N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. Case in point…have you ever witnessed an employee throw a fit of rage and resign their position in the heat of the moment?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Think About Finances. You’ll be able to reap the benefit of their years in the business, and the advice of someone who’s been in the same position as you in the past. It’s only when your operation gets a little larger, you’ll realize that there are a range of things that have always been slowing you down, without you realizing it.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Every vibrant, healthy, inspiring, innovative, and positive corporate culture I’ve witnessed has occurred not because culture has been placed ahead of strategy, but because it has been a key driver of the corporate strategy. In my experience, culture is frequently at the center of resistance to a strategy and the required execution.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have actually come to cringe every time I hear a so called expert use the phrase in an authoritarian manner as a justification for the position they happen to be evangelizing. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. As an example, Look at Apple! But manufacturing?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

I would strongly suggest reading two previous posts: “ Shut-up and Listen &# and “ Stop Selling and Add Value “ as support for these positions. I would also suggest resisting the temptation to have all your communications be self-serving. Do this and you’ll be viewed as just another sales broadcast.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Does this stalled revolution play out in management positions, too? The Composition of Management Is Changing, with Women Making Up the Majority of New Positions. Of new management positions, 2.6 And if so, how? To explore this, I used data on full-time managers obtained from the U.S. million managers in the U.S. million by men.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Think of the business leaders that have had the biggest positive impact in your life, and I’m sure you’ll find that these individuals were in constant search of new and better information. However being aware of industry trends, competitive positioning, who the thought leaders are, etc. are all critical to your success.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

The company provides pricing data to telecoms, and Russo wondered what it would take to position her company as the quality leader in that space. So she reached out to Stephanie Fetchen, head of operations, who plotted monthly errors on a control chart. That required measurement. Learn and gain confidence as you go.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

That founder himself booted from the CEO role later on by VCs, only to watch the company’s initial CEO return to the day-to-day operations alongside yet another chief executive, who joined well after the founding. The venture’s finances become more complex, and the CEO needs to depend on finance executives and accountants.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

For each promotion, the Navy sends the individual for additional training, customized for the new position, before he or she assumes the new role. Even a full professor typically remains ignorant of vital skills related to organizational behavior, operations management, finance and strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Ackman''s short-selling campaign against vitamin distributor Herbalife has blown up in his face, with the company''s stock up more than 75% since he unveiled his position last December and some of his most prominent hedge fund competitors profiting from his misery. Boards Competition Finance' Or at least the market''s.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

I'm healthy, my family is healthy, my business is healthy, and our finances are healthy. It builds trust, creates a positive work atmosphere, and gets things done. Resist the temptation to join in, add your own juicy piece of gossip, or talk about how much work you have and how hard it is for you, too. So how should you do it?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

On the positive side, Greece has tidied up its balance sheet (at least the privately held debt), and nearly balanced its budget, excluding interest payments. But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis. Nonetheless, the cloud does have a silver lining.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The first is breakdown , where early experiments fade in the face of resistance. We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations. Breakthrough Finance.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

When they voiced concerns about the business and organizational impact of her recommendations, she dismissed them as "old school" and resistant to change. But, anxious for a promotion to the executive level, she took a position with a key competitor.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. resistance to the AIIB is founded on rational principles. policy in Asia has become a “pivot away from China” and this position presents several key risks. No doubt, there has been much for the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Should you quit right away, or try to make the position work for you? A good job will have many positive things and a few things that bother you,” says Clark. Resist the temptation to tell your tyrant boss what you think of her on the way out the door. “Do Everyone has bad days at the office. What the Experts Say. says Claman.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

But the best CEOs resist the desire to chase the next shiny object. ” At one Brazilian retailer, it’s “To give aspiring lower-class consumers the opportunity to own furniture, ‘white goods’ and consumer electronics by helping them solve their financing needs.” This is poppycock. ” Nonsense.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. A company is creating value when its economic profit is positive, and destroying value if its economic profit is negative.

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