N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Great leaders don’t major in the minors and understand that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing…Great leaders are committed to not losing focus and not giving-up. They are committed to both personal and professional growth. Section VI: Persuasiveness. Thank you for sharing this freely.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Do something well and commit to long-term excellence. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

While nonprofits, often starved for general operating funds, can’t match pharma’s marketing budgets, a recent Bridgespan study argues that it’s time they and their funders heed business findings on increasing noise in the marketplace and the need to make any new offering, even a life-saving one, stand out. .”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

She got the same tough assignments and challenging watches as her male counterparts, all of it designed to immunize her for the operational challenges ahead. Growth-inducing challenge is interpreted by mentees as an expression of care and commitment when mentors demonstrate empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Such challenging goals require leaders to operate in areas where the pathways aren't paved, and the moves aren't already choreographed. The difference is illustrated by a classic joke about old-time movie dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He led Ginger Rogers around the dance floor flawlessly. He had a goal.

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Rogers Health Care Education Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

Doctors operated and told me to hope for the best. Dr. Derek Roger had spent 30 years researching why some people in difficult situations become overwhelmed, while others persevere. In the workplace, many people blame their high anxiety levels on a boss, job, deadlines, or competing commitments for their time. Cat Yu for HBR.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

The key is to develop determination and commitment for the process. Benevolence – depth of commitment to not cause pain or suffering. You begin with a sincere and explicit commitment to the betterment of all stakeholders. Only a long-term commitment to maintaining a culture that fosters trust will pay off.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 1962, an academic by the name of Everett Rogers released a book called The Diffusion of Innovations. Rogers, who spent much of his early career studying the adoption of agricultural innovation, aptly pointed out that many innovations are slow to see adoption not for lack of appeal but for lack of an appropriate ecosystem.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

One chief operating officer I worked with was appointed to her newly created role with the expressed purpose of integrating two supply chain organizations resulting from an acquisition. Having risen through the supply chain ranks, she spent most of her time reacting to operational missteps and customer complaints.

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Supply Chain Chief Operating Officer Execution Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Yes, financial institutions should be environmentally responsible in their own operations. Don''t get us wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Roger Schwarz. Your team may make a lower-quality decision because that person’s contributions were not heard or because the person is not committed to implementing the decision. This ensures that everyone is committed to moving forward together as a team. ” You and Your Team Series. Stu Heinecke. Renee Cullinan.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2011

For example, one Middle Eastern telecom operator has begun to create the brand connection by extending extraordinary discounts from third party partners, such as theaters and car rental agencies. Matthew Rhoden is a partner at Peppers & Rogers Group, leading their Telecom and Media practice.

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Brand McKinsey Loyalty Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Roger Martin and Sally Osberg argue in their new book, Getting Beyond Better , that the answer is social entrepreneurs, who target unjust and unsustainable systems — or “equilibria” — and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. Photo courtesy of Riders for Health. It isn’t.”

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In today’s blog post I’ll attempt to paint the portrait of the perfect leader… So, what traits would my perfect leader possess? It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

As Roger Clodfelter, Senior V.P. Everything operated as its own unit. As you consider the HPU story, you can conclude that when you are in the transformation business, the proof isn ’ t just in the students, but the campus, staff, operations, and even the nuances. This was part of the problem at the college.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

While all good leaders must keep the company’s internal operations moving forward, the very best ones must also be looking outside the company towards the customers, clients, financiers, volunteers and the organization’s entire affected constituencies. Deeply committed to accomplishing something special… beyond basic job requirements.

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Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

It constantly plows capital into its long-term operations — often at the expense of short-term financial results. Lafley and Roger Martin coined the term cumulative advantage to describe the distinct strategic benefit of not changing. “It’s about helping customers avoid having to make yet another choice.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Even after the Manufacturing EVP decides how to differentiate on fit and finish, his SVP Plant Operations will have to make some important choices, as will her VP of Plant Logistics, and so on. Commit to revisit and modify the choice based on downstream feedback. In complex organizations, there is very little choiceless doing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As more firms became multinationals, fewer showed loyalty to particular communities or any hesitation to migrate their operations to wherever costs were lowest. Employees were viewed more as fungible inputs to operations, and customers viewed more as targets within more and less lucrative segments. Raised customers’ expectations.

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Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We were supposed to be coming up with ideas for improving the company’s customer experiences, but the head of operations could not think of a single new customer service idea to explore. They were happy to maintain the age-old silo between marketing and operations. I was stunned.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Transformative change requires an organization to change not only how it operates but, even more importantly, how people think. At the end of the engagement, those consultants are the ones who are most committed to the recommendations rather than the leaders of the organization accountable for implementing the change.

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