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Winning Teams Know to Trust Their Team Members

Leading Blog

I N BUSINESS, as in sports, the aspect that distinguishes the best teams from the mediocre teams comes down to collaboration. But setting goals in functional silos and then hoping that everything works itself out across the organization is an unlikely path to success. Let’s apply the team sport analogy further.

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Is Business a Combination of Sport and War?

In the CEO Afterlife

The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. The man who preceded me in the corner office lived by the credo that a company’s success wasn’t enough; the other guy had to fail. Their horizon is markets that do not exist.

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F1 Racing and the Insurance and Finance Industry: A Comparison of Trends and Challenges

N2Growth Blog

F1 racing has historically been a male-dominated sport, but that is changing rapidly. Currently, no rules prevent women from competing in the sport, but the current grid of drivers is exclusively male. The sport has recognized the importance of engaging with fans and providing them with an unforgettable experience.

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How Success Affects Future Performance

The Horizons Tracker

After the heavily disrupted sporting year in 2020, 2021 has offered up a glut of competitions, from the Euro and Copa America football tournaments to the Tour de France and Olympics. It has seemingly been a non-stop stream of sporting events to enjoy. Building on past success. Tense teams. A good team.

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Analytics Are a Must for Business Success

Strategy Driven

Take one of the biggest marketing failures of all time: New Coke. Pepsi was working very hard to be the “cool cola”, aiming at taking the youth market. Sports Analytics. Despite an abundance of usable statistical information, it took a while for sports to follow in the footsteps of business in the use of analytics.

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10 Exceptional Strategies For Extraordinary Executives

N2Growth Blog

2 they can be and is committed to both you and the organization’s success. Be methodical, slow and purposeful when hiring your leadership team. In the world of sports, botched plays are typically a result of miscommunication. Teams win because they have an internal communication strategy. Marketing matters.

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First Look: Leadership Books for August 2023

Leading Blog

A top strategy professor and two highly successful CEOs found that, in companies that had successfully changed their culture, leaders had taken dramatic actions that embodied the new cultural values. He’s achieved extraordinary success and emerged as one of the greatest marketing minds of our time by doing things differently.

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