N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

Sharing an informative company description with the minute detail of your organization like the business solutions, business services, consumer base, competitive advantages, store location, etc. Accurately Evaluating Your Finances and Funding Your Business. Growing and Developing an Effective Team. Conclusion.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

… Executive Development Opportunities. LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The program taps into an underutilized talent source, reducing barriers of entry so qualified individuals can fully develop their potential.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger Finance Without Fear should be read by anyone starting or managing a business. The easy-to-read style helps remove the fear of finance for the entrepreneur, the small business owner, and the manager.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2012

Create a competitive advantage, set the right tone, make effective decisions, keep talent inside your doors, and establish credibility-all while navigating unfamiliar and turbulent waters. If you don’t understand finance and accounting, enroll in a course immediately. Address the nuts and bolts of business too.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

In today’s post I share my thoughts on how to develop a sound pricing strategy… While the topic of pricing is certainly not rocket science, it has indeed been a thorn in the side of business people since the dawn of commerce. Competition : Does your pricing place you at a competitive advantage, or disadvantage in the market?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

While not all great business leaders have served in the military, those of you who have worked to develop the leadership traits mentioned above understand the advantages you derive from a having a military leadership state of mind.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Home About Overview News Careers Contact Blog Services Branding/Identity Executive Search Leadership Development Overview CEO Coaching Executive Peer Groups Strategic Growth Consulting Innovation Management Personal Branding Reputation Management Social Media Consulting Pro Bono Services Clients Intermidiaries Downloads Blog Contactus N2growth Home (..)

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2015

Invest in new business ideas: With financial strength in their pocketbooks and in their bank accounts, women can now even think about investing in other business ideas conceived by others women who are having trouble getting financed the conventional way. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. logistics, and finance. finance, I.T., Their new book is Revolutionizing Business Operations: How to Build Dynamic Processes for Enduring Competitive Advantage (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2023). Recall how the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

With the development of modern business management solutions, it is easier than ever to stay connected with your teams all over the world. The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2015

I started in the insurance business in 1993 as a fresh graduate from East Carolina with a finance degree. John says, “It's about the developing core networking places and participating, getting involved, and establishing a leadership position. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Your healthcare executive resume will be read by not only scientific professionals in medical affairs, research and development, clinical operations, but your resume will also be reviewed by financial, operational, marketing and human resources leaders. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Cloud computing and other tech developments have drastically cut the cost of founding a company, says Stanford University finance professor Ilya Strebulaev. Entrepreneurship'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Second, with the public declarations by many companies to help with the goals , there is likely to be competitive pressure. Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. The case is clear.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Developing a culture of caring within your organization to engage your employees is vital to the strategy to drive success to your business. But what they don’t realize is that they are damaging the business by failing to develop staff. Now she writes about business and finance and finds her work-life balance far more enjoyable.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Since then, as the composition of top executive teams has changed, responsibility for leading strategy development has been shared by more members of the C-suite. In our experience at McKinsey, creating this ideal partnership usually requires the CFO to become more directly and deeply involved in strategy development.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2014

Looking to increase the homeownership rate and “foster affordable housing,” the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department issued regulations that required 55% of all government sponsored entities (GSEs) to purchase “affordable” loans from banks, either directly or through packaged MBS.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

Worshipping at what Christensen calls the “church of finance” hollows out a company’s competitive advantage, as it loses the capacity to invest in innovation that drives the perpetual reinvention so necessary in today’s world of temporary competitive advantage. And short-term numbers at that.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. IT went from being a potential source of competitive advantage to being a necessity for competitive parity.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If I read your definition correctly, you are limiting game-changers to positive developments or innovations. That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. Is that the only way to think of it? Serve to Lead discusses this at some length.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. Conventional wisdom holds that improving working conditions (which typically costs money) would undermine the competitive advantage these firms enjoy. Could lean manufacturing have a similar positive impact on jobs in the developing world?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

Comparatively, online lenders have limited brand recognition, and acquiring small business customers online is expensive and competitive. But banks’ ability to use these strengths to build real competitive advantage is not a forgone conclusion.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

When "the core functions of IT — data storage, data processing, and data transport — have become available and affordable to all," he wrote, IT would cease to be a source of competitive advantage. How do companies differentiate in a world where access to technology is no longer a competitive advantage?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In years past, an important source of competitive advantage for insurers was the ability to price risk better than rivals. By recognizing this critical gap early, GE has been able to develop strategies to close it systematically, over time. Develop and acquire the talent you need to close any gaps, starting today.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

This represents a major challenge to the banking sector where, in developed markets, growth and profitability are still at about half of pre-crisis levels. As banks recover from the downturn, non-banks are taking advantage by proceeding aggressively with digital innovations and capturing more and more of the banking value chain.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. But as Kevin Nolan, vice president of technology, said, “With FastWorks we’re learning that speed is our competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

As financing dries up, entrepreneurs would do well to remember the benefits of bootstrapping. Though taking money from investors might seem like the path to success, bootstrapping has several advantages. The result is a culture able to solve problems with fewer resources, which creates a huge competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? Unique tools, data, or process.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date. Making big bets on emerging technologies and uncertain markets is never a straightforward proposition; doing so in direct competition with much bigger and more sustained Chinese bets is downright suicidal.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Each initiative claims it is critical to the success of the organization, yet their competition puts that very success in jeopardy.

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