N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership. Nothing engenders confidence and creates a trust bond like delivering on promises made, and likewise, few things erode confidence and credibility like commitments not kept.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Innovative Commitment Google and Tesla exemplify the power of fostering a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t just the breakthrough concepts which often sets the course for extraordinary companies, but ongoing innovations small and large. Companies must focus on nurturing and developing their human resources.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Perhaps most importantly they have the ability to align interests and sell the vision unifying leadership, management, staff and external stakeholders as well. Want to find out? Section III: Strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. Gradually over time, America has become overly obsessed about managing tasks. American leaders need to wake up and smell the coffee. What can be done?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. I Think Not.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Depending on your needs and goals, the specific capabilities you seek will vary, but there are a few essential criteria to look for that can serve as benchmarks during your selection process. You can get a very accurate indication of an organization’s commitment to supporting L&D by evaluating their response during COVID-19.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an essential prerequisite, compliance demonstrates a commitment to adherence and propriety. These initiatives entail more than mere box-checking; they spotlight an organization’s commitment to pursuing high-quality performance, enhancing reputation, and achieving long-term success.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

The combination of this purpose with our culture, strong financial performance, and innovative pipeline keeps employees engaged and inspired. Our employees are also driven by their unwavering compassion for people, commitment to inclusion, and service to their communities. But it doesn’t stop there.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Do you take microlearning courses to improve your skillset- time management, leadership, or other skills? I use data-driven learning for employees’ performance data, financial data, work analysis, and benchmarking data to keep pace with market trends. It’s better than reporting on boring excel or reporting management tools.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And they should prioritize doing so, as real data shows diversity of thought and perspective drives innovation and has a meaningful impact on invention, engagement and the bottom line. All of these groups are committed to making an impact internally at Audible and in the communities in which we serve.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And they should prioritize doing so, as real data shows diversity of thought and perspective drives innovation and has a meaningful impact on invention, engagement and the bottom line. All of these groups are committed to making an impact internally at Audible and in the communities in which we serve.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Whether you’re a digital start-up or an institutional entrepreneur, three simple heuristics offer an excellent way to determine whether a fledgling innovation initiative should be put out of its misery (and yours). Almost all innovation efforts have the hiccoughs and bumps in the road. 1) No Pleasant Surprises. That is fuel.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 25, 2015

Make firm commitments with yourself to maintain good habits— because with new positions come stress and with stress comes anxiety. Prepare yourself with a summary of the mission, purpose and values of the company, along with the trends and innovations within your industry. Manage Up, Down And Across. Stay In Shape.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Outcomes are shaped by your focus, discipline, and commitment to follow-up…or lack thereof. When you fail to follow through on promises and commitments, you imply that you lack discipline and – perhaps – shouldn’t be trusted with more important tasks and objectives. Do what you say you will, period.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

Benchmark Your Feedback Step 8. You (or someone else in your company) should commit to writing about key topics and insights in your business and / or industry. Building and maintaining your corporate website require on-going commitment and investment. Design a Prospect Debrief Questionnaire Step 5.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

For Cabot and the B Corp community, certification objectively demonstrates our strong commitment to sustainability at a time when more consumers support companies dedicated to social and environmental change, and as investors, the public, and the media hold companies to higher standards. Our story is not unique.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

That's my management tip for today. It can be productive to think that "they" are out to get you, and there are enemies (or competitors) lurking in every corner, if it motivates higher performance — excellence so strong that it compels loyalty and commitment and reduces complaints. Do you think the world is out to get you?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Aggravated and depressed by the decline of their core memory business in the 1980s, Intel’s top management struggled for strategic clarity. They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Its goal was to promote greater sharing of ideas, information, best practice and innovative processes. The design was simple, clever and cheap: top management would recognize and reward people who demonstrated an ability to cross-functionally get real value from their colleagues and cohorts. Today's tools are so much better.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

The reality is that while your company may manage diversity, it probably doesn''t hold anyone accountable for whether your applicants and employees are treated fairly and without regard to gender, race, and ethnicity in hiring and promotion decisions. How does your company innovate and achieve revenue or productivity gains?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It offered a competitive salary and extensive training, and it could point to several minority leaders in management. When I joined the company, my branch sales manager — someone I considered a field office general — was black, as were many of my instructors. representation in non-management professionals.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

And that means that hiring is one of the most crucial tasks for anyone who manages a team. While managers understand the importance of hiring star players, recruiters simply aren’t doing a good job of finding them. They deliver great experiences for candidates and hiring managers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. For instance, we have a course for mid-level executives, called the Manager Development Course (MDC).

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We have done this based on international standards, and we use those tools and benchmarking to help shippers identify ways to reduce their emissions. The evidence is clear that more diverse and inclusive organizations are more creative, innovative, and higher performing. How are you planning to manage these challenges?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. There's not a brand manager, health care administrator, CMO or CIO who wouldn't benefit big-time from benchmarking their own operations to this campaign's. They're right.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. Large private equity firms (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

Meta-analytic studies reviewing 50 years of research suggest that personality traits such as curiosity, extraversion, and emotional stability are twice as important as IQ — the benchmark metric for reasoning capability — when it comes to predicting leadership effectiveness. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Borisch, product manager at a long-established outfit called Milwaukee Gear Company. All too often, especially in long-established companies, expertise gets in the way of innovation. So why not learn from innovators outside your industry as a way to shake things up and leapfrog your rivals? Change management Execution'

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Some of the first business functionaries were railroad telegraph operators who managed schedules.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But its real power and growth comes from something more fundamental — its commitment to being generative. Buffer builds tools to help businesses manage and analyze their social media activity. The local economy gets stronger while entrepreneurs and innovative business ideas get a boost.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Banner’s leaders made a conscious choice to eschew industry benchmarks in the cost initiative. This ensured their commitment to the effort and created support for tough decisions—even when those decisions directly affected their own bailiwicks. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

The Five Ws Agenda describes how the Strategic Context will perform (performance driven thinking, integration, progress, benchmarks, resources and assessment). Leadership must remain on one accord through a high level of trust, accountability and commitment in order to win the front and back gates of their desired outcomes (perspective).

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