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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Following are five representative tips that will help you recognize the need for a reengineering initiative: Unusual declines in revenue, margin, market-share, customer loyalty, or brand equity. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business Review

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets. And, as has become the hallmark of today’s best startups, some have already begun the process of pivoting.

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Leadership & Loyalty | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Revolving Door : If you either can’t attract or retain tier-one talent, you are not an effective leader who has earned the respect and loyalty of your team…In fact, upon closer examination you’ll find that you probably don’t have a team.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

Usually, if you search, there are opportunities in your current job and at your current level to display your ability to drive change, even if you are in a support function like finance or human resources. Lynn headed up a product management unit for a large consumer products company.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. Data-driven customer insights give the CMO the power to do all that. That bottom line sensibility is crucial.

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How the Best CEOs Get the Important Work Done

Harvard Business Review

How a CEO spends his or her own time sends a powerful message about what matters to the business, but that doesn’t let them off the hook on the boring part of the job: They still must repeat that message over and over and over again. .” Revenue comes from customers, and customers care massively about the details of the business.

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