N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: I graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and started my career in the Automotive Industry at General Motors in Australia in 1972. I started my career in purchasing; migrated to sales and marketing; moved to manufacturing, mining, and then general management in a business operating in 40 countries.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 6, 2015

It’s a bad story: “The last guy who managed our money lost 40% of our portfolio. The following example comes from coaching a Mazda/ VW automotive dealership sales team. Lots of prestige in owning a nice, new car; lookin’ successful. This older model doesn’t really send a message that I’m successful. CAR CHART EXAMPLE.

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Motivation How To Kaplan Automotive 100

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

It’s a fascinating study, one that echoes my constant inquiry of the difference between success and failure. You are teaching what separates successful innovators from those who struggle. If Tesla’s ideas ultimately had more impact, then why was Edison so much more successful? Lessons from Tesla versus Edison.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 2013, we created a global Social Media Center of Expertise (CoE), staffed by about 600 people in five regions from the marketing, communications, and customer care teams, with the goal of enhancing the company’s market-based decision making (part of CEO Mary Barra’s mantra of earning customers for life ). Keep it simple.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Additionally, managing corrupt business practices often makes it difficult for MNCs to realize growth potential in the short term. Nigeria’s automotive industry is booming, as international car makers are expanding their dealerships and setting up local assembly plants. Latin America. Global business'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

So when we faced such a challenge at Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 automotive supplier with 136,000 employees worldwide, we knew the odds were against us. We succeeded, but by 2013 we worried that we had taken our focus on results too far. People needed to see what success looked like, and they needed to get support along the way.

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