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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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The IT Project That Brought a Bank to Its Knees

Harvard Business Review

s Co-operative Bank in June 2013. This shortfall resulted in its parent, Co-operative Group, ceding control of the bank to bondholders, including U.S. full-service bank and, with limited exceptions, major banks in Europe and North America. that has both organizational and technological components.

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Does Your Board Need a Tech Expert?

Harvard Business Review

Only six percent of the directors overseeing the world’s biggest banks have any technology experience. That figure, from an Accenture report , is surprising given that the banking industry is increasingly digitized. Yet banking is not alone. Staying in the Game or Creating Value?

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? The concepts of "serve and care" pack more deposits into the bank of trust and credibility than anything else. it is about having a people connection: with students, parents, as well as staff.

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Companies Should Understand Where Cybercrime Thrives

Harvard Business Review

Both of these Trojans target system information, online credentials, and banking details. billion has been hacked from the Boleto Bancário, a payment method managed by the Brazilian Federation of Banks, since 2012. This one attack amounted to over 495,000 transactions involving 30 banks and impacting more than 192,000 victims.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the relentless drive to embrace digital technologies has been ongoing for many decades. What also seems to have been forgotten are the lessons from these earlier attempts to leverage IT (remember that IT is a digital technology). Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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To Fix Health Care, Leaders Need to Let Go of the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

Within weeks, I could see that some were operating multi-million-dollar Stinger missile systems – some of the most sophisticated combat equipment ever devised. bank account for a nominal fee through an ATM. Health Information & technology Innovation' How can you not like those odds?