N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You came up with an awesome idea. That’s how you came up with your cool idea in the first place. When engaging your team your employees or your customers, follow this rule: “Use inquiry before advocacy.” Your customers will always come up with an enhancement, iteration, or completely different application. Get it all out.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine. The distinction of famous vs. infamous has been blurred, and recognition for recognition sake is now the norm.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

You have to lead transformation without sacrificing financial and operating results, or injuring your engagement scores. Think about what it would be like if your dream house went up in flames, then ask four important questions: Would you: Rebuild your house exactly the same or differently? Follow him on Linkedin: [link].

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In sharp contrast to Hurricane Katrina, the collaboration between military organizations, federal authorities, and state and local agencies during Sandy led to purposeful and decisive support to victims and infrastructure. Building agile organizations starts with a choice that is followed by action and hard work.

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Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Employees are sharp observers. Then it’s a very good idea to follow up by saying, “Is there anything else you think I should know?” These are the folks who know you best. No related posts.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Keeps others informed and up-to-date on relevant information. Here are 20 performance appraisal phrases that can be used to evaluate leadership skills include: Demonstrates a clear vision and inspires others to follow. Leads by example, setting a high standard for others to follow.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Successful leaders in Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations and Medical Scientific Liaison positions will use their resumes to market themselves as cross-functional leaders that have made an impact across many aspects of the business—not just the scientific areas. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 30, 2015

Dear Followers: I’m excited that my new book Triggers is finally finished! That’s why they use all the tools at their disposal to determine if the wind on the Pacific Ocean will be blowing, the surf will be up, and the course will be playable. If we’ve given up drinking, we don’t hang out at a bar. Life Is Good.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Employees are sharp observers. Then it's a very good idea to follow up by saying, "Is there anything else you think I should know?" These are the folks who know you best. Thank you," of course!

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 10, 2015

They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Employees are sharp observers. Then it's a very good idea to follow up by saying, "Is there anything else you think I should know?" These are the folks who know you best. Thank you," of course!

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Employees are sharp observers. Then it's a very good idea to follow up by saying, "Is there anything else you think I should know?" These are the folks who know you best. Thank you," of course!

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Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Employees are sharp observers. Then it’s a very good idea to follow up by saying, “Is there anything else you think I should know?” These are the folks who know you best. No related posts.

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Leadership Styles Blanchard Leadership How To 75

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

” The morning prayers of the local population could be heard echoing through the loudspeakers outside the large 25-foot concrete T-walls topped with barbed wire that surround our compound, a Forward Operating Base within an Afghan Air Force base. I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool Then the decisive moment: the unveiling!

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Some of the efforts cast out into the marketplace stir up action. Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. Being sharp means being succinct. So, in teaming up with those who can do what I can’t, they might need what I do. Rehearse your pitch.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It was from this fantastic program that I came up with the idea to teach 15 people everything I know at no charge. It ended up becoming the most widely viewed video in the history of LinkedIn. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. Many major companies, such as Southwest Airlines, UPS, Chick-fil-A, Best Buy, Yum! Recently I ordered some shoes from Zappos that ended up not fitting. Never, ever shortchange your customers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Through the first half of the last decade, a foundation of Nokia's competitive advantage was its unmatched ability to customize a wide variety of phones for operators. It helped to establish the Symbian operating system in 1998 and spent a fortune trying to attract developers to the platform. Apple learned from Nokia's mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

But there wasn't much activity until six months later when Mike Karol, vice president of operations, told his managers to make it their responsibility. Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. Consider the story of Technicolor. Three years later, the number was 20,000.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On three flights she sat confidently in her chair awaiting takeoff while singing beautifully made up words and melodies.  Just because we are grown-ups doesn't mean we have to be shriveled-ups or given-ups. Tried to make up jokes for the sheer joy of seeing someone else laugh? " and "how come?"

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Until recently, economists thought of this trend as a gradual phenomenon that didn’t depend much on the ups and downs of the economy. production and operatives). Think of word processors replacing typists or engineers using AutoCAD software. We distinguish routine-cognitive occupations (e.g.,

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Skills Sample Technology Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As a result of an inquiry by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, 15 national retailers have either discontinued on-call shifts (where retail workers are scheduled for shifts that may be canceled anytime up to two hours beforehand) or have committed to do so nationwide. industries. Uptake was high.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

The trials and tribulations of News Corp, as underscored by the recent findings of a parliamentary committee, and of Walmart, as detailed in the recent New York Times allegations of Walmart bribery in Mexico, illustrate vividly the adverse consequences when this fundamental governance rule is not followed.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Hart does not quite do what the Kahn Academy does but she operates in the same space. What she does cannot be done in a classroom because she has to speed up the images relative to her speech. These developments stand in sharp contrast to what Apple has focused on. Want to get a taste? Check out this story.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Set your company up for success. Three sets of hard-edged practices and underlying attitudes, tracing back to the way the founder had set up the company, emerged consistently. Many businesses lose this sharp sense of purpose as they grow. Insight Center. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. Sponsored by Northern Trust.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. Even Streiff ended up concluding that it was the political nature of Airbus that prevented it from becoming an integrated company. So what is it?

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Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company. The head of HR would stand up and talk about HR excellence and outline a 10-step program to bring us up to a world-class standard.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

If the opening paragraph caused you to wince, then the text that follows is written just for you. Thanks for leading well…I'm following. If that impact is shallow and negative, our legacy ends up shallow and negative too. Thanks for the wake up call. I don't think we can separate the two.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp. Why the disparity? Our own research on organizational strategy and leadership more broadly suggests a reason.

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Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

What follows is a customer experience cautionary tale, illustrating the kind of lapse that can happen even at a company with a global reputation for being customer-centric. I recently set up a Genius Bar appointment at my local Apple Store, for 9am sharp (when the store opens). I was the second person to take a seat at the Bar.

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Retail Video Audience Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

What follows is an edited version of our conversation. They pointed to a very sharp decline in the used-car price of models that had been discontinued as evidence of that. Were you drawing up decision trees and assessing the probabilities of different outcomes? What would convince us that we had screwed up?

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Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

The longer version is that an intentional leader revolutionized the academic institution of High Point University with powerful and practical business principles, which often received sharp criticism but ultimately proved to be wildly successful. Everything operated as its own unit. This was part of the problem at the college.

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Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 84

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

In the text that follows I’m going to ask you to do some soul searching – up for the challenge? What follows might get a bit esoteric, but if you can get past the semantics of my philosophizing I believe you’ll find great value as I connect the dots on today’s topic. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Both teams should include operational business leaders as well as risk-focused technology, policy and legal experts. In particular, the necessity of the sharp focus provided by the Red Team/Blue Team structure is vividly illustrated by the recent official report of "The Fukishima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission."

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Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis Report 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2011

Finally he gave up and slipped the cigarette back in his pocket. Feeling cooped up in the executive offices and oppressed by the presence of the media, MacDonagle had gone outside to breathe some air — actually, some tobacco smoke — and had invited the sharp young program manager Samantha Van Sant to join him.

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Case Study Incentives Report Budgeting 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Approximately 13% of subscription businesses tracked by the subscription-related website My Subscription Addiction have failed, and many more have seen sharp reversals of fortune. Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature.

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IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Since 1996, and even during the most recent recession, private network operators in the U.S. have spent freely, racking up investments of $1.4 In sharp contrast, European network operators who are unable to recover their investments continue to fall farther behind. The result is that the U.S. The result is that the U.S.

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