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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose. Our Freedom.

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Don't Anesthetize Your Colleagues with Bad Writing

Harvard Business Review

And remember what George Washington said when questioned about the fallen cherry tree: not "It was accomplished by utilizing a small, sharp-edged implement," but "I used my little hatchet.". But if you develop a strong habit of using active voice, you'll largely prevent convoluted, backward-sounding sentences in your writing.

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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian Since 2014, we have guided numerous consumer goods firms through this process to mitigate the effects of the extreme depreciation of the ruble on their businesses. ” Similarly, hours after the U.S.

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you don’t engage those who hold dissenting opinions and viewpoints in candid and open discussions you will struggle in developing to your true intellectual potential. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. Our Freedom.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Bert. Our Freedom.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business Review

However, the region has long been volatile and unpredictable (from coups and sharp changes in government policies, to currency shortages, to terrorism and large-scale population displacements), so operating under uncertainty is not new. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.