N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Nando Parrado - Nando was the only speaker at the conference to receive a standing ovation, but this is not why I ranked him #1. PS In case your wondering, yes, both of the recap videos contain our original footage which was shot, produced and uploaded on the fly while attending the conference. Love to receive your thoughts.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Everyone sits in open cubicles which are all roughly the same size. Job requirement determines the size.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Day one of the conference was headlined by a highly esteemed group of speakers who didn’t give me nearly what I had hoped for – While there were a few shining stars, and some great sound bites, I wasn’t challenged nearly as much as I hoped to be. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. To that end, the Board of Directors has asked the company to start thinking about succession planning.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Looking at your company from your clients’ eyes will give you perspective on what’s important to them. Governor’s Conference for Women. Value Proposition: What are you really offering your clients? What solutions are you selling? What makes you different than your competition? Use lingo with which they identify.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Great communicators can tailor a message such that they can speak to 10 people in a conference room or 1,000 people in an auditorium and have them feel as if you were speaking directly to each one of them as an individual. Communicate more effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Knowledge of leadership theories and skills may be formally gained by enrolling in leadership seminars, workshops, and conferences. So like learning how to ride a bicycle, you can also learn how to become a leader and how to hone your leadership abilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Great CEOs possess what often appears to be a sixth sense or an almost instinctive feel for what the company needs to do to make money and remain competitive. The company pays dearly when this happens. Maybe this is why companies become stagnant or die. see “Leadership DNA“) [.] Mark Oakes Good post, Mike!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

After having two of my companies colapse around me within a ten year period, I spent a long long time wallowing in it…blaming everything but myself for my circumstances. In fact, many of the online survey companies (e.g. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

I've seen John in person at few of our conferences teaching leadership to us and I am really do admired the knowledge and wisdom he gained. Hope I can attend one of his conferences on leadership. Thanks for the great observation. John Maxwell is probably the most influential person and as a leader I ever known.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Michael Hammer and Lisa Hershman provide the tools for focusing on work that creates real value for customers, including: How to get people to move from ‘worm’s-eye view’ of thier jobs to a ‘bird’s-eye view’ – to understand what the company really does and the role they have in achieving results.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The first is a young salesman in our company. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy). After confering with the elders and leaders in the town, she was told that it cost money to go to school. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

You pointed out great potential outcomes, but the trick for many companies is creating the necessary paradigm shift in thinking that will allow these outcomes to become reality. Is it likely that you would learn something "game-changing" at the conference last week? Thanks for the astute observations Becky.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. Utilizing strengths and the contacts I had made to write the book, I scaled my practice to service women in business—the companies that support them and the companies that they own. Being timid leads nowhere.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

I participated in a cognitive technologies conference a few days after the November 8 election, and much of the talk at breaks (and some on the stage) was about the election results and the reasons behind them. Some conference participants were concerned that this beleaguered region might grow. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Over the past decade, though, big pharma has slowly but surely made a break with this tradition as companies moved away from the old self-contained integrated model into far more open and flexible networked models. if you want to work with the best people, you're going to have go outside your own company".

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

On January 25, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants held a press conference to call attention to a new framework for integrated reporting (reporting sustainability information alongside financial information in companies' filings). Daniela Saltzman is an MBA student at HBS, class of 2011. Stay tuned.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2005, Dimon hired Ina Drew to head the company's Chief Investment Office, the unit responsible for the bank's risk exposure. In 2011, the company dropped its requirement to exit investment positions when losses exceeded $20 million. And How Does It Affect Your Company?). MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The debates ( pro and con ) around these projects have brought data journalism out of its niche in digital media conferences and trade publications into the limelight. And why should media organizations consider “making their own data” as journalist Javaun Moradi urged us to do back in 2011 (and as Scott Anthony argues here )?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

You can build one even before you leave your job by attending relevant conferences, reaching out to people through LinkedIn or Twitter, or joining a group of freelancers or small business owners in your area. But do make sure you’re not violating any of your current company’s policies or your employment contract.

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