N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Being an ethical and inclusive leader is a central pillar of CMI's Professional Standard. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

This calls for an individual with exceptional leadership qualities and cross-functional experience. The cornerstone attributes in a prospective CRO are leadership, strategic thinking, pragmatism, adaptability, integrity, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Such information may lie beyond a typical interview or background check scope.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Kills Brands : As an organization expands and continues to promote mediocre talent up through the ranks, you’ll notice that growth will eventually slow, quality and customer service suffer, and eventually these negative attributes will be reflected in declining brand equity. Thanks for stopping by Drew.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

According to research done by Francis Flynn, Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford University (as reported in The January/February 2011 edition of Harvard Business Review), guilt-prone individuals unequivocally make great employees. Believe it?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It’s about quality not quantity. It’s great to meet new people, but effective networking is not just about how many new people you can meet. It’s about making more meaningful connections; building and leveraging relationships that will over time get you new clients. 2. We mingle with no strategy. Who is attending the event?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

There’s often a direct correlation between the quality of your relationships with prospects and clients, and the rate of sales and growth in your business. They certainly would not go out of their way to do business with you or talk about you with others just because of your product or service offering.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Improve the quality of life? Or more specifically “why” are you starting up your own business? Are you doing it to: Make a difference in the world, in your community, in your family? Right a wrong? Fulfill a need? Out of your purpose grows value. What do you value? Giving back to the world, to your community, to your family, to yourself?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Provide leadership. Make investments toward quality controls. Continuous quality improvement plan is annually updated, with measurable goals. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. The organization maintains and lives by an ethics statement.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Just to refresh, if you have seen the delightful holiday movie Elf , you are familiar with the endearing qualities of child-like hope and wonder “Buddy the Elf” exudes. How endearing is your brand to your customers? What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2023

While healthcare leadership is of significant importance, what does it really mean? Leadership in Healthcare Healthcare leadership is about working with the staff to deliver desired outcomes for the organization and patients. Leadership makes or breaks an organization. Let’s find out.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

How endearing is your brand to your customers? What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. However my question to you is this: What is leadership without action? Sound harsh? Do you have great vision?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nominations are being accepted through February 15, 2008.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I have gone through a great transformation in priorities”, says Aguilera, “and how I measure success and quality of life.” Cathy Curtis—who pilots her own investment advisory firm specializing in the finances of women out of the San Francisco Bay Area—made the personal choice to “go it alone” and become her “own boss”.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

From LinkedIn directly: “Since, like in the real world, the size of your network on LinkedIn depends on the number and quality of connections you have, we recommend you have at least 20 connections to people you know and trust on LinkedIn. Many connections = many opportunities. Few connections = few opportunities.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This kind of praise implies that traits like smartness, cleverness, and goodness are qualities you either have or you don’t. .&# When we do well in school, we are told that we are “so smart,&# “so clever, &# or &# such a good student.&# Boys, on the other hand, are a handful.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 2: My alumni association maintains a career group within Linkedin, and the quality and quantity of questions and answers posted keep me abreast of new developments, trends, and geo-specific information. This was an easy, straightforward, simple, and mutually beneficial social networking connection.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I want the time I give to everyone in my life to be quality. Use the “ha” breathing again while you’re lying in bed Fall asleep while saying “thank you” for every little thing you are grateful for (your bed, your favorite pillow, your family, your job, your home, your clothes, running water, a furnace, etc.)

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Many startup CEOs adopt this “visionary entrepreneur” leadership style. 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.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. We believe that a next step for investors is to analyze the predictors and drivers of these intangible factors, which means focusing on leadership. But too often, assessments of leadership are haphazard and narrow.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

But equally important is character, by which I mean solid ethics and especially the ability to inspire trust. Every month, I have dinner with two of the top people in any field — finance, marketing, I.T., Of these, perhaps 50 have had the combination of qualities I look for, and over time I've been able to hire some of them.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. No one is equally expert at both.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We don't see our relationship with the suppliers as a zero-sum game where we benefit from attempts to lower purchasing costs; rather we see it as a win-win game where both sides collaborate and share gains from higher quality, shorter lead times, and better consistency in delivering our products.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

On the other hand, please note it commits you to nothing with regard to changing your lifestyle/romantic relationships/politics/personal grooming choices/childrearing policies, or any of the other topics that appear to be fair game when any family gathers to give thanks.

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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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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Educate and Motivate Others.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Upholding standards of quality and commitment. Show business life as a continuous quality process (not a quick fix or rapid gain). He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development. As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

Through the camaraderie and information generated through the site, the realtor finds clients who are happy to work with her because of the quality and honesty of her information. 1) Focus on the quality of your content. How do you make the most of your own website and internet presences? 2) Always add a contact form.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

It made sense, because we looked at the competition as our well-financed enemy, and so there was no way we could win at the spending war,” says Bell. “So Not just your average quality Joe. Sure, research showed that Canadians have an affinity for the brand, and remember its positioning around quality coffee.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

They are key both to cash flow which finances dividends, and to "net income" that drives stock price which, in turn, benefits shareholders (heavily American) — especially older individuals who are either direct investors or who rely on pension funds. Companies must proactively address these concerns as a matter of course.

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