N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x revenue increase for companies with high engagement levels.
Women on Business
JANUARY 8, 2011
Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 6, 2012
These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. Should we support generally moderate candidates who can compromise on major structural issues facing the U.S.,
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 30, 2015
Without first recognizing the influence of your early years, it’s difficult to change. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. Their VP of Finance kept warning them not to spend in a few key ways. Further Reading. The Discipline of Listening.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2012
For example, I'm sure that most innovation practitioners wouldn't put baseball researcher Bill James on their list, but his mission to find patterns, develop theories, and overturn orthodoxy has greatly influenced my own thinking. I first met Dediu when we did an engagement with Nokia back in 2004. Lafley and not Steve Jobs on my list.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Of course, time is money, and in light of the long selling cycles, creative financing is often the name of the game: banks will sometimes step up to finance part of a firm contract with a large customer.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 25, 2018
This idea infused platforms like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), influencing corporate accounting, stakeholder engagement and, increasingly, strategy. Fundamentally, we have a hard-wired cultural problem in business, finance and markets.
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