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Leadership and Competition

N2Growth Blog

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Every leader has an approach to dealing with competition.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry.

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What Africa’s Banking Industry Needs to Do to Survive

Harvard Business Review

But banks cannot control the rules of engagement as they have in the past, since customers now have more choices and are more fragmented, and disintermediation by fintech is making it harder to earn fees. Most still put marketing managers in nice cars to look for clients. A director that reports directly to the CEO will be optimal.

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The New Trust vs. Due Diligence Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

The executive implications for time management and, more important, people management are enormous. The awkward irony is that this radically increased access gives top management less choice — not more — about how it invests its limited attention. Too many top executives value knowing over looking.

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Reinvigorate a Disengaged Sales Force

Harvard Business Review

The issue facing most sales forces is not disintermediation. The role of data is not to make a manager sound "analytical." In business, it''s more important to be contextually right and make decisions that people can execute effectively than it is to be school-smart or statistically significant. It''s estimated that each U.S.

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

Because he and I have taught executive education classes together, I thought I should read his book. Toyota wasn't just looking for superior quality and just-in-time inventory management from suppliers, they were vested in helping suppliers become more innovative and creative.

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The Solution to the Skills Gap Could Already Be Inside Your Company

Harvard Business Review

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. In a recent interview, Benko discussed AT&T’s efforts and offered advice for HR leaders and individual managers on how today’s workforce can avoid obsolescence.

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