Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

So far, online training and education platforms have done a great job of turning out candidates that hold the relevant industry certifications to meet the demand, but as any working project manager can tell you – a certification will only take you so far.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 10, 2020

Until recently, very few CEOs, IT, or marketing professionals would have put ‘data optimization’ high on the list of agenda items that keep them up at night. The most critical aspect of better data management is the reduction of inefficiencies in operations that cost businesses as much as 25% of their revenue. Direct Sources.

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Cost Comparison Fashion Bottom-up 75

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Not only do these companies typically employ fewer people than the industrial titans of yore, but they also attract the ire of officials over their tax practices and have grown insanely rich off the back of something users receive no compensation for. As such employees often have career opportunities within the company.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2017

As SVP of Operations, I approached my first visit to the field after his death with a great deal of trepidation. I’ll never forget how, in 1994 when I was looking for a job, he found my resume in his stack of papers, and personally picked up the phone and called me, inviting me to come to his office in suburban New York.

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Leadership Bottom-up Metrics Mentor 192

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. Bottom line…check your motivations. The mechanistic world of the industrial age continues to have a grip on our belief system. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. You could argue that all jobs are at risk: Machines can already analyze data, pick stocks, make decisions that touch on operational efficiency and logistics, sift through resumes and make hiring decisions, etc.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? I believe that it can actually be both, but that decision lies solely with the employer, and is not really up to the employee no matter how much they might feel it is.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Keeps others informed and up-to-date on relevant information. And if you’re an employee, don’t underestimate the value of leadership skills in your career. But it’s not just about the immediate impact on day-to-day operations. Shows up to work on time every day, ready to contribute.

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Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

And yes, we began to see a trend develop from the lens of professionals who work in the trenches every day on finding and developing talent; the bottom line seems to be, it is all centered around understanding the power of people-centric leading. One crucial trait for a high performing organization is understanding and embracing resilience.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 Interview Highlights. Full Transcript.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 Interview Highlights. Full Transcript.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed? And that’s what analytics provides.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 53

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Companies in many industries stand to lose significant numbers of highly skilled, tenured workers. Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete. But that’s not all they’ll lose.

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

It may seem that the employers of such low-wage workers — who focus mainly on keeping costs down in order to survive in a relentlessly competitive industry — would have no incentive to provide such training or resources for personal development. India’s biggest garment export firm. days more over the duration of the program.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked. So understanding what constitutes effective followership and then exhibiting those behaviors can help improve a person’s career prospects. Followers Get Things Done Better followership often begets better leadership.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

I certainly have my opinions on the subject ( jump to my comments at the bottom of this post ) , but I wondered what other leadership experts believe is the most important leadership competency from their experience. There are many leadership pearls wrapped up in the complexity of all sorts of leadership books. Keep your promises.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

We are currently writing up our results for submission to an academic journal.). Surveying thousands of people across countries and industries to explore the relationship between self-awareness and several key attitudes and behaviors, like job satisfaction, empathy, happiness, and stress. Take Jeremiah, a marketing manager.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

It’s obvious to them that paying employees more will result in some combination of three outcomes: (a) profits will suffer as the wage increases eat into margins, (b) prices will have to be raised to maintain profitability, and (c) operational quality will suffer as a result of cutting headcount. In fact, some companies are already doing it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Analytical : Gathers facts; focuses on the bottom line; maintains emotional distance; argues rationally; measures precisely; considers financial aspects. People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

A bachelor's degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. And it's not only white-collar, college-driven careers that will suffer rapid skills obsolescence. More than 60 percent of respondents feared that lack of skills and talent shortages "are likely to affect their bottom line in the next five years.".

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Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

We recently hosted at frog design a group of mid-career executives who are in the Global Executive MBA program at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. See if these feel familiar, and consider if they are trending up or down for your business: Challenge 1: Commoditization. Will These Trends Continue?

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Innovation B2B Price Trends 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The public is up in arms about some of the big bonuses being paid to the CEOs of big bailed-out banks. Board compensation committees rely almost exclusively on comparisons to CEO compensation at companies of similar size and in similar industries. million bonus in the face of mounting anger and the threat of legislation.

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Comparison Committee CEO Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Because operational managers are closer to the action, they have better insights into specific business challenges and customer pain points that can be addressed by new technologies. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Technology Talent Management Process Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

.” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” “There are four ratios common in every company: profitability, leverage, liquidity, and operational efficiency,” he says.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

If I only had a nickel for each time a CEO has told me “We have the best talent in the industry.&# They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The index was constructed in the same fashion as other indexes that seek to isolate an industry sector (banking, biotech), geography (China), or size (large cap), for example. Countless acts in the design details ladder up to one big, fat impression that Nike is the company for performance-minded athletes.

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Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

But Thomson Reuters Foundation took a different tack in its response, going beyond donating to leverage its parent company's core competencies in information and the legal industry to catalyze change. They can examine the company's core operations to discover ways to help make a difference while continuing to make a profit. Take Cisco.

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Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Finally, platform launches represent a new business that is ready to be scaled up. They may be generating revenue but usually not yet a lot of bottom line. Each block in the table denotes new revenue that year from maturing portfolio investments, resulting in cumulative new revenue, which can be found at the bottom of each column.

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How To Uncertainty Project Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In early April, following the news of faulty ignition switches and recall of more than 6 million cars, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a “Speak Up for Safety” program. “GM This is “not because people screw up, but because of the immense complexity of what we do,” she told The Washington Post.

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Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Bottom line…If you’re a leader and not an avid reader, you’re wrong. Up until a few years ago Rick Warren read a book every single day. and this is in addition to reading a variety of industry publications and periodicals. Do I have your attention yet?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Failure to pick up subtle clues. Rather than admit areas where information is lacking, employees often cover up, disseminating erroneous data, which comes back to hurt others.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Others will remain stuck in frames of mind that set themselves up for the next round of defeat or, at best, partial-success. Setting one’s self up for failure. That all people who grew up in the south are racist. Refusal to hear what is said.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Turns out that Linds Redding, an illustrator and designer, spent most of his career crafting advertising in the UK and New Zealand, before opening an animation studio. Linds gave up the studio and spent his remaining days walking Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, taking pictures, drawing, making music and writing about living and dying.

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