The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Now, as a recent report from the European Innovation Council suggests, the concern has moved from creating to keeping unicorns. This fallacy was underlined by a recent paper from the IESEG School of Management, which examines whether our obsession with unicorns is actually harmful to the economy and to society more broadly.

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Press Release Entrepreneur Long-term Ethics 125

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

David Grossman of The Grossman Group provided What’s Keeping You Up at Night? David shares: “ David Grossman of The Grossman Group shared What’s Keeping You Up at Night? We recently conducted a survey of dozens of leaders and communicators, asking a frank question: “What’s keeping you up at night?”

Leadership Development 366

Leadership Development Development Leadership Team Building 366

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 26, 2020

I shared the image below, from ‘ The Disruptive Competence ‘ written by Fabiaan Van Vrekhem, and the Management Team came alive. Positioning is required to scale your services into a whole business that can operate with sales, products, customer service, follow up, and business units. What evidence do we have?

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Business Model Reputation Quality Constraint 147

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

I was recently asked the following question: “What is the difference between CRM and CEM, or is there any difference between the two?&# In a previous post I addressed the practice of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in fairly great detail. As most of you know I am a huge fan of well conceived CRM initiatives.

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Blog CRM Management Brand 304

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. started by asking: What do you want the people in sales and the project managers to do?

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Cooper Succession Finance Resistance 139

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. So, what’s wrong with tenure you ask?

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HR Digest

MAY 23, 2023

College can provide individuals with networking opportunities that can lead to job opportunities , mentorship, and access to resources that can help them move up the social and economic ladder. Advantages of a College Degree Increased Job Opportunities A college degree opens up more job opportunities than a high school diploma alone.

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Cost Education Long-term Career 101

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For instance, I wrote recently about the importance of immigrants for jobs after new research from Kellogg School of Management showed that immigrants actually create a huge number of jobs by virtue of their entrepreneurial abilities. Nearly half of those who followed this path ended up creating a business.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2023

The university states that its dress code prepares students for any business encounter, and it’s perhaps no surprise that around 30% of graduates go into finance. This is especially beneficial in a world in which up to 50% of vacancies are filled via referrals. of over 13%. .”

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

The first step was to manage our inventory. ” Get Up if you Fall Down. As Arianna Huffington said, “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”

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COO Supply Chain Globalization Learning-by-Doing 132

Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2019

“ Follow Sean on Twitter at @leadyourteam. ” Follow Chris on Twitter at @scedmonds. ” Follow Julie on Twitter at @julie_wg. What about in your finances, or in your relationships? ” Follow Neal on Twitter at @exec_solutions. ” Follow Joel on Twitter at @JoelGarfinkle. Leadership.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Team Building 224

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Each shift changed his trajectory and set him up for new and exciting achievements, ultimately strengthening and sustaining his leadership abilities. Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your job. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Books Leadership P&L Learning-by-Doing 236

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

You want to be heard, to have people agree with you and follow your lead. Manage Your Personal Time. They will call you, follow you on social media, contact you in any possible way because they want to hear your opinion about virtually everything. People will look up to you and will copy your habits and ideas.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Trends 150

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. If not, then this post is for you. will go into decline.

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Brand Brand Management Blog Media 382

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment. Following are just a few representative non-financial questions that I recommend my clients ask of potential investors: What can you do for my company besides invest in it?

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Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company?

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In the end, we are leaders only if others choose to follow. Make sure your walk is heading to a great place; a place worthy of being followed to. link] Meredith Bell I had the opportunity to meet Kevin recently at a conference and had a follow-up phone conversation with him. How does your walk prove it? I Think Not.

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Leadership Blog Brand Consultative 353

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 305

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. Live a culture of innovation. Even when you pull ahead, run up the score. Increase your lead, and while they are catching up, you are embracing the next innovation. We thrived. Know the enemy.

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Power Sports Competitive Advantage Advertising 208

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

As we rapidly approach Q4, it is my most sincere hope that you will take pause for a bit of reflective thinking – I would ask that you ponder the following question: “Am I so busy that I’ve lost the ability to be as productive as I need to be? Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

And, on BBC 5 Live's Wake up to Money programme (from 37:50; available until end of May), she stressed the importance of essential leadership behaviours such as transparency, humility and active listening in rebuilding trust within an organisation. Catch up here. (You can listen back here.) You can learn more in FE News.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In the list that follows I’m going to share with you 6 leadership characteristics that require absolutely no talent or ability, but that must be present in order to succeed over the long-haul as a leader. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 412

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the text that follows you’ll find the truth about toxic cultures… A toxic work environment thrives off of everything that great leadership stands in opposition to. It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence.

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Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Commitment, attention to detail, discipline, service above self, honor, integrity, perseverance, the ability to both lead and follow, to execute with precision, and the ability to adapt, improvise, and overcome are all traits that will serve you well in the boardroom. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 353

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip. If someone comes to you about a problem with another person, immediately redirect that individual back to the person in question. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip. I Think Not.

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Blog Reputation Participative Brand 419

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Believe me, there’s nothing that can match the turnaround experience in teaching or seasoning a young manager. So now you’ve cut costs and freed up some cash. In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation.

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CEO Advertising Franchising Brand 201

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning.

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Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 400

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Is your article title really about anger management or appropriate emotional expression in business? link] mikemyatt While I agree with all your assertions, there is in fact quite a lot of overlap between emotions, conflict management, anger management, interpersonal communications, etc. I will be curating again, soon.

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Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 419

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Identifying leaders?

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

These CEOs can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to the surface, by which time it is often too late to repair the damage. It is seen my the followers ABOUT the followers. However worse than the CEO with no vision, is a CEO with the wrong vision. Thank Bridget.

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Blog Leadership CEO Brand 379

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

While you may find it hard to believe, I don’t have anything against buzzwords, techno-jargon, colloquialisms, acronyms and other forms of business-speak with the following caveat…that they are used in context, and by someone who possesses an underlying knowledge of what the phrase de jure actually means.

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Blog Collins Efficiency Brand 360

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Many managers are afraid of this or they are afraid that the people will go in the wrong direction or that focus will not be on what is needed …. Share company struggles, successes and finances. Please share the finances in a manner that is easy to understand. People become frustrated when you are not honest up-front….

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Planning Strategic Planning Team Building Executive Coaching 137

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me?

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