N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree. Read the reviews here and here ). Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

But structuring an area of work in form of processes, you are reducing dependencies and improving operational efficiency. Track the progress and improve further. Sure, it is a hard work first time. So if you are a manager or leader at any level, do a reality check this morning. I can assure, you won’t regret doing any of these! Don’t Kill It!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) In my case.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

But I have been doing people and project management for years. And project management is applying common sense to get things done from common people. Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). I’m not an MBA. Nor am I a writer. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. I have recently started blogging.

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Checklist standardize the operations and serve as great reminder to get the most crucial activities done. Checklists are excellent guides for others to perform the same activity in a consistent fashion with little instructions. Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage. Don’t Kill It!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

… Executive Development Opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Regardless of where you are in your life and your career, I can promise you one thing; you will consistently be faced with challenges and obstacles along the way. Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:) Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling. via n2growth.com [.]

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. Aspiring to a global career. Translators were employed for cross-border communications.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Before that, from 1996 to 2006, I was the CEO of a firm that grew to the small end of midsize (Bentley Publishing Group). The reason is that they must still move quickly to fend off smaller competitors but must tackle big projects to support growth, deliver enterprise-class service to large customers, and compete with large competitors.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives. As humans we are Natural Born Gravity Machines.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Some of the first business functionaries were railroad telegraph operators who managed schedules.

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QAspire

JULY 6, 2010

In manufacturing world, process ruled people because people were used to operate machines. Thanks again, Best, Tanmay By Tanmay , July 8, 2010 @ 7:36 am @Hans - Thanks for comment and Twitter RT. In knowledge oriented world, processes are simply tools that make people more effective. Process then is not the key, people are. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 18, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Connecting, Building Relationships and Team Success Quality of relationships between the team members is one of the determinants of success as a team - be it project, process improvement initiative or an organization building one. Processes are crucial but not sufficient.

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QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2010

— Quantitative: Let me check your timesheets to see how many hours you have worked on the project in the past month. Qualitative: In 2010, I will focus on writing at least 75 posts that are highly relevant in core areas where I can add value. Forget compliance, we’re after quality. Thanks for commenting! Don’t Kill It!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The non-profit, run by Ruby Corado, is a haven for the transgender community that provides counseling, career advice, and help with health care and housing in the Washington D.C. For example, in 2009 and 2010, we supported a project in partnership with the M.A.C. That’s how Casa Ruby found us. Lesson 3: Know when to cut funding.

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Philip Morris International Operations Center Lausanne, Switzerland. Charles Bendotti: With more than 77000 global employees at PMI, collaboration for us unlocks unprecedented value and it is a necessity to ensure we can operate effectively. What do you say have been the most important transformations in your career?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

So in addition to cutting businesses, research projects, and toy lines, the team eliminated more than 50% of the components. Since Knudstorp took over, Lego’s revenues have increased by 400%, and its operating profit margin has increased from -21% to 34%. Colors had proliferated from six to 50. The results were amazing.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

While there is little debate that speed can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of speed can send a company (or a career) into a death spiral. In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

If you don't have consistent data and results to prove your expertise, and I don't mean one project, but multiple for many years, then don't practice. If you can prove the results, like improved market share, increased employee engagement, increased customer retention, then you have proven you know what you are doing.

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