N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion. What would happen if no decision is made?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. These are rich questions that do not yield to simple analysis.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 [link] [.]

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

How do their average orders vary? There’s no such thing as too much tracking or analysis: those numbers are a goldmine of knowledge. If so, How to Drive ROI on Direct Mail Guest post by Elizabeth Lombard, manager of postal carrier education, Pitney. Is the sales cycle longer or shorter with different emails?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

It is possible to have both speed and planning so long as planning doesn't turn into "analysis paralysis." Great planning (so long as it's not overdone) actually catalyzes velocity. " Thanks for adding to the conversation Jennifer. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It was a pain by then but during the rest of my career that mentality has stuck with me and I found that its always easier comming up with the simple solution in the first place rather than dealing with complex workflows until you have had enough and go back to simplify it. " I agree completely…Thanks for the refining thoughts.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Now that we’ve made the economic case for what and to whom you should leverage down to, let’s discuss what does, and does not, merit the attention of a CEO based on non-financial analysis. link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: Thanks for the great insights…I particularly appreciated the analogy of "kicking the bird from the nest."

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. In the final analysis, it's not the tools I really have an issue with, but with some of those who use them and the manner in which they are used. Let me be very clear – there is not always a direct correlation between testing well and leading well.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The analysis you describe seems to me to happen after a flash of insight. The flash and analysis don’t always result in a win, even if the idea seems to meet your criteria, so another key behavior of winners is that they keep trying. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks. Flash of inspiration.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. No company exists in a vacuum and understanding how to create an equitable compensation system depends on what stands as fair.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. Blogs can clearly be accretive, and will continue to add brand equity to those companies and individuals who grasp the value of social media and understand how to incorporate blogging into their social media efforts.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

That’s why so many, lured by the promise of flexible hours, higher rates, and location independence, are intrigued by the idea of becoming a consultant or coach when they retire from their “official” career. How can you differentiate yourself in a crowded field filled with your high-level peers ( 54% of coaches are age 50+)?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If you suffer from analysis paralysis, procrastination, timidity, a lack of courage or confidence, being indecisive, or being in over your head, there is trouble looming. Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. If you can’t make decisions, you can’t get things done.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

The worker must also possess robotics and controls engineering skills, according to our analysis of Tesla’s recent recruiting efforts. Similarly, equipment maintenance technicians need more than just the know-how to diagnose and troubleshoot industrial equipment. Sponsored by SAS.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In all sectors, tensions exist between competing pressures such as resources, finance, time and workload. Image: Gareth Lock Train hard, fight easy Gareth also has a 25-year RAF career behind him. The competitive landscape tends to reward those who are prepared to push them to the limit.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

He communicated with the staff mostly by email or spreadsheet assignments, and when he attended meetings he seemed absorbed with his smartphone and would roll his eyes when the staff didn’t understand certain accounting or finance terms. How to build a strong team. James over a year to rid himself of the wrong hire.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

How you approach people and the environment that you provide for them to work in revolves around seven attributes called: Fairness, Character, Trust, Fun, Celebration, Attentiveness, and Purpose. You will understand how these attributes affect people through the eyes and experiences of highly successful leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Have you ever sat in a meeting where all parties sit around the table with a deer in the headlights look trying to figure out how to dance around an issue rather than address it head-on? To speak "your truth" is perceived to be a potentially career limiting, if not ending move. Please stop by again and keep us updated.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. How People Get Ahead. The women in my sample were asked to think back on two defining career moments that best prepared them to advance.

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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. The difference between those who succeed, and those that fail, is their perspective on how to deal with the barriers they encounter along the way. Do something.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Their lower employment numbers and growth aspirations have historically led to questions of how to "fix" them. On the other end of the growth spectrum, analysis of a dataset from 350 micro finance institutions across 70 countries indicated lending to more women was associated with lower write-offs and lower portfolio-at-risk.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Conventional thinking has suggested that leadership positions go to those who aggressively plan their careers with a keen eye for building the right skills to reach top jobs. Near the end of his career, it also helped him decide to sell Frankel. Others believe that leaders are born, not made.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

But they don’t know how to get there. ” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. Run a gap analysis. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. Many managers want to be more inclusive.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. So a school could legitimately prepare a student for a business career while omitting training in sales. And companies performed the training, not schools.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In this excerpt from their new book, Strategy That Works , Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why distinctive capabilities are vital to success, and address a fundamental question that many companies overlook: How to bring these capabilities to scale, so that every part of the enterprise can call on them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Resumes generally don’t distinguish between skills (knowing how to do something) and competencies (doing it really well and with great reliability and ease). This process is no longer reliable; it has turned income inequality into career opportunity inequality, and recruiters are losing opportunities to tap a wider talent pool.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

million managers and analysts who understand big data and how to apply it to business operations. Human resources departments are also looking globally at traditionally analytically-intensive sectors ranging from meteorology to medicine and finance to find talented candidates. The study also found a looming need for over 1.5

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? I ask people for help all the time, even if I know how to do it myself.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Under such conditions, decision-making is complicated even when it only requires analysis of facts. Comments The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises (Larry Prusak, Brook Manville, and Tom Davenport are at work on a book on judgment and how to cultivate it as an organizational, not just individual, strength.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. The biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is delaying the first step until they have settled on a destination. ” Once you have a list of necessary skills, figure out how to acquire them. Managing yourself Career planning Professional transitions'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

These are typically specific, functional abilities like project management, web development, financial analysis — or advisory skills that come from years of experience. “The most successful freelancers know how to use their network for all sorts of things, like outsourcing work when they have too much,” Horowitz explains.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

They have no end of theories, analysis, possible futures and "what if" scenarios. But they have very little interest in how to get the ideas put into operation. Typically, these executives focus on the "what" and the "what if" and not the "how," which of course is the realm of process people.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Much like you have performance reviews for your employees you should conduct an analysis of how your customers are performing. Develop Customer Scorecards : You should actually profile your clientele such that you understand the difference between good accounts and bad accounts.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

In my nearly three-decade career in the intelligence community, I have worked for and with 11 Directors of CIA and all five Directors of National Intelligence. Our newspapers are filled with stories of corporate finance departments and managers who have identified creative ways to manage earnings that downplay poor results.

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