N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Rankings, Lists and Recognitions The Power 150 – Top Marketing Blogs This list ranks the top 150 marketing blogs based on an algorithmic approach using Google page rank, Technorati rankings, Bloglines ranking and editorial quality. The N2growth Blog is pleased to announce its inclusion in the list.

Directory 167

Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

To this day I’m amazed at how many CEOs still own tasks, roles, projects, and responsibilities that should be delegated to others. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

CEO 294

CEO Blog Delegation Covey 294

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In the community, you can: Read articles about how to make a successful transition to leadership Listen to audio or watch video on a range of leadership topics Get special reports and ebooks to help you become a Remarkable Leader To join the free community and gain access to great resources and relationships, enter your information below and click (..)

Crisis 181

Crisis McClelland Advice Blog 181

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? Have you sought counsel and/or feedback before making your decision? Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs?

Blog 386

Blog Analysis CEO Brand 386

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

As an example, the marketing assistant who receives a comparatively small bonus when contrasted to that of a sales person feels that his/her contribution is minimized and feels treated unfairly. a 12 month project. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well.

Blog 318

Blog Metrics Brand CEO 318

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

I am working on a consulting project where we have run into "Crazy", We had started down the path you outlined here, but we appreciate the clarity of your message. Agree wholeheartedly about positive conflict, though [link] mikemyatt Hi Bob: Thanks for your comment and I'm glad we're in agreement.

Blog 281

Blog Brand CEO Consultative 281

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

No, he has the problem and is projecting it on the paying customers. Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. “Every one of them has a problem today.” He then pointed to others standing in line, not yet having been served.

Company 51

Company Self-aware Creativity Marketing 51

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

Bottom-up 305

Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 305

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

I should move on to other new projects.” Do you have a detailed, written analysis of your market area? Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. I’m ready to move on. Is there a Big Picture?

Entrepreneur 51

Entrepreneur Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting 51

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

When it comes to belt-tightening, the astute CEO will target those areas or projects that don’t detract from the vision/strategy or the company’s competitive differentiation. CEO’s justify across-the-board cuts because they think it is fair. It may be, but it isn’t smart.

Short-term 232

Short-term Long-term Advertising Hammer 232

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Skills and Tasks.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense.

Blog 367

Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 367

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The management that takes steps to “fix themselves” rather than always projecting problems upon other people will have a successful organization. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Mentor 50

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) Here I'll just add a couple thoughts. Where levels of responsibility and consequences for success or failure fall differently on various participants. In my case. I work with a small group of leaders.

Consensus 325

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 325

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing. He was simply rationalizing a corporate marketing initiative. Do not run your “foundation” out of a corporate marketing department. He was not listening.

Franchising 72

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 72

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy).

Blog 290

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 290

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. There are three aspects to Crisis Management and Preparedness. Thinking Through the Strategies.

Crisis Management 77

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 77

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 10, 2010

Paula Roberts , EVP of Plan Canada , Joe Chidley , SVP of Corporate & Public Affairs at Veritas Communications and Colleen Albiston , Head of Marketing & Communications, Tax for KPMG Global , shared some of their top lessons and insights from their respective career shifts. Don’t compromise.

Career 37

Career Self-aware Blog Learning-by-Doing 37

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it.

Blog 381

Blog Brand Reputation Crisis Management 381

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Defy Gravity is every person’s guide to challenging their status quo.

Open-book 272

Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

The company’s stock lost hundreds of millions of market cap , but the damage to the brand (and future sales) may be far higher. For example, in China, a critical growth market for the airlines, the disturbing passenger-shot video story has gone super-viral (likely in part because the passenger manhandled by United was Asian).

Airlines 13

Airlines Brand Video Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In a recent article in the journal Environmental Systems and Decisions , a group of risk management experts dissect how Venice responded to the Black Death in the 1400s. This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management. But not everyone likes being part of someone else’s cool engineering project.

Management 9

Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Hanging over the right corner of his office was a flat screen TV tuned to a financial channel posting the most recent "unprecedented" crash in markets around the world. Assume that fluidity and crisis management will be a core part of all of our jobs. The extreme marketplace volatility over the past several years is not news.

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Crisis Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

When Emma Cookson, the Chairman of the New York branch of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), an award-winning ad agency, and her team concocted an innovative marketing program called Homeless Hotspots , they genuinely had no sense of the furor that they'd be facing when the project launched.

Participative 11

Participative Crisis Crisis Management Conference 11

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We have annual sales projections. In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Learn to manage change, rather than become a victim of it. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Budgeting 75

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 75

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day. David Locke Innovation fails because of management, not the innovation. Accountability : Any new ideas should contain accountability provisions. Thanks David.

Blog 373

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 373

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

We recall compiling the case notes or sales projections just before the presentation meeting. Having too much time to get projects accomplished tends to breed procrastination. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Energy 57

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Supply chain management should be implemented. Quality management should be implemented. Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Speed, accuracy and efficiency of project fulfillment.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 68

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

In business, it is unexpected changes to a project, variable customer demands, or sudden shifts in the market. On Everest, it is a team member getting sick, the weather changing, or another team needing your help. You cannot afford to be attached to the plan simply because you invested in it previously.

Team 8

Team Uncertainty Stress Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

In the long term, however, multinational firms cannot afford to stay away from Japan, considering its advanced technology and established market access. Dr. Tomoko Hosoe is a project specialist at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaií. She specializes in energy policy and environmental issues, with special reference to Japan.

Crisis 8

Crisis Power Management Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. We have been subjected to the second longest bear market in history, the longest being that of the Great Depression. The stock market is down 25%. Damage control, crisis management mode.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Too many projects, too many priorities. Marketing blames Sales. Project deadlines are seldom met. Frenzied work environment, but nothing gets done. Gossip has gone viral. More silos emerging. High stress and anxiety — at all levels. Abundance of consultants. Autonomy is distant history. Long payables. ’ 50.

Absenteeism 100

Absenteeism Short-term Long-term Strategic Planning 100

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

While I encourage my team to do their best to make sure we have covered everything before we launch a new product, I would rather get the product to market and make a few small "improvements" than get beat to the punch. I completely agree with General Patton. Thanks for the encouragement.

Blog 401

Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 401

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. Thanks for your candor Mary.

Blog 291

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 291