N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

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. What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment? They make changes.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 293

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

When I was on the ‘hot seat’ and in the line of fire as a CEO, I constantly dealt with pressing day-to-day issues such as bringing in the quarter, forecasting erratic commodity markets, reacting to predatory pricing, and stressing over sales shortfalls and excess inventory. This is at the heart of good strategic planning.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Within each episode, Maria Bartiromo and a distinguished panel of guests discuss what it takes to be an innovation leader. Click here to cancel reply.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Agility, innovation, disruption, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment, and above all else a bias toward action will lead to the creation of change. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

From my experience, the best way to build a Growth Advantage is to commit to growth, develop and execute a strategic growth plan, outgrow the competition, invest in your market advantage, and become Strategically Brave.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Marketing departments deal most often and immediately with the side effects of poor quality. Access to global markets.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Many a Strategic Plan was written by piecing together song fragments, nostalgic remembrances and movie scenarios, then were aptly converted into contemporary corporate nomenclature. I have spoken at conferences, strategic planning retreats, symposia, workshops and board meetings for hundreds. Finding one’s passion.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Instill discipline.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

Access to global markets. Faster innovation. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Research shows they can be cut in half. Customer retention.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

But keep in mind that there are many types of paperless office systems on the market, and check the features carefully before you pick the one that’s right for your business. Relate Articles: Strategic Planning Best Practice 2 – Prioritize the Mission. StrategyDriven Tactical Execution Forum. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2018

A business plan should take time and a lot of homework, but if you’ve already done that, LawDepot’s template is a decent choice. It walks you through getting started, marketing, product, competitive analysis, SWOT, and more, with a window below the input fields to show you the plan as you work away at it.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Consider these 11 ideas from the Radical Times Webcast series by SAS Marketing Director Jonathan Hornby: 1. Get strategic.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’re using the same old marketing strategies today because they brought in business in years past, you’re in danger of being pummeled by your competition. you have to get their attention, and that means your typical tried-and-true marketing tactics aren’t going to cut it anymore. And the Clients Went Wild! Do what works!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Transactional leadership might be a motivator when money and better benefits are available, but today’s climate seems to lend itself more to transformational leadership where a caring leadership can stimulate innovation, creative thinking, and productivity. How to SPARK employee engagement in your organization: S et High Goals.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The case illustrates how information technology, innovatively, insightfully and courageously deployed, can change the structure of an industry.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

A repeated example is Hannibal’s defeat of the larger Roman army at Cannae by his pioneering use of flanking tactics. People conflate business strategy with the aggregation of tactical plans à la Napoleon at Waterloo or Lee at Gettysburg (those geniuses of “military intelligence” also lost, didn’t they?).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K., Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of branding.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Integration and Innovation Abound – According to the report, 30% of the S&P 100 companies include some oversight of diversity issues at the board level and 34% of companies include diversity measures within their compensation plans.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

In study after study, strategic thinkers are found to be among the most highly effective leaders. And while there is an abundance of courses, books, articles and opinions on the process of strategic planning, the focus is typically on an isolated process that might happen once or twice per year. A strategic approach takes time.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development. Building your Social Nation means changing what you think it means to build a company. Still skeptical? Then take a look at the hard numbers.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas. Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means committing time and discipline to the process.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

This Book Will Make You Money : How to Use Attention-Getting Online Marketing to Increase Your Revenue by Jim Kukral This book provides an educational and motivational guide to using social media to market your brand or business online. Think beyond the obvious connections to come up with something truly innovative.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But business owners – thanks to their enthusiasm for innovation – ignore the fact that cash-flow can make or break a business. Your marketing department is the lifeblood of the whole organization. Failure to arrange promotional campaigns strategically is a money-leaking tactic. Curb needless spending. Try online tools.

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Finance SWOT Tools Software 65

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The company prefers such information-gathering methods to relying on market-research firms. The Social Solution to Innovation Challenges. The challenge for companies is immense as they need to rapidly increase the level of social literacy throughout the organization. HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Strategic planning? But over time, I became less interested in the tactical – calling up reporters to come to press conferences – and more interested in media and marketing strategy. Even Best Buy, the originator of the innovative “Results Only Work Environment” program, later rescinded it.)

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Change is innovative. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative.

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Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. In the future and in order to successfully take advantage of the future, make planning a priority…not a knee-jerk reaction.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Unsuccessful marketing. Chasing the wrong leads, prospects or markets. In addition to financial, cover-up costs can include the effects upon morale, activity levels, productivity, decision making, creativity, adaptation and innovation.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Becca has also acted as the product marketing manager for a wide array of technology solutions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up. Social Networkers.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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