N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Ackman''s short-selling campaign against vitamin distributor Herbalife has blown up in his face, with the company''s stock up more than 75% since he unveiled his position last December and some of his most prominent hedge fund competitors profiting from his misery. Hedge funds are often criticized as short-term speculators.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

But like the terms "strategy" and "business model," the word "entrepreneurship" is elastic. Entrepreneurs often perceive a short window of opportunity. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms. So, does Stevenson's definition of entrepreneurship matter, in practical terms?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. So what is it?

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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

MAY 1, 2018

We still believe the executives at Tejon Ranch made some mistakes, as did we, but our biggest collective mistake was thinking in terms of threats rather than opportunities. As the tension built, the chance of working together positively and constructively to add value for the benefit of all shareholders slipped away.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

If you want to know how to be best positioned for business success, you have to understand where they are going. MBA finance majors learn early that trying to anticipate equity and commodity markets with such data is like trying to drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. Think about it. So what do you do?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. See consulting as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed. by Hank Moore.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

You are able to position yourself as a true thought leader in your industry, separating yourself from competitors. It has a lower cost-per-lead-acquisition than paid traffic when viewed over the long-term (2+ years). In short, everything that can make you the most helpful and inviting business partner possible! It grows sales.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

All the perks and benefits in the world won’t cause a company to thrive if not governed by sound core values, which have been wrapped into a vision that can be strategically and tactically implemented. Business should be fun. Culture is important – it is very important. This is why I took the time to author today’s post.

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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. Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and clichéd attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in decisioning is a weakness, and that quick decisions are somehow synonymous with reckless decisions. Have you seen any trends there?

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