N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning.

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Rajesh Setty

JUNE 13, 2013

The journey in simple terms is akin to a “wild” roller coaster ride in the dark. To keep this short, here are a few quick tips: 2.1 Make powerful requests: In short, a powerful request does not come across as a request at all – it appears like an opportunity for the other party. If you are genuine, it shows.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

According to Albert Schweitzer , “ Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing”. While this practice may show some positive results in the short term, it is not easily sustainable. Even if we have never been placed in a formal leadership position, we influence those around us simply by being there.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

The shadow and legitimate markets are usually seen as operating in an essentially complementary fashion , with the informal economy expanding alongside the formal. We argue that a more complex relationship exists and that the specific impact of global ties on the shadow sector varies with the type of involvement.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

While this practice may show some positive results in the short term, it is not easily sustainable. The bottom line : If you don’t represent yourself honestly where ever you are, the example you set will not ring true for those you want to influence the most. And, being human, we are not always going to act in exemplary fashion.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. His biceps were visible under his t-shirt and his short hair was still wet from exercise.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2015

The English grandmaster Nigel Short recently declared that computers are stripping chess of its mystery; by crunching reams of data, computers can deconstruct once-obscure board positions in a matter of seconds and reveal the optimal move. Something similar is just starting to happen in health care. Take my company, athenahealth.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I interviewed people for a university research project 23 years ago about networking, many people weren’t familiar with the term. While it’s easy to think that vast technology-enabled networks aren’t as real or valuable as the old-fashioned, face-to-face variety, research doesn’t support that view.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

They might also invest in social media marketing strategies such as getting influencers on board or even growing an online brand persona. However, aiming your fashion-oriented products at users on Instagram is far more likely to work given the types of people that use the platform. Working on your company’s reputation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

” So, in short, put away your devices while you’re on vacation, until you take them out again multiple times a day so that you can work, and apparently vacation activities will need to be scheduled around work check-ins! If you’re a leader in your organization, your actions influence the culture. What Leaders Can Do.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

Jim’s answers to my questions are nothing short of a leadership manifesto. Mike Myatt: Who had the most significant influence on shaping you as a leader? Today we have a new term for it and it is being a “warrior-diplomat”. James Hotaling : I never try to think in terms of weakness. On with the interview…

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashioned reading. The greatest leaders throughout history have been nothing short of relentless in their pursuit of knowledge. link] mikemyatt There was no doubt in my mind that you were a voracious reader, even if it's done the old fashioned way.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Emotional groups, which represent communities of growth, are difficult to value in terms of their contribution to the organization, given their unpredictability, and it can be risky for management to try to engineer them. We suggest that HR leaders make minimum interventions in trying to influence communities of growth.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

P&G could probably have lost little ground to competitors had it invested in digital in a more targeted fashion. Of course, not all companies with short-term digital indigestion are making bad decisions. Our assessment is that it probably still is, even though the digital push was slowed when McDonald departed.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In the supermarket, consumer purchases are influenced by familiarity and availability, and few shoppers will endeavor to buy what they can’t find or simply don’t know exists in the first place. They will need to be more flexible than ever and know exactly who their audience is and how to best reach them.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. This applies not only to the current portfolio of products, but also to PepsiCo’s future portfolio.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Currently, our alumni include the Head of Design at every car manufacturer in the world, apart from BMW, 8 of Apple’s 18 product designers and at least one designer in every Paris fashion house.” Not just at the top of the organization, but two or three levels further down too — where key knowledge and influence often sits.

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Rajesh Setty

JULY 20, 2013

This is a short and joyful video I watched tonight. A better approach would have built your capacity to perform and contribute in an accretive fashion allowing you to deliver more output with less input. Good Karma in simple terms is to move the needle for someone else in a meaningful way. Here is the video. All the best!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In recent years, the fashionable suggestion has been that companies sell experiences and solutions, solving the needs and aspirations of customers. This removes any opportunity for steady, high margins over the long term. Traditional marketing has focused on short-term immediate benefits. Westend61/Getty Images.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Tell me more about how that relationship developed and how he influenced you especially. You talk about how Drucker may not have used that term, but he addressed this issue. You said you were his first PhD graduate and then you lived on to be friends with him at least as long as he was with us. It’s a really big trend right now.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

The early tests that looked at the stock market and looked at short periods of time generally found pretty decent results consistent with the market efficiency insight. A lot of other stuff that looked at stocks and looked at short periods of time didn’t find much. 2 is this distinction between short-term vs. long-term predictability.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion. I can tell you that without question the best leaders are able to make very complex decisions, on short time frames, and with incomplete information.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. I fired him from my team realizing he would never understand how to relate to a client on their terms. This approach is often executed in a pre-canned fashion. And he was considered an expert! I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Do you a) switch over to the Democrats, b) raise hell in the media, or c) try to stay welcome in the party's corridors of power in order to quietly exercise your influence? This morning I finally finished it (it's a short book, and much of it is fascinating, but I would definitely not call it a page-turner).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

And the cost in terms of lost output, lost jobs, lost houses, lost opportunities, as well as political repercussions, was so enormous that it seemed to mandate a very big rethinking of the financial system. The size and influence of U.S. The so-called Lehman’s shock, when the Federal Reserve and U.S. This is better in the U.S.

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