N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have witnessed otherwise savvy executives place the need for emotional security and superiority ahead of achieving their mission (not that they always understood this at the time). Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. link] mikemyatt A great motto Anna, and sound perspectives as well.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. With Apple design and user experience as so inextricably linked they are one and the same. Apple isn't simply selling superior functionality, but also a certain style that is communicated through design.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Categories : Books for Businesswomen , Female Entrepreneurs , Female Executives , business development Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com. Female leaders need to recognize that taking time off is part and parcel of taking proper care of themselves.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Improve Inventory Management. If you’re not managing your inventory properly , it’s going to take longer than it needs to organize and pack all of the products ready for shipping. When you’re managing your inventory properly, you’ll find it a lot easier to pack and ship orders fast. Manage Expectations.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

I can hear these old world managers (the anti-leaders) now: “that’s not the reality of how the business world works. ” Unfortunately, for old school managers — and thankfully for the rest of us — Good Company builds many of its arguments around solid research. Good guys finish last.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

As a recognized discipline, change management has been in existence for over half a century. Given this evidence, is it possible that everything we know about change management is wrong and that we need to go back to the drawing board? Obviously, not every company lets its managers off the hook in this way.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Through my executive coaching work (and my own experience), I’ve developed a few conversation-centered techniques that help. There’s no question that an ability to manage conflict is part and parcel of all three. Communication Conflict Leadership Managing yourself' Engage in conversation, and tackle the conflict head on.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. Managers learn how to articulate a business opportunity in ways that energize team members.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I often hear executives reassure me that projects will get done because "we have an execution culture," or that customers will be well taken care of because "we have a culture where the customer comes first." Any management team can assess its culture by asking these kinds of simple questions across a range of organizational behaviors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

And I couldn't resist following up with an email Q&A: Justin Fox: A lot of smart people have been saying for a while now that public-company executives should put less time and effort into dealing with Wall Street. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. They play well as a team.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

Yet, when it comes to the workforce — one of a company's most expensive and valuable assets — too many executives rely on hunches, making decisions without making use of relevant data. ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times. A man who is.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Even more important, it takes management time to align all teams, including those of the acquired businesses, to the transformation initiative. To keep all stakeholders aligned over the course of the transformation, the company’s executive team should be clear and unrelenting about the vision of its future and the rationale thereof.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Business unit executives hadn’t bought in to the idea. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Most senior executives are well aware that their data are not up to snuff. Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. Mere managers find all of this daunting indeed. These costs are estimable.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Some executives feel an obligation to put a positive spin on negative events out of loyalty to the organization. Other managers see parcelling out information on a need-to-know basis as an operational maxim, important to maintaining efficiency. But there is really no choice.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Edinger suggests enlisting “a trusted peer or manager” to “role-play” so you can “see what works and what doesn’t.” ” Earlier in his career, Damian worked as a management consultant. . ” But that notion is outdated.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2016

This way, if something goes wrong or a parcel gets lost, you know where the problem is. As your business grows, you’ll begin to manage increasing order numbers. You should track every single parcel that leaves your warehouse, and know where it is at all times. With software systems like this, you always know where things are.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Management Advice from Jeff Bezos. The biggest surprise after studying the Amazon letters to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos is how much management advice he provides. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work. HR executives are finding health care planning to be as high on their list of priorities as talent management. If you have a useful one to recommend for managers, please leave it in the comments.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

One of us recently had the opportunity to test the concept of mindful strategy with a group of middle managers and senior executives from the legal, advertising, finance, and non-profit sectors in the Bay Area. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

“We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. CEO Kenneth Samet, along with Wagner and the six other executives on the leadership team, set a long-term goal of building a major growth business from these new areas.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When I ask my executive students this question, most of them answer in the fours and fives. On average, my executive students answer this question in the twos and threes. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions. The good news is that you can change that.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

While top-level jobs are tough on everyone, the transition to senior management comes with extra challenges for women. Over the last 17 years, I have served as an executive coach to hundreds of senior women leaders, many of them working in heavily male-dominated environments such as banking, the military, and the police force.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

It is nearly impossible to translate — let alone execute – a strategy that you don’t understand. The problem is that most widely used planning processes like management by objectives and balanced scorecards overlook the contrast piece of the compare-and-contrast equation. All of the sudden, they get it.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Netflix's Reed Hastings snagged the top slot for his ability to successfully manage a winning business while launching and driving its competitor (in his case, Internet-based movie rentals) with equal zeal. Paul Nunes is the executive director of research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

Even middle management has its value, he says. When Google founder and CEO Larry Page cut out a bunch of managers in an effort to reduce "friction," the result was frustration and confusion. More than 100 engineers reported to a single overwhelmed executive."

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Each CEO won support from executives throughout his industry. Unlike the representatives above, each lawmaker represents dozens of groups whose interests clash head-on, including seniors, the middle-aged, the young, blue-collar workers, professionals, managers, business owners, the unemployed, singles, couples and families with children.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Its rapid growth resulted in part from (1) cheap land and cheap loans that were parceled out to favored enterprises; (2) an inexpensive labor force; and (3) the low economic starting point that resulted from the Communist Party’s destruction of private enterprise during its first 40 years in power. Which Management Style Will China Adopt?

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