N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.” ” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. Why is marketing important for your business? In short, it works.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. Back characters on TV shows included restaurant and bar operators, where the stars went top relax. Great executives know the value of crediting support figures for the business success. The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: Can you share key milestones in your career journey, and how they shaped your perspective on the global talent market? Long before I got interested in HR, I spent 25 years in sales, marketing, business development, and product management. it’s the leadership and culture that defines the response.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Corporate Responsibility means operating a business in ways that meet or exceed the ethical, legal, commercial and public expectations that society has of business. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 19, 2017

” She apparently operated in an environment where her role was defined by her title, which commanded respect, expertise and positioning of her patients. I have been involved in a Global Services company who hired mid-level managers on senior level titles to compensate for the lack of market conform compensation. Title Inflation.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses operate at a pace such that they grab for help wherever it is available. The need exists for comprehensive business ideas and growth strategies. The need is ever-present for interfacing with senior executives and updating management skills, to avoid burnout and stimulate the seasoned professionals toward new heights.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Co-author Helping People Win at Work: A Business Philosophy Called ‘Don’t Mark My Paper, Help Me Get an A’ Top-rated professor at the University of San Diego. Corporate Executives.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Business Success Checklist. The business you’re in. Development of core business supplier relationships.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

You’re in the best business-industry, produce a good product-service and always lead the pack. Running the business. Operations are sound, professional and productive. Business is run economically and efficiently, with excellent accounting procedures, payables-receivables practices and cash management.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

When it works, it’s wonderful but the operative word is when it works. For a small business, this is a huge operational problem. The HP story is like a small business fairy tale and most small businesses and start-ups get a lot use out of personal computers in their early days.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. This overwhelming demand for consumer attention and dollars has created a market filled with cynics, whose defenses are on full alert.”. Companies that do this effectively will most certainly amass market share.”.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

Some people, including executives and entrepreneurs, panic at the thought of "putting themselves out there," especially when that means asking colleagues for referrals or reaching out to past clients to drum up new business. So here is my advice to the shy and recalcitrant: Recognize the difference between marketing and sales.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 3, 2011

In this world I’ve learned that there are very few quick fixes, despite what you might hear from marketers. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Patience and perseverance. You must have both. I’ve seen it happen!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Earlier in her career, she left a position as SVP of business development and emerging businesses to join Boston Scientific in a senior line job. He had to ask her four more times, including once on a conference call with the whole executive team, before she finally relented.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Kathryn also leads the Getting to the Top career development programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising. Introduce new products. About the Author.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I think showing love is something that will really come back to you in the end, even in the business world. How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

and Gretchen Johnson of Virtual Wordplay Marketing Communications for a few years, a caring and supportive group of individuals who have helped each other without reservation to be successful in business and in life. Most of us are working directly for these people not the executives. I look forward to checking out the book.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Bringing a new prescription drug to market, for example, now costs nearly $2.6 Even a simpler product like the SpinBrush, which entered the market priced at $5 each, required an upfront investment of $1.5 As a result, Fitbit held 68 percent market share through 2013 versus 19 percent for Jawbone and just 10 percent for Nike.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. What’s a manager or executive to do? How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future? Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We might simply vote without doing our homework first. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

I wasn’t planning on retiring for at least another five years, but I wanted to watch how effectively my team could execute some of my more important functions. I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer. Would I begin to feel obsolete?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No company ever dazzled the world by lackadaisically going after a market. Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. In the first part of this series , I argued that the reason most mature businesses can't innovate is because they're not designed to innovate. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Business owners who eat on the run, don’t exercise or take time out for massage and downtime often don’t feel good in their own skin. When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Energy levels are also affected.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Whether firms call the position Chief Customer Officer (CCO) or some other label, these individuals serve as top executives with the mandate and power to design, orchestrate, and improve customer experiences across the ever-more-complex range of customer interactions. About one quarter of these CCOs formerly held operations positions.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. Running the business. Business development. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Technician.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. In this new environment, both machines and humans are essential: By collaborating in roles such as supply chain planning and inventory management, the combined power of humans and machines will create new sources of value for businesses. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Machine Shop began to offer its grassroots marketing services to other bands, film studios, TV networks, and brands. But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically. Enter Harvard Business School. and Harajuku Lovers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The book did quite well — it has been translated into 18 languages at this point, become part of the ongoing innovation dialogue, allowed me to present ideas to executives across the world, and to build a unique consulting firm with clients on six continents. Once the book had been written, I had to market it.

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