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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Tactics: the methods and means by which you assail the objectives. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. While values and ethics remain consistent, delivery models must change with time to in order to endure.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. On with the exam… Section I: Character. They understand the difference between raw data and useful information. Section X: Results.

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PR and Ethics in the Battle for Location-based Data

Harvard Business Review

Eventually, they spill over into the realm of politics and society. It's a familiar pattern: new technology enables new business practices. These practices, in turn, raise important social, political, and legal questions. That's not just good ethics advice; it's good PR advice, too.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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SOPA Blackouts: When Annoying Your Customers is Best Practice

Harvard Business Review

The New York Times was wrong (of course) when it declared the protests " A Political Coming of Age for The Tech Industry." The digital agility of web technologies, however, offer particular powers to companies seeking to provocatively make a point. After all, one industry's "dirty trick" is another's savvy guerrilla marketing tactic.

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

But many don’t have one, instead adopting only defensive, short-term, or narrowly self-interested “government relations” tactics. Unfortunately, engaging in the necessary sophisticated work across varying political cultures is not a natural act for many companies. The stakes are very high.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

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