N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. What are you so busy doing that you don’t have time to build better relationships with precisely those individuals and groups who can help you achieve your goals and objectives?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Have collaboration goals and processes well-defined so that expectations MATCH. It is like hiring the most expensive consultant while ignoring more accessible talent. Even the most successful empire-builders found shoulders to stand on!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

To achieve its goals and remain competitive, the organization must maximize on the capability and knowledge of its people. And, while on this topic, the leader must also: Be Clear about Performance Goals and Expected Accomplishments Ken Blanchard has some ideas about maximizing individual performance. Something completely new.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 20, 2009

If you don’t understand what your people do, listen and learn or consult others who do know. 16 Responses to The Performance Review & Some Ugly Truths Mary Jo Asmus July 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm Hi Gwyn, It seems organizations are tweaking and re-tweaking their PR programs for a variety of reasons. Thanks for coming by!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Dick Grote, a management consultant and author of How to Be Good at Performance Appraisals , says you must do two things to preserve your professional standing. “As many PR practitioners, my main responsibility is managing brand reputation through generating positive media coverage. It can be a tricky conversation, however.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

He has served on several boards and consulted to some of the world’s largest and most respected companies. Set your course, make the difficult choices, and determine what you’re willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals. They view it as a PR or marketing exercise. So take the bull by the horns and own your life.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It’s natural to feel slightly paranoid, says John Lees, UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. ” Your goal is to get “an objective view” of how much of the firing “was about you and how much of it was about external factors.” ” Keep it short and upbeat.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

But candidates have accepted it as the new normal and, with savvy teams PR experts on call, they're making do. One firm I consulted for almost didn't hire a a qualified senior executive because — lacking almost any online presence — they strongly suspected he had fabricated his background. And if you don't?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2017

It’s also a good idea to consult your HR department beforehand to avoid potential legal problems. ” The goal is to “enhance their visibility, influence, and presence.” . “Don’t make this about right and wrong, good and bad, decent and indecent,” says Grenny.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

But viewing reference checks as a formality is a mistake, according to Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. After all, she says, the goal with any reference check is to “go beyond simply verifying facts” on a resume.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The ability to get new initiatives off the ground is also critical to your career. If your new initiative involves, say, improving employee health, zero in on a particular goal, such as decreasing employees’ back pain or helping workers quit smoking. ” Here are some pointers on how to get your idea moving. Gather feedback.

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Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

What’s your goal? To generate breakthroughs: Define goals that inspire you and share them broadly. Take forward action in support of goals. Don''t let being off course become a source of power pulling you away from your goal, see it for what it is. An awesome force of nature. Do you need an adjustment?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

For instance, imagine that you’re a “senior analyst” at a large consultancy “but what you’re really good at is visual presentations involving data. Earlier in her career, Sally was hired as the managing editor for a national trade magazine targeted at paralegals. She speaks from experience.

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Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

What’s your goal? To generate breakthroughs: Define goals that inspire you and share them broadly. Take forward action in support of goals. Don't let being off course become a source of power pulling you away from your goal, see it for what it is. An awesome force of nature. Do you need an adjustment?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When the students in the MBA course I teach on the gig economy ask me for the best thing they can do to prepare for their future careers, I tell them: “Stop looking for a job.” Graduates interested in pursuing contract work, consulting projects, and freelance assignments are on left on their own to find or create opportunities.

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