N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While feigned humility is the height of insincerity, authentic humility is the most sincere form of confidence and strength.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust. As much as some don’t want to hear this, there is an “I&# in team because teams are comprised of individuals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. ” A crisis breeds pervasive dread. We called this bonding “tent time.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The earliest PSAs promoted the selling of war bonds and were shown in movie theatres during World War I and II. Non-profit organizations and the causes they promote are greatly served by enlightening the public. Public education is an important part of the charge for those organizations.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. The mentor requests pro-active changes of mentee, evaluates realism of goals and offers truths about path to success and shortcomings of mentee’s approaches. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

When Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy, a Chinese solar cell-maker and power-generator, missed an interest payment on its bonds in February 2014, the Chinese government didn’t intervene. Sino-Capital Guaranty Trust is confronting the reality that insuring commercial bonds is not a risk-free business. But it hasn’t.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2016

Some people saw this as a chance to bond with colleagues who were united in their commitment to a common cause — not unlike fans of sports teams who chant, clap, and even do the wave together. Starbucks was coping with the global economic crisis and experiencing a rapid decline in profits.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Since no one can know what the source of the next systemic financial crisis will be, regulation can only do so much.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

But with James Bond movies, there’s no reason to expect that the latest Bond movie [Quantum of Solace] has anything to do with the previous Bond movie [Casino Royale]. These types of processors power huge computer servers, which play vital roles in companies’ day-to-day operations. And then came Windows 7.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

The difference is that the United States has its own money , the dollar, while Spain operates on foreign money , the euro. Each ended in crisis. Even government bonds were yielding some 10% annually in dollars. The resulting crisis echoes those in Chile, Mexico, and Argentina. In 2011, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The land reforms triggered a series of events that spiraled into a major economic crisis and caused formal unemployment to soar to 90%. Manangagwa, even though more pragmatic than Mugabe, has nevertheless worked with Mugabe for years and is operating within a largely similar political system.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

Then ECB policy began to shift, first with a brief bout of bond buying in 2010, and then with the LTROs (Long Term Refinancing Operations) which started on Christmas Eve in 2011: a trillion Euros of liquidity in exchange for promises to lend. were loan rates while in Europe it was government bond rates that were the target.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

According to another study , more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies operating in 2010 were founded by immigrants or their children — including some of the most well-known brands, from Apple and IBM to Disney and McDonalds. universities that year had at least one foreign-born inventor. Anticipate the Unexpected.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Effective Crisis Handling, Case Studies. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. Product Contamination-Damage.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. This has led to a deep political crisis and the country was at the brink of a civil war.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

But in order to realize this future, we need to learn and employ the lessons from the architectural evolution of the internet, facilitating openness and distributed operations rather than the closed proprietary systems of individual manufacturers and service providers. Andy O''Connell. BONUS BITS Do You Want to Know?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

My clients hire me not solely on the basis of what I can personally do for them in a vacuum, but rather what the collective influence of my network and resources can accomplish for them when I operate outside of my own personal bubble. " Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing Una. Thanks again for stopping by Sami.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

When an organization is small enough that each member can have a personal relationship with every other, or at least recognize their faces and names, gathering everyone for regular meetings strengthens social bonds and bolsters the feeling that “we are one company.” But an intimate gathering with, say, 500 of your best friends isn’t feasible.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

No business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. The same community relations posture will not last forever. Use research and follow-up techniques to reassess the position, assure continuity and move in a forward motion. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Their missions’ success rests on their ability to stay resilient and perform effectively in adverse circumstances.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The perception is that getting along with people is nice, but “nice-to-have” — secondary to the operation of the business. But most books on this topic focus on mentoring and executive coaching, not skills for operational leaders. They aren’t about computers, vehicles, machines and other “hard” equipment.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments. link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] Social Media Influence [.]

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds. The traditional plan-then-do model treats the value of any strategy like a bond. Caterpillar, for example, is reported to have put in place robust contingency plans in advance of the global financial crisis in 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

And when Derek had lost his job during the financial crisis, Rogier had invited him to join Contect. And although senior managers’ remuneration was tied to Contect’s overall sales and operating profits, the head office had relatively little control over the 30,000 projects the company had underway at any given time.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve. I think not, and I’ll explain why. Even though I have seen this phrase quoted by some very bright people whom I respect, it just doesn’t resonate with me.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

He likened the growing climate crisis to the fiscal crisis of 2008, a mess he had to deal with firsthand. Investors in particular are starting to notice the massive risk to business and acting accordingly — see Barclays’ downgrading the bonds of U.S. And Hank Paulson, George W. Let that sink in for a moment.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

American corporations operated in a very different environment in the postwar period. The energy crisis and subsequent recession of 1974 created further pressures, as did the inflationary spiral of the decade, the result of the simultaneous pursuit of the Vietnam War and an ambitious set of social programs during the 1960s.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

There is not an infrastructure spending crisis. There is no spending crisis? Further, thousands of municipalities and agencies still issue municipal bonds to finance water, power, road, and other projects that are largely self-funding or “bankable” projects. This conversation misses the mark.

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