N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

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. I’ve often said, those leaders who fail to clearly communicate their expectations have no right to them.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It turns out, humility offers a competitive advantage. Empathy allows them to build healthy relationships and bond with team members. According to research from the University of Washington Foster School of Business, humble people are more likely to be make the most effective leaders. They are authentic.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 24, 2015

When these three factors are present, a bond is created that keeps people feeling safe so the brain and nervous system work in a state of balance that supports the rational decision-making and cooperation necessary to effectively deal with change. Would you describe your organization as having a culture of control, indifference or connection?

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Steve Farber

APRIL 25, 2014

I believe that we’ve let ourselves get away with mindless lip flapping for far too long; therefore, let me suggest this: if you could, somehow, hold yourself ridiculously accountable to your own words, if you spoke with a contractual attitude, you could earn a tremendous competitive advantage over 99% of the population.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 8, 2016

In the context of an organization’s culture, “connection” is a bond based on shared identity, empathy and understanding that moves individuals toward group-centered membership. Certain collective beliefs and behaviors promote this bond of connection among people. greater employee participation in efforts to innovate.

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HR Digest

APRIL 2, 2019

Beyond just serving as a connection base for companies, platforms have quickly become a strategy to gain competitive advantage, which can create in-depth value for any business. By using a platform strategy, businesses can establish and foster stronger relationships /bonds with its customers/users.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself."

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HR Digest

JANUARY 21, 2019

Encourage working dads to take advantage of them. Executional excellence on paid family leave policy can prove to be a competitive advantage. Teresa Hopke: The implications of new dads taking leave and bonding with their new baby reach far beyond the leave period. Teresa Hopke, CEO of Talking Talent, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Now, women share the same bond virtually through social media and blogging, sharing recipes on Pinterest or swapping stories and pictures of their kids on Facebook.”. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

They drove it home again and again," Mr. Barton says, citing a CEO's quote from the study: "The only sustainable competitive advantage is talent. Don't just network; bond with key peers, male and female, who know you and support your ambitions. How could you not consider half the world's population?". Cultivate relationships.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2014

Anthropological research has shown that people form tighter trust bonds when working in groups of eight or less. Groups who are trust bonded are more likely to express creative ideas, and thus solve more problems, resulting in greater satisfaction and again, stronger friendships. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2015

This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. The mentor opens doors for the mentee.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2014

Often, women feel guilty for taking ‘time off’ to let their bodies recover and bond with their little bundle. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2015

EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. They worked continuously and played every kind of role. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven's premium content for 14 days. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. It is not 'insurance' that can be bought overnight. It is tied to the bottom line and must be treated accordingly, with the resources and expertise to do it effectively.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2014

“The judge the lawyer the doctor the clergy the widow the trustee of orphans all fell into the common vortex of investing in these bonds,” Life and Fire Insurance Company director Jacob Barker wrote in a letter in 1827. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Two thirds of the way through the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, Bond decides the time has come to go old school. The danger is that if you fall for all this, your business risks the fate of Bond's latest foe, the dastardly Mr. Silva. Enough with the technology. Your faith in technology will eventually kill you.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

A connection culture provides several benefits to organizational performance, which, taken together, add up to a powerful source of competitive advantage. These attitudes, uses of language, and behaviors described above develop a bond of connection among the members of U2. Bono describes U2 as a tight-knit family and community.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

Natura , a Brazilian cosmetics firm, produced a mother-baby product line that undercut Johnson & Johnson’s leading position in the baby market by linking Natura’s products with the Shantala method, a popular technique in Brazil for strengthening the bond between mother and infant through massage.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

The Barron's article mentioned that a 690 million euro convertible bond sale in February had bought Amazon some more time (the list was based on 1999 year-end data) — but that the company would still run out of cash in 21 months. billion in bonds the year before). But it also included a certain Internet bookseller from Seattle.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Crazy ideas, of course, can be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Firms lose the ability to innovatively manufacture, modify their systems on the fly, and build bonds with key customers when they overcommit to outsourcing. But where should they come from?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. The best executives understand which ones they need to focus on and which ones they can delegate.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

As Chinese state-owned enterprises upgrade their talent management and expand internationally, that is itself a competitive advantage. The Chinese understand what makes America competitive. Treasury bonds, it doesn't expect or want America to stumble any time soon. Chinese know much more about America than vice versa.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says that negative actions of the recession (pay cuts, layoffs, slashed budgets and poor communications) “are combining to erode the bonds of trust between some employers and their employees.” Why does this loss of trust matter?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

You achieve excellence not through James Bond–style gadgetry but through relentlessly executing on your fundamental skills. ” The truth is that content optimization techniques are fairly standardized these days, which makes them unlikely ever to lead to a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Developing strategic virtues in the minds of stakeholders has the potential to turn positive emotion into a real competitive advantage. This merger is a good example of how companies often try to differentiate their brand based on corporate social responsibility, believing the differentiated image will lead to a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Thanks to its preferential access and local community bonds, Loro Piana buys 85% of Peru's production. The vicuna produces the finest fiber capable of being spun with an average diameter of only 12-13 microns against the 15 microns of cashmere.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2013

Studies have shown that soldiers form strong bonds during missions in part because they believe in the purpose of the mission, rely on each other, and share the good and the bad as a team. Camaraderie is more than just having fun, though. It is also about creating a common sense of purpose and the mentality that we are in-it together.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2012

While I was writing about it, I came across a very interesting paper titled “ The Emotionally Bonded Organization: Why Emotional Infrastructure Matters And How Leaders Can Build It ” by Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Subroto Bagchi , co-founder of MindTree.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

They are key players when it comes to bonding and collaboration. From a firing perspective, doing so could reveal new serendipitous insights into the relationship between employee and customer drain, which would allow a company to create an unprecedented competitive advantage. Employees with a high closeness (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

But this sort of skill is quite different from providing advice about what stocks and bonds to buy, and will take some time to inculcate. But you may lose your distinctive competence or competitive advantage if you do not tweak it to fit your context and build everything around it.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. And that same transparency has radically shortened the shelf life of any new competitive advantage. “We’ll

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Community relations is not ‘insurance’ that can be bought overnight. It is tied to the bottom line and must be treated accordingly…with resources and expertise to do it effectively.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Random acts of violence are certainly threats to all, and the ADL built broad coalitions in order to sensitize, educate and further bond communities. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Or they used it as a gift, sending it to a friend, strengthening their bond and status in that friend’s social circle. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. They posted it on their walls like a badge, laughing with their digital friends that this video was totally just like them.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 7, 2024

“The Metaverse is all about promoting virtual collaboration, making sure there are plenty of opportunities for the team to bond and feel part of the community.” Well, it’s all about promoting virtual collaboration, making sure there are plenty of opportunities for the team to bond and feel part of the community.

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