N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

While most C-level execs have a general idea of what I’m referring to, it is also quite clear that most can’t even begin to define it, much less articulate the specific constructs of a sound business model. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Not only is true influence not difficult to acquire, but it is also sustainable when you understand the proper constructs. The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

These CEOs can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to the surface, by which time it is often too late to repair the damage. It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2017

Gathering the required data is the first step to improving many areas of business, and finances are definitely no exception. This is easier than ever with cloud computing and portable technology. If you’re in construction, then you’ll need to acquire equipment and permits. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. Hiring the right people.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Deb Costello I currently work in a culture that believes that providing a bonus creates an unnecessary hierachical structure, an us and them that is counter productive to the collaborative structure of our work environment. However I took great care of the team I had on my own outside of their quarterly bonus.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Vision statements, as implied in the construction of the phraseology itself, put forth a statement of envisioned future. An organization's purpose often changes over time as advances in technology, changes in customer demands/preferences, etc. impact the competitive arena.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

When it comes to the construction of messaging, I have found that people will tend to fall into one of the four following groups.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. and people mean relationships. If you forget the people, you cannot have a game changer. It is about people.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. Bricolage , a French word by origin, means the construction of things from a set of available items.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2020

With the rising demand for construction, many people are trying their luck with the construction business. Although constructing high-rise buildings and modern houses is not a piece of cake, everything is possible with a little hard work and dedication. Do you think manual labor is enough on construction sites?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Disruptive products and services were, by definition, cheaper, lower quality, and lower margin. If you were running a profitable business with growth opportunities from an existing customer base, it was unlikely that you’d prioritize building low-quality products for over-served customers at lower margins.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. of MIT graduates taking jobs in finance after graduation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

In the lean-manufacturing context, in contrast, assembly line workers learn to execute a variety of production tasks, take responsibility for product quality, and are encouraged to find ways to improve the production process. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

In these two fictitious scenarios, Company B does better in communicating the risk of its product. It has provided certainty, through a concrete number, that can enable better decision making on the expected performance of the products. Both communicated risks associated with their products, but Company A did not do much.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

After paying for a full year, the system is unlocked and the customer owns the product outright. could harness technologies like 3D printing to build affordable houses faster and cleaner and make them accessible to most Americans. In 2014, the Chinese company WinSun used a giant 3D printer to construct 10 houses in 24 hours.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

But recent advances in digital production and distribution (prompted by companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox) have extended the overall productivity and reach of the film industry. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

But recent advances in digital production and distribution (prompted by companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox) have extended the overall productivity and reach of the film industry. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Tobacco production, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, slumped dramatically between 2000 and 2008.) Consumer-facing businesses : Any company that enters the market offering lifestyle and consumer goods products could benefit from demand that has been unmet for years.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2011

In reality, each country needs the other to succeed in order to thrive — to finance growth, secure export markets, train talent, transfer technology, and more. For example, pharmaceutical firms license compounds to each other and co-promote products in different markets.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. In the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2017

They include building glistening landmarks that anchor their digital strategy (as Dubai has done), removing roadblocks and bottlenecks to improve their underlying speed and agility (Boston), or changing course altogether to construct an entirely new city (Shanghai). Sponsored by DXC Technology. Dubai: Erecting Modern Landmarks.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. When functional boundaries prevail, there is no construct for managing capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Since 1975, just 41 new runways were planned, and only 25 were actually built, each with an average construction time of about 11 years! Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

When someone on an account team improves dramatically after being constructively coached by a fellow team member. Whether that deep knowledge is in sales, products, finance, technology, or some area that creates important value for the organization, reverse leaders need to have a specialty.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

In one telling case , construction workers went home at the end of the week as employees only to be informed on the following Monday that, perhaps by the magic of some unknown force, they had become, “member/owners” of hundreds of limited liability companies, effectively stripping them of federal and state job protections.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. Hundreds of millions of additional dollars are being spent on professional services, ancillary products and other offerings. And more are joining every day.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Construction began in 1884 and by some accounts continued around the clock until her death in 1922. ” — the questions we would ask about other kinds of constructions. Instead of seeking management jobs at GM or Eastman Kodak or Westinghouse, MBAs from elite schools went into finance and consulting. Good for whom?”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

No one would claim that new product design does not or should not involve wise judgment. No one would claim that new product design does not or should not involve wise judgment. Posting Guidelines We hope the conversations that take place on HBR.org will be energetic, constructive, free-wheeling, and provocative.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Particularly in business schools, various Finance and Accounting professors have argued for including more long-term incentives, and for replacing variable pay packages that largely consist of stock options with a mix of bonds and stocks. Several studies have shown that when employees frame their goals around learning (i.e.,

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Technology companies have very few assets so they’ll often have high ROAs. For example, says Knight, a construction company might look at the ROA in comparison with its competitors and see that the rival is getting a better ROA even though they have a high profit margin. Banks, Knight says, tend to have low ROAs around 1%.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). How organizations are changing.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2011

Some programmers and programming teams are, indeed, 100X more productive than their more typically talented counterparts. The whole isn't just greater than the simple sum of the parts; it's the product of multiplying individual skill and talent into something far greater. The product 125 is almost 9X greater than the sum 15.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Hyperspecialization can be far more productive than current approaches for organizing knowledge work and can also ease talent shortages. But we thought the resulting productivity gains would broadly benefit all participants in the global economy. Half of this job growth came in health care, government, retail, and construction.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

These include continued stagnation in the construction and finance industries (which employed so many people when times were better), globalization and outsourcing, and the fact that job growth almost always lags other measures of health as an economy emerges from recession.

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