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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. I appreciate your post and using your influence in such a meaningful way. "Hard to Believe But Impossible to Forget" [link]. Tomorrow is day we should never forget.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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How NASA Uses Telemedicine to Care for Astronauts in Space

Harvard Business Review

Since the Expedition One launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001 — the first long-duration stay on the orbital construction site — NASA’s Human Health and Performance team has been developing expertise in the planning and provision of medical support to crews staying in our world’s most remote environment.

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What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession

Harvard Business Review

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. A B2B technology supplier used Microsoft Workplace Analytics and other digital tools to track the behaviors of its sales reps.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Several years later, in 2001, I was working as chief of staff to then-Harvard University President Larry Summers when we unveiled Harvard’s Sustainability Principles. we have a responsibility to lead.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses).

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U.S. Trade Lobbying Strategy for the 21st Century

Harvard Business Review

In the 1990s, the Clinton Administration pursued "open sectoral" multilateral agreements in information technology, telecommunications, and financial services. 50, February 2001). With widespread operations in emerging markets — and the understanding that arises from that focus — such U.S. It is amazing that U.S.