N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ultimately, executive coaching empowers entrepreneurs to tap into their full potential, overcome obstacles, and achieve sustainable success in their careers and ventures. Additionally, the entrepreneur must constantly adapt to rapidly changing market conditions and emerging trends, which requires a high degree of agility and resilience.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

I’m going to admit at the outset that I was a strong proponent of Herzog’s concept for most of my career. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. But hold on for a moment.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Earlier this year brought the book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking , by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Once you are primed for change, you can flip it over to read, The Innovation Handbook , and began the journey to finding your big idea. When it comes to innovation, culture is more important than strategy.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A company gains access to new markets by taking over or fusing with other businesses. Effective branding enables you to cut marketing and advertising costs. For customers to know about your company brand, ensure that your marketing tactics fit your target audience. Does word-of-mouth marketing really work?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2020

They also provide a chance for industry professionals to mingle and lay the groundwork for potential future collaborations with other companies as well as personal career progression. Perhaps some members of your sales and marketing team would be best for this. Prepare Marketing Materials. Make Your Booth Amazing. Presentations.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 10, 2017

It’s about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use. I thought I would do a “Rich’s Favorite Things Early 2017” post and let you know what resources I use to stay at the top of my game.

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LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

I’m going to admit at the outset that I was a strong proponent of Herzog’s concept for most of my career. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. With only 100% available to the players of the market share game, you knew whether your play(s) made you a winner or a loser. But hold on for a moment.

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Sports Tactics Competitive Advantage Short-term 121

QAspire

JANUARY 15, 2013

Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. That is, they are doing the thinking that intrigues, inspires and incites others to take the necessary tactical action, such as the three examples given above. They innovate conversations rather than offer up cookie-cutter tactics.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Tactics: the methods and means by which you assail the objectives.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation. While not all great business leaders have served in the military, those of you who possess the heart of a warrior understand the advantages you derive from your military bearing and state of mind.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral. It must be actionable through focused tactical implementation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2018

Stephen Curry has built his NBA career on taking shots that others don’t: three-pointers from a crazy distance. Jon Buchan, the director of London-based Charm Offensive, a creator of innovative cold emailing campaigns, applies Curry’s disruptive basketball strategy to business: “Find a gap,” Buchan writes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. link] ATIG We must rethink the leadership tactic !!!! They are the ones who have earned the trust, loyalty and respect of their co-workers. They are the ones people turn to when things get tough.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Not just in terms of their own career growth, but in how it would open up a whole new understanding and area of knowledge in their field of study, if not also inspiring others to take up the cause to learn more about this elemental key to our existence.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In some cases, this manifests itself in incremental improvements over the current product or service, something that’s become a key tactic of every major smartphone manufacturer. But that successful moment doesn’t mark the end; rather, it simply demonstrates what they’ve achieved and what they can accomplish going forward.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). Access to global markets. Faster innovation. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. Freelancers and moonlighters, whose consultancy may or may not relate to their day jobs. (16%). Customer retention. Higher sales.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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HR Digest

MARCH 19, 2024

Being a career-oriented individual doesn’t automatically mean you’re an expert on the top professional goals you need to prioritize for your growth. This is often because there’s no room to stop and think of career advancement strategies that we could put to use considering our work takes up all our time.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. It’s a matter of human nature: When employees don’t trust their leaders, they don’t feel safe.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

A lot of small-firm owners and managers feel that way, and in many cases they’re justifiably proud of their competitive intangibles—a gut sense of the market and the flexibility to change quickly. They were quick to adopt a more formalized approach to marketing planning. The tactic improved the events’ productivity.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. It’s a matter of human nature: When employees don’t trust their leaders, they don’t feel safe.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. “Personal experience makes me a more effective marketer.” This approach helped Connected Home’s Hive “smart thermostat” device become a market leader in just a few years. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Is a supermarket's "Buy one get one free" promotion a loss-leading marketing exercise or a tactic for achieving necessary volume? This will help you assist your company in finding innovative solutions. And it might be good for your career. They crave creative, adaptive, innovative thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Once we challenge our beliefs and knowns –the sky is the limit.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

We believe that in business as in basketball, understanding what bracket you're competing in is key to shaping your competitive strategy and tactics. For years Braun tried to steal share from Norelco, the market leader, but this proved a tough sell: Norelco's customers were shopping for convenience, which wasn't what Braun was offering.

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