N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of jobs are being shed by GE, Chevron, Sam’s Club, Wells Fargo Bank, HP, Starbucks etc. Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. and the state, counties and cities. Longevity was a sign of employer-employee relations; turnover was a sign of dysfunction.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Through the blog, I have met with many former career women—from all over the world—who fear they ‘threw it away in their forties’ to become mothers, and can never make it back as the prodigal daughters of business. The transition had a great impact on my personal relationships” she says. “I

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The Costco experience isn’t what it used to be, US auto manufacturers continue to struggle, the banking industry has been crippled, and government agencies (pick one…USPS, IRS, DMV, etc.) often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers. Their tendency has been to jump right back into the same type of career for security purposes only, even if they truly dislike this work. When you look at your bank balance and the bills each month, how do you react? Are You in Career Quicksand?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Taking from my own experience, I've been lucky to be successful (measured by quick progression up the career ladder, material comforts etc) and yet I'm still working on being professionally significant. Our life cannot be measured from the bank balance but by service.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

For instance, during the pandemic Audible piloted our Returnship program to hire professionals returning to the workforce after a care-giving career break. My career started in finance, where I first worked in investment banking, then on the trading floor and later became Lehman Brothers’ first Chief Diversity Officer.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

For instance, during the pandemic Audible piloted our Returnship program to hire professionals returning to the workforce after a care-giving career break. My career started in finance, where I first worked in investment banking, then on the trading floor and later became Lehman Brothers’ first Chief Diversity Officer.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2017

are making a choice that will shape the rest of their lives: which career to pursue after graduation. Yet these career choices affect not only the students themselves but also the rest of society. What policies can encourage talented workers to choose socially beneficial careers? This fall, college seniors across the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. The concepts of "serve and care" pack more deposits into the bank of trust and credibility than anything else. I especially liked the comment on balancing when to interject yourself vs. letting others resolve issues on their own.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Bold and bombastic does not, in my opinion, mean leadership – we have so many of these aggressive people in power today and all they do is yak, yak, yak and fill their bank accounts. Why do we crave leadership nowadays? Because there is so little of it around!

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

What wasn’t really up in the air was whether the new head of the world’s most powerful central bank would have a doctorate in economics. There was a lot of uncertainty and debate last summer and fall over whether President Obama would appoint Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Federal Reserve chair. pretty much ever since.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

“Culture” can sound like a catchall, a convenient way to place the blame outside the realm of policy, but I am talking about one specific dimension of culture: avoiding uncertainty. This suggests that in addition to short-term policy changes, Greece needs a longer-term cultural shift. And it all starts in school.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

For example, Discover Bank held monthly meetings of all staff by location and shift. It reinforced all the people-centric policies of the company. During his 36 year career, Frank has worked with many of the most recognized companies and executives in the world. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts. You pay a fee for withdrawing your money in most African banks, thereby discouraging many from banking. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. The counseling is just one aspect of a broad commitment to embed gender considerations in all of KWFT's HR policies.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “I’m not sure when I first asked if I thought it would be successful,” said Hickox, now CFO of Independent Bank in McKinney Texas. They both wanted important, but not overwhelming careers. ” None of this is easy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

An effective policy strategy for small businesses needs to focus on the unique needs these companies have. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems. A supplier might need a working capital loan to finance a big order.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Economy Finance'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. banking assets and as such are “too big to fail”). Economy Finance'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Economist Ronald Coase proposed auctioning off segments of the electromagnetic spectrum in late 1950s, a policy idea that was later adopted in the 1990s. Economists and finance. This has all changed.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Comments The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement I recently argued that in industries such as distribution and logistics (Amazon, FedEx, UPS), process manufacturing (Exxon), insurance (Aetna), restaurants (McDonalds), and retail banking (Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo), continuous process improvement is essential.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

” 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. The lessons people learn throughout their careers are often the key to uncovering their additive contribution. Small Wins, Big Payoff.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

universities before they launched their careers. Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries. immigration policy can mean that other governments will find it easier to attract leadership talent that might otherwise end up in America. and enrolled in U.S. executive leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a meaningful career and better balance between work and home? For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? What drove them to abandon established careers, steady incomes, and security?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Jerry Anderson, CCIM We are closing a $4million office building next week as a direct contact from my Twitter tweets about distressed real estate situations and the FDIC taking over banks. Sargeant Recruiter’s Career Coach [link] mikemyatt Hi Rebecca: Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you found the information to be useful.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

When my bank can't do the thing the client needs i find them someone who can. Obviously i try and do the deal myself with my bank, but if i cannot, being the person who provided the solution is the next best thing. Thanks Roland… [link] Ryan You are absolutely right. I send people to a competitor?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. 2 percent). What They Claim They Do. When They Say They Provide. Sales trainers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Because entrepreneurship reliably generates jobs, and joblessness — especially among young people or failing states – is probably one of the most significant root causes of the unrest and extremism vexing American foreign policy and threatening American security today. And this is a budding field.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

This popular triumph of the “ heuristics and biases ” literature pioneered by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has made us aware of flaws that economics long glossed over, and led to interesting innovations in retirement planning and government policy. Risk modeling in the banks grew out of probability theory.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

More on: Innovation , Strategy Join the Discussion | Email/Share Previous Why You Should Focus on "Worst Practices" Next The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable Never miss a new post from your favorite blogger again with the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert email. But you might get a tiny bit closer. And its those small steps that count.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. I came armed with lots of questions, but ended up only getting to two or three. Why Fed chairmen can’t do research.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

According to a 2007 survey conducted by Robert Half International , nearly three-quarters (73%) of Gen Y professionals are worried about balancing a career with personal obligations. What's more, driving these traditional attitudes was a belief that career demands will limit their options for spending time with family in ten years.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The rethink took place in the context of a lot of skepticism (at best) about the banking system, the banking business model, and its contribution to American well-being. There also, however, is strong evidence that it is a bad idea to let big banks fail in the midst of a crisis.

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