N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

If you find yourself in the enviable position of being able to select your board, choose wisely. Board members have egos, and will go to great lengths to help you if they perceive you respect and value their position. Use these proactive encounters to flesh out, and seek alignment on, key issues and positions.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Therefore any items that don’t constitute $375 dollar an hour work that can be leveraged down to someone with a lower hourly rate provides positive arbitrage both in terms of cost savings and time recovered for higher and better use activities.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The simple truth is that many people can feign adequate leadership ability in the short run, but the 8 traits outlined below will seperate the posers from the players 11 times out of 1o… First of all, it is important to realize that just because someone is in a leadership position doesn’t necessarily mean they should be.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have actually come to cringe every time I hear a so called expert use the phrase in an authoritarian manner as a justification for the position they happen to be evangelizing. Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

In fact, at the risk of being controversial I’m going to take the position that perfection does not exist. I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion. Being a leader means being in a position of special trust and responsibility.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

A constant stream of “no’s&# is not a positive sign, it’s a warning sign that needs to be heeded. 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."

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

And what happens as advances in technology constantly change how customers and employees expect to interact with your company? As a provider of cloud-based finance and HR applications designed to help companies change and grow, our customers rightly expect us to lead by example. How technology is changing the way we work.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Build it and they will come is never an effective strategy, so be open to new ways of positioning your services and reinvent what makes you unique. Then, look for venues in which you can expand your circle with connections that complement your professional life in the same fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashioned reading. Think of the business leaders that have had the biggest positive impact in your life, and I’m sure you’ll find that these individuals were in constant search of new and better information. are all critical to your success.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

I would strongly suggest reading two previous posts: “ Shut-up and Listen &# and “ Stop Selling and Add Value “ as support for these positions. Commitment - While technology is a natural accelerant helping to catalyze new opportunities and extend relationships, creating trust and influence will still take time.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

As I’ve said in other posts, great leaders have the innate ability to call on the right skills in a contextually and environmentally appropriate fashion. No single leader can possess every needed attribute.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. There was no strong association between CEO background and firm performance in high-tech and fashion retail.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt. We also looked beyond music for insights.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Soon enough, the remarkable generation of soldiers who have fought for America in the aftermath of 9/11 will also achieve positions and platforms from which they can share their hard-earned wisdom and insights. Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. Best wishes Erin.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Many of the revolutionary technologies that make the iPhone and other products and services "smart" were funded by the U.S. It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. Other Silicon Valley companies, like Google, have profited in a similarly immense fashion: Google's algorithm was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. Their job done, they fell out of favor in the ‘80s and ‘90s as focus came into fashion. The technology’s flexibility introduces synergies where none existed before.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

This approach is often executed in a pre-canned fashion. I've often said that "the only real guarantees that come with a position of leadership are those of hard work and criticism – everything else is gravy." " Some coaches became happy with this status quo positioning of their services.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. How can we overcome these free rider problems, to make sure companies are incentivized to have a more positive societal impact?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In an uncanny fashion, the beginning of this century mirrors that of the last — the speed, scale, and disruption of globalization is generating a strong nationalist backlash. The positive consensus toward globalization that defined the U.S. Let's deal with the first two. In that, they are one with the Gen Y generation of America.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. For example, one possible strategy is building dominant share positions with those customers who value faster, more reliable responses from their suppliers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2013

Yet the complexity of cloud-based technology also helped me catch the perpetrator. In November 2009 I took leave from my academic position to serve as the Secretary General for Information Systems at the Greek Ministry of Finance. Online marketing Social media Technology'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It’s why brands invest heavily in marketing, pricing strategies, and store positioning to raise awareness, encourage engagement, and drive sales. This is because self-service, which requires ad network customers to pre-pay, forces app developers to use credit cards to finance their app advertising campaigns.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

Alternatively, they attempt to innovate in a lean fashion, but they are slowed immensely by numerous requests for budget, little tolerance for failure, and a general disregard for "experimentation.". What about a novel technology partnership? That is where the budget is determined, and the processes decided upon. Go high enough.

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