N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If we look around and see that people are disengaged, that leaders are driving toward tactical outcomes and short-term wins, and that organizations are blindly driving ahead. We begin to live and lead from a creative rather than a reactive viewpoint. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. We demonstrate that agile organizations possess both strategic and tactical agility. Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Northern Command. ” -Tilman, Jacoby.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

It’s important to understand that a good process informs strategies, which determine the tactics you and your adviser will take toward your financial well-being. Entrepreneurs know that complexity (and sometimes, chaos!) can be the rule in getting a business off the ground.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Put simply, if you’re going to spend your time and money do it where you get the biggest bang for the buck. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Creative collaborator-vendor plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Creative business practices are most welcome here. Payables plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Therefore, money is an avenue of liberty because it gives you independence to express your creative and individual voice. This is a dead end tactic. The more money you have access to, the less you worry about survival, which frees up your mind from unwanted thoughts. Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The first type is known as tactical performance. Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Overdoing Tactical Performance.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision. People come to the team with a variety of gifts and talents, which are very different.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. It must be actionable through tactical implementation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Second, they must be strategic and tactical. The job requirements span a spectrum from tactical/support tasks (e.g. These activities are best performed by people who have analysis/design expertise – individuals with strong creative and problem-solving skills, and project management and collaborative abilities.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This lack of an analytical approach has traditionally formed a barrier between marketing and finance. CFOs don’t look just at the ROI of the creative process; they want to know the money is being spent wisely. Moreover, the previous year’s survey showed that 63 percent of projects do not use analytics to inform marketing decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms. In a variation of this tactic, entrepreneurs rent resources to keep costs variable and to avoid the big fixed outlays associated with resource ownership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Without theory to tell us how the rules are changing, many tools of management and finance seem to break down. And many investors intuitively recognize this innovation as a new-market disruption that could unleash a wave of creativity in product design and revolutions in the manufacturing, retail, and software industries.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A full-service agency will also have an account, finance, and creative team. They also participate in strategy-level conversations and cross-tactical execution planning. A full-service marketing agency can also handle your graphics needs, particular media marketing strategies, and SEO blueprint.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2012

Smart sales forces know that market potential is the keystone for both strategic and tactical sales force decision-making. Market potential also enables better tactical sales force decision-making. Many sales forces do not have estimates of local market potential readily available, and developing them requires work and creativity.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Be creative. “Negotiation isn’t about conceding, it’s about being creative,” Weiss adds. The winning company would not only design and install the project, but also finance it and own it for 20 years, selling power to the residents at a discounted rate. Further Reading. Negotiations Article.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In this post I describe a couple of case studies from Target executives who have been experimenting with creative ways to integrate the different parts of their lives — and how they're teaching others to do the same. His wife is a finance director at another company. — and a community life.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

For C1400 this is not a style as much as some areas for reflection ( they call it a “code&# ) and are Awareness, Focus, Creativity, Integrity, Perseverance and Service. In today’s blog post I’ll attempt to paint the portrait of the perfect leader… So, what traits would my perfect leader possess?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. It is original, customized to the client and contains creativity and insight not available elsewhere. Selecting the most appropriate consultant for your company and optimizing their expertise is the greatest challenge facing a decision maker. by Hank Moore.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How creative must we become in the New Order of Business?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Characteristics of Creative Business Definitions… thus, Company Philosophy… Focus upon the customer. Honor the employees.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Siege Media Siege Media provides an outstanding content marketing service by combining a data-driven approach with genuinely exceptional creativity. With a team of talented marketers, amazing creatives, and SEO experts, they create content that stands out in an industry overloaded with a content publication.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

He recommends revamping job descriptions, changing recruitment tactics, including women on hiring teams, and focusing more on competencies than credentials. You can judge for yourself the creativity emanating far from these agencies’ U.S. But some, like Vivek Wadhwa , "don’t buy its excuses." home bases in the epic 90-second spot.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In addition, pricing conversations held at HQ also rarely involve representatives from R&D and supply chain, who can offer creative ways of maintaining profitability while minimizing price increases. Often, local country teams are informed about the prices they must use, instead of being consulted about what the prices should be.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

All the perks and benefits in the world won’t cause a company to thrive if not governed by sound core values, which have been wrapped into a vision that can be strategically and tactically implemented. Phill Barufkin Same applies to creativity. Business should be fun. Culture is important – it is very important.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

MBA students are dutifully taught finance, strategy and operations as if revenue appeared by magic and salespeople were at best a necessary evil. When you get into a bar fight, you revert to what comes naturally — the old-fashioned tactics." They get you all fired up, but you fall back into your old ways pretty soon.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and clichéd attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in decisioning is a weakness, and that quick decisions are somehow synonymous with reckless decisions.

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