N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

One of our pharmaceutical clients was recently recognized for successfully executing his company’s strategy and told us: “If I had to do it over again, I would have had the human resources organization intimately involved much sooner to ensure that our organization and people were prepared to deliver. Agile and Fast.

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Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry.

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Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

How do you know you have the right person? Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). The language of business is a foreign language. In this volatile climate, the new watchword for business is "agility."

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

When your company is in trouble — a new competitor or technology threatens your business model, your cost structure changes, the economy tanks — you have one job as a leader: to get the company back on track. How to Be a Company That Employees Love. But no company today can rest on its laurels. Insight Center.

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Crisis Banking CEO Business Model 8