N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The premise of his piece is that the landscape of the Blogosphere is changing radically, and that as such many “A-Listers” have either quit, or are contemplating giving-up their blogging endeavors. The bottom line is that the numbers do in fact speak for themselves. Blogging is much more than the latest trend and is here to stay.

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Blog Content Media Brand 345

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So… and also about your childhood, where were you born, where you grew up and maybe a little bit about your family.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So… and also about your childhood, where were you born, where you grew up and maybe a little bit about your family.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2012

The best managers find creative, diplomatic ways to make contentious decisions without engendering resentment. This strategic move had been approved when the economy was growing quickly and it was hard for industrial companies to keep up with demand. In this company, the COO had been there much longer than the CEO.

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COO Chief Operating Officer CEO Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

It was Noelle’s third scheduled meeting to review financials, and again she was alone in a conference room waiting for people to show up. No one seemed interested in hearing a financial update—the few who had shown up in previous meetings were just short of hostile. The feeling is that Aurora is focused on the bottom line.

Case Study 12

Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

I was so confident in her idea that I convinced my former university professor husband to act as COO for the start-up, and we invested not only encouragement, but cash. The magazine got off to a great start: it was written up in the New York Times , circulation after a few months reached 100,000. Lesson 1: Set clear boundaries.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

While our competitors catch up, we have to get into the mindset of already moving onto the next thing. At a large hospitality company, for instance, the CMO can use analytics to find out not only which property or category was up or down over the weekend, but how key customer segments moved as well.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

This is one of the reasons research has found that in order to experience the benefits of diversity (better risk management, higher creativity, etc) on a board you need three women; one or even two aren''t enough to create real change. People comment that they don''t like that she stirred up controversy. But she spoke up anyway.

Cost 8

Cost Brand Media COO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Aubrey Merrin, the store manager, met him at the door. "Mr. Aubrey had transferred from the Coe's up in Flowing Wells, where he'd been the store manager for 10 years. He pointed up at the celebratory banner that still hung in the front of the store. Stan Windham walked into the newest Coe's store in South Tucson.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

One way to gain respect while lowering the social cost is to follow the model Sheryl Sandberg used when she negotiated her COO role at Facebook: “I said to Mark [Zuckerberg], ‘You realize you’re hiring me to run our deal teams, so you want me to be good at this.’” Her follow-up was equally important.

Tips 8

Tips Bottom-up COO Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

I interviewed more than 50 executives and mid-level managers who had worked for HP in the 2004-2007 timeframe, many of whom reported to Fiorina and subsequently worked with her successor, Mark Hurd. When Mark Hurd took over as CEO in 2005, he took that picture down, and noticeably didn’t put his own up on the wall.

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CEO Charisma COO Execution 8