with the collision of cross generational cultures within an organizational setting. So, if as a leader your curious about how successfully integrate Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y then this video is for you. Thanks for the suggestion Dan.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. Truman Please comment below sharing your thoughts and insights on what you believe defines great leadership. [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

I know many people who are considered to have bad attitudes who would love to change, if only they could, and some are actually in therapy and take seminars to try to learn how to do so, because they find it difficult or impossible to simply change their demeanor on their own. It’s that strong.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

How to Pick the Right Consultants for Your Company. Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 Pro-bono community involvement is a factor because it indicates character, ethics and integrity. It’s lonely at the top.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Most companies have some version of a matrix, with a combination of enabling "functions" (such as IT, HR, and Finance) and line business units. The first is the complexity of your organization's structure.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. Next point?”.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. And third, so much of our personal data is being used to define how we interact with the world. Second, much of the news is reported through the lenses of data and predictive models. presidential election.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

More than ever, it is the directors’ responsibility to determine when and how their company should engage in political activities. But do board members actually know how to provide proper oversight and help their companies navigate this perilous landscape? The 2016 U.S. Our contention is no.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I disagree with the argument that it takes several years to learn how to get things done in Washington. This is the distinction between what he terms the 'Character Ethic' vs the 'Personality Ethic' The prior depends on deep changes within each of us including our view of creating a legacy for future generations.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

From a strictly evolutionary perspective, there is adaptive significance to the first two “Rs,” even as they are both ethically questionable, even deplorable. The third of these “Rs,” redirected aggression, seems the most illogical of the three, and yet even here, natural selection may well have been operating similarly.

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