N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

Such techniques will also help you implement your decisions well , and formulate truly effective long-term strategic plans. Solving the Planning Fallacy Specifically for the planning fallacy, my coaching and consulting clients have found three specific research-based techniques effective. Magazine, and CNBC.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link].

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In today''s hyper-competitive job market, you have to be hardworking, smart and educated, but you also have to be politically astute. Chapter 25 of " When Doing It All Won''t Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women " agrees that tales of political sabotage, power plays and turf wars are part of every organization’s history.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Don’t you wish you had a GPS for your life and career? Wouldn’t it be great to simply plug in your dreams or goals for your life and career and have someone tell you in a very confident assuring voice how to get there? A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. You provide leadership for progress, rather than following along. You provide a good place to work.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the ‘alligators’ is the most effective way to conduct the process. About the Author.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 78

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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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment? They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. They make changes.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2015

Most executives would agree that it is important to spend time thinking strategically about the future of their businesses. Yet, most leadership teams fail to do so. They fail because they do not have a clear and simple way to get this strategic thinking time into their company routine or regular flight path.

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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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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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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Make an equitable blend of ambition and desire: Fine-tuning one’s career is an admirable and necessary process. There are no fast-forward buttons or skipping steps inn developing an effective organization, just as there are no shortcuts in formulating a career and Body of Work. Entrepreneur is as entrepreneur does.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career. Mine was marketing. When I retired, I thought I was through with business.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2011

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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Leadership Newsletter Diversity Strategic Planning 67

CO2

JANUARY 23, 2011

I remember when I was at the beginning of my career and calling on AARP as a direct marketer to do their work. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Where has time gone. Perhaps this is one of those life passages. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties?

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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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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

It used to be that you could learn the core skills for a career in college and graduate school – think management, accounting, law – and then apply it over forty years. Strategic planning in business assumed an existing playing field and known actors. What do leadership teams most struggle with in the new environment?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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Leadership Newsletter Diversity Strategic Planning 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Community Marketing becomes strategic to a respected organization. Relational Leadership is people-centric. Many business plans leave out the community component or treat it lightly deeming it disconnected to the business purpose. This final article examines creating a respected organization.

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Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Critical Success Factor 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Some performers made careers as supporting players. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. This historic teaming became the formula for most other TV sitcoms. Davis was Schultzy on “The Bob Cummings Show” and Alice on “The Brady Bunch.”.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I believe the behavior of strategy tourists offer us a very useful career guide. Compromise over the important company issues, but dig in and fight forever over smaller topics that are important for you and your career. Strategic Planning execution innovation leadership strategy' I’m sure you also know some.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ” Approach your career as a body of work.

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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. Those who were downsized, out-placed, retired or changed careers, launching a consulting practice. Firms which package and market services. Senior level.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Presidents.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result. The same analogies apply to personal lives, careers and Body of Work.

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Company Self-aware Creativity Marketing 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results. People are the core of this leadership style. You will learn how to put the attributes in play for yourself in your own leadership situation.

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Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Belief Systems 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2011

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Everspark Interactive was founded in June 2009 by internationally-known Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert, Jason Hennessey and 20-year marketing veteran, Chris Watson. Google reports an 80 percent click rate on videos that appear in the search results.

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Video Marketing Mix Press Release Engineering 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Everspark Interactive was founded in June 2009 by internationally-known Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert, Jason Hennessey and 20-year marketing veteran, Chris Watson. Include a phone number in your meta description Make sure the title tag on your page is relevant to what they’re searching for.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Posted by Elinor Stutz on December 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Marketing professionals refer to strategy as your unique selling proposition while sales folk use the term ‘positioning.’ They are missing the vision of finding a job that will provide both career growth and satisfaction. Her new book, Hired! :

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Strategy Driven

MAY 7, 2014

Make sure you are aware of your and your job’s value in the market place. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. The Advisor’s Corner – Does working smarter, not harder apply to leadership positions? Know your options. About the Author.

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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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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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete. He has a marketing communications degree from Bradley University.

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