N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

Pricing impacts everything from strategy and tactics, to finance, to branding, to marketing and sales, to vendor selection and supply chain management, to recruiting and compensation, and to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2015

A common mistake is for companies to think about the market segments that they are in instead of understanding the person who really uses their products and services. Allocate whatever time you can carve out, even one or two full days a quarter, just to think and plan. Then a few years down the road, their growth flat-lines.

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Market Segmentation Strategic Planning Brainstorming Executive Coaching 70

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Organization Teamwork Learning-by-Doing System 158

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

They are those prickly little creatures that make noises like; “ Yabut, the banks will never back us on this one… Yabut, the market is totally unpredictable… Yabut, we’ve never done that before… ”. Let’s take Stephen, for example. And it’s worth it. About the Author.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., Business models must be designed with great care at the outset, but they must also be fluid in order to react to changing market conditions and avoid becoming stagnant.

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. This is true in boom times and recessions, from organizations being complacent through multiple successes, to newcomers coming in to take over the market.

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Emotional Intelligence CTO Stress Exit Strategy 74

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. Those who excelled at every assignment given and each stage of their career. Never were too busy to set good examples, share ideas with others and help build the teams on which they played. Firms which package and market services.

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Advice Strategy Company Bureaucracy 57

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Special Edition 49 – An Interview with Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top explores the approaches everyone in the corporate world can use, regardless of their current position, to shape their career development and accelerate their advancement.

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Newsletter Career Tools Execution 59

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

But first, ask yourself why you want to make a career out of your hobby? And because technology now enables work to be a thing you do rather than a place you go, the opportunity to identify and develop unique career pathways is greater than ever! Boil down the essence of your purpose because it will drive you to success.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2010

’ As I began to read marketing materials, it was clear I needed to create a multitude of product and service which seemed close to impossible. They are missing the vision of finding a job that will provide both career growth and satisfaction. These two words are ‘ repurpose ‘ and ‘ leverage.’

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Audience Newsletter Core Competence Tips 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results! And the Clients Went Wild!

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Wilde Newsletter Marketing Motivation 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

On your road to success (whether it be to increase profits, become an industry leader, capture more market share, etc.), Establish Guardrails I worked in several large companies during my corporate career, and I can’t tell you the number of pet projects that became my pet peeves. Example: We will have sold 15K units of product.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results! And the Clients Went Wild!

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Wilde Real Estate Discount Advertising 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

For example, Discover Bank held monthly meetings of all staff by location and shift. Charlie Cawley, legendary leader of MBNA (the credit card giant) is an excellent example. During his 36 year career, Frank has worked with many of the most recognized companies and executives in the world.

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Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Belief Systems 50

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. Actionable : A successful idea cannot remain in a strategic planning state. via n2growth.com [.]

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Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Career Transitions. How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition. Change Your Career Without Having to Start All Over Again. For example, in a larger, more established company, schedules are more predictable and weekends often more sacrosanct. You and Your Team Series. Andy Molinsky. Jane Heifetz.

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Budgeting Career Benchmarking Environment 11

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

And, be sure to plan for enough time for the discussion. You may not have complete control of compensation incentives (for example), but you can probably come up with some non-monetary rewards/recognition programs that can motivate just as effectively. Thanks again to Max Carbone for sharing his insights with our group. Happy leading!

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Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Whether you are a manager or not, managing yourself smarter is important to your career as well as to your personal life. Remember that if you do choose to post an ill-advised update, for example, you’ll be the one taking the rap for it. Consider yourself a brand, and act accordingly.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Newsletter Blog 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

I encourage flexible careers that permit multiple choices over a lifetime, with employers who value skills over lockstep career advancement. If women (or men) choose to put their paid work careers on hold while raising children and nurturing a household, I want to see them succeed at reentry and use their talents to the fullest.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

A recipe for success for anyone in any position, Soup delivers the powerful message that the quality of your career, business, and team is determined by the quality of your relationships. ’ Here are twelve draining behaviors to watch out for – and what you can do to counteract them and create a more nourishing workplace in 2011.

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Gordon Energy Bottom-up Newsletter 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We’re talking about data that can show what lies ahead for the company and inform workforce planning. Consider, for example, the bathtub. In addition, attrition in the early-career professional ranks was significantly higher than that for longer-service employees. Other types of data have similar strategic value.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

With such inconsistencies in the upper ranks, is there anything you can do to stabilize your own career? If possible, pull together some samples of your work, which (depending on your job function) could be strategic plans, summaries of reports, designs, presentations, or anything else for which you were responsible.

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Sample Strategic Planning CEO Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

For a very simple illustration, consider the example of a website redesign. The same thing can happen in an individual’s career, too, if they take on the wrong project. While that movie is often considered a classic, Dunaway now sees it as a career limiter. It’s probably not the question you wish they’d ask.

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Proposal Sports Learning-by-Doing Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Despite studies showing that succession is an essential part of strategic planning, many companies ignore leadership development to focus on more immediate challenges. And it confuses young, promising managers about what skills and behaviors they need to develop to advance their careers. For example, when a U.S.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I have a history of going a little overboard with the “healthy physical habits” – for example, weekly fasting or excessive training for athletic competitions, etc. I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. The habit of the right input. The habit of the perfect start.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. ” It is often not the result of a strategic plan just being implemented, but driven by opportunistic responses to unexpected events. Stuff happens.

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Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 6, 2015

This means that even those on the lowest rung of the corporate ladder are thinking about the vision or direction of their own careers (self-leadership) while executing their day-to-day tasks in order to remain employed (self-management). There are many methodologies on the market to improve organizational performance. Functional Team.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

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Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

These products are all held up as legendary examples of the power of intrapreneurship — entrepreneurial creativity and innovation within large, established organizations. Companies need to create innovation careers rather than just innovation jobs. xefstock2/Getty Images. The Post-It note. The Sony PlayStation.

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Incubator Innovation Strategic Planning Human Resources 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2011

Tools for each challenge are presented, backed by examples from companies – from small firms to global giants – that have successfully put these methods into practice. The discovery-driven approach will dramatically change how you lead strategic growth. Instead, I recommend developing a disengagement plan.

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Project Learning-by-Doing Planning Environment 56

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Tools for each challenge are presented, backed by examples from companies – from small firms to global giants – that have successfully put these methods into practice. The discovery-driven approach will dramatically change how you lead strategic growth. This matters because it can cause you to be blindsided.

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Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

This client was a prime example of a leading CEO who served his community, profession and firm well. These are my considered opinions, having conducted Performance Reviews, Strategic Planning and Visioning for other companies over 35+ years. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics.

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