N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Unless you live on an isolated mountain top, without access to other people or the media at large, it would be difficult to get through the day without being impacted by issues of ethnicity, race, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, physical appearance, mental and physical challenges, etc. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When artisans have no understanding of their cash flows, they fail prey to spending a big percentage of their working capital, without meaning to, on non-business issues that usually cripple their operations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. Success will be measured by new types of metrics, such as how the spaces are tracking on social media, rather than the traditional metric on the margin the venues produce.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The company has adopted an Amazon-esque strategy; it now owns and operates twelve large warehouses well located to deliver loads of flooring, roofing, and other heavyweight building materials to do-it-yourself homeowners and contractors. The average order size is 1,500 pounds. What is adding needless friction?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I find this especially true when coaches work with executives in operations. That workshop in coaching skills is a long way from the world of the factory floor. While the following link relates to selecting a social media advisor, it offers a few points which are definitely applicable to coaching as well: [link].

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Knowledge of leadership theories and skills may be formally gained by enrolling in leadership seminars, workshops, and conferences. So like learning how to ride a bicycle, you can also learn how to become a leader and how to hone your leadership abilities. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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