N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While I believe bonus structures to be a key component of successful compensation plans, if current employees are generally happy with the existing comp plan and are hitting performance goals there may not be the need to add another layer to the comp plan. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

The goal is to get a response from 1,500 women over the next 90 days. All participants who provide an email address will receive synopsis of what women are saying, at the end of the project. Will you help? myTRUSTnetwork will not see anyone’s responses, just an aggregate total report at the end, so it is 100% confidential.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. Professional development goals are an entirely separate category of aspirations and they need to be prioritized if you aim to succeed in them.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

So, if the circumstances aren’t dire this might sound like, “If I had a better idea of what was going on, I’d be able to strategize with you on a work-around solution,” or, if the stakes are nice and high, “Without a better idea of what’s going on, the entire project is in jeopardy—which includes our team.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I have to weigh out the fact that I’m needed to manage the State Fair as a project against the reality that my balancing of job, life and love could use some work of its own. How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. How do you know when it’s worth speaking up or not?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

A generation of economists, finance theorists, business school professors, and would-be governance experts has embraced the notion that companies exist only to maximize "shareholder value.". Was your only goal to minimize time spent (in which case you skipped lunch) or to maximize time spent (in which case you are still eating)?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

For many companies, most of the capital expenditures are financed from internal cash flows and bank financing. However, management should be willing to listen, since an engagement strategy zeroes in on the most carbon-intensive projects rather than seeking to devalue a company’s entire asset base (as divestment does).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

For many companies, most of the capital expenditures are financed from internal cash flows and bank financing. However, management should be willing to listen, since an engagement strategy zeroes in on the most carbon-intensive projects rather than seeking to devalue a company’s entire asset base (as divestment does).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Each of your behavioral interventions will be a project, and it will need to be managed as such. This role requires having skills in algorithms, machine learning, and programming.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

They set out a broad vision, provide lofty goals, and model an ambitious work ethic (for recent college grads, it’s not a big leap from “all nighters” to “all weekenders”). Align employee and business goals. Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good. Create feedback loops.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

Sema, a finance manager at the Dutch-British financial services consultancy Dirksen-Hall, had recently transferred from its Ankara office to its headquarters, in Amsterdam. Jack, the executive vice president for special projects, was her new boss. Sema was completely taken aback by Jack’s remark. It was a gigantic undertaking.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The same happens when an engineer is tightly managed on their code velocity — in making sure to reach their goal, the engineer becomes far less likely to be creative or raise problems. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It’s tempting to give the workhorse more projects than others (especially if she’ll get them done the fastest) or to ease up on someone who is struggling, but you also need to be fair. Let’s talk about what else you may have going on,” and which projects can be moved to the backburner. ” Be flexible.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Have collaboration goals and processes well-defined so that expectations MATCH. Even the most successful empire-builders found shoulders to stand on! The return in connections is usually greater than the effort extended!

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

For project purchases, such as printing, graphic production, video production and materials creation, consultants customarily mark up slightly, to cover bank financing and handling costs. How do they meet deadlines, initiate projects and offer ideas beyond the obvious? Demand that consultants of seniority staff the project.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Crucially, he concludes that our unconscious mental frames “shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions.” Whether in politics, finance, or business, there is growing concern that many leaders have lost their moral compass. The Moral Frame.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As such, organizations spend enormous amounts of time and energy defining jobs, roles, and goals — and then figure out who to reward or punish when things go well or poorly. Most companies have some version of a matrix, with a combination of enabling "functions" (such as IT, HR, and Finance) and line business units.

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