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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have had more than a few engagements that have come about as a result of the need to repair the carnage and devastation that occurred from the implementation of advice put forth, or the ideas generated by a well intentioned yet unqualified “coach”. It’s just that simple.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

Business development. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation.

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People Skills Are Hard Skills - More Than You Know

Building Personal Strength

The perception is that getting along with people is nice, but “nice-to-have” — secondary to the operation of the business. But most books on this topic focus on mentoring and executive coaching, not skills for operational leaders. They aren’t about computers, vehicles, machines and other “hard” equipment.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Business development. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. by Hank Moore.

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Two Questions to Ask Before You Set Up an Innovation Unit

Harvard Business Review

At one large European energy company we consulted with, no less than four separate corporate functions were supposed to be working on innovation—yet none of them was supporting critical needs at the business unit level. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level.

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The Eight Archetypes of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

A great amount of money had been spent on consultants and on training a workforce that had no clearer idea at the end of 12 months what they were doing or why. She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. These people are good at dealing with developments in the organization’s environment.

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Two Ways to Hire Effective Innovators

Harvard Business Review

Take this anecdote: Our innovation consultancy recently played host to a rather unusual job interview when a candidate came to us after selling his company, a premium brand of Cachaça (the Brazilian liquor). Pete Maulik is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Commercial Strategy at Fahrenheit 212 , an innovation consultancy based in New York.