N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2016

All of my strategy, culture and organizational design work over the years comes down to one thing – enabling my clients to differentiate themselves from their competitors so to dominate the markets that they serve. 2. Embrace your difference and focus more on offense than defense: Think opportunity management, not risk management.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 8, 2020

Bad contract management costs companies in many different ways , and it exposes them to unnecessary risks. This is why contract management is essential to the long-term success of your business. Fortunately, there are many contract management systems on the market to choose from. Lifecycle Management.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Construction companies need reliable financial reporting to track expenses, recognize revenue, and manage cash flow. Experience The best construction accounting firms have vast experience managing these clients’ unique financial management needs. A general bookkeeper or inexperienced CPA must address this.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 24, 2017

From time to time through the years, I’ve written on the difference between leadership and management. I am revisiting the subject now because it’s not enough to understand that leadership and management are two different things. Of course we do have defined tasks as leaders, and managers have a specific role to play too.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2020

You may also decide to invest in the real estate market or other physical products that increase value with time. As a beginner, you only need to dip your toes as you test the market. That’s why you should diversify the assets no matter how little they are. The ideal approach should also be simple and easy to manage.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. How is it possible for three months of crisis management ineptitude to occur in an organization the size of BP with a product as environmentally toxic as oil? You’d think a company drilling on the ocean’s floor would be adept in risk management planning. Leadership.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For example, if you’re constantly looking for ways to improve your product or service, you might uncover a whole new market that you hadn’t previously considered. Financial Management: Make sure your finances are in order by tracking income, expenses, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. It Keeps You Motivated.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2021

But if your employees don’t know how to use the systems, you’ll still be vulnerable. In fact, it may seem that the organization is dodging is the responsibility of training employees on how to keep its data and networks secure. Securing your systems and data is just as essential as marketing your products and services.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the commercial world, factors ranging from sudden disasters to evolving market trends play a crucial role in shaping the business landscape. While some of these elements are within a business owner’s control, others are external forces that require a well-thought-out strategy to manage.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

They also need to be able to manage people, deal with finances, organize marketing, and much more. Something that you might not have thought about before, but that is certainly an important trait when it comes to business, is risk-taking. Risks in business should always be calculated ones. Search For Solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

We have created legions of risk managers posing as leaders, when what we need are more leaders who understand how opportunity adds value, shapes culture, attracts talent, and brings about transformative change. A ready – fire – aim approach to opportunity management usually fails to hit the target.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. Most have done a great job of containing their financial reporting and compliance risks. Managers could keep the organization within acceptable tolerance ranges, driving performance to plan.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The ongoing federal investigation of three Equifax C-suite managers for insider trading arose due to alleged stock dumping prior to the revelation of the company’s catastrophic cyber-attack. Additionally, the moderate scale of many private companies sometimes instills a false sense of security.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. HR can facilitate discussions and task forces for planning and next steps.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising. Work closely with the show’s management.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

Those of us who grew up working on typewriters know how to master the medium. I took that typewriter mentality with me when I had to compose a brochure and do the desktop publishing graphics in the same two-hour window where I was learning how to work on a computer. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2014

Give staff training on how to reduce vulnerability, and then hold them accountable to make sure they follow best practices. A password management system is a much better solution. Bill Carey is Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Siber Systems Inc., About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

There is a constant emergence of many tools to facilitate functions like accounting, branding, marketing, etc. The other side offers raging competition as the internet opens up the market to international players through innovation and technology that is hard to keep up with. Keep Tabs on the Tech Trends.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Clark and Jorge Pedraza, in their book, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan (third edition), recommend you do your assessment using the 5Cs : Customers : First line, customer chain, end users, influencers Collaborators : Suppliers, allies, government/community leaders Capabilities : Human, operational, financial, technical, key assets Competitors (..)

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 1, 2015

Clark and Jorge Pedraza, in their book, The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan (third edition), recommend you do your assessment using the 5Cs : Customers : First line, customer chain, end users, influencers Collaborators : Suppliers, allies, government/community leaders Capabilities : Human, operational, financial, technical, key assets Competitors (..)

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Do you wish you had more insight into your performance review process and how to make it more effective? Complimentary Resource – 10 Metrics for 2013 Marketing Success. Complimentary Resource – Operational Risk Management: How Best-in-Class Manufacturers Improve Operating Performance with Proactive Risk Reduction.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Do not forget to discuss how to keep the entire work environment safe and work-friendly. For David Rowland, Head of Marketing at Engage EHS , any business person worth their salt will have an in-depth knowledge of health and safety policy and practice. When it comes to safety, you should not worry about awareness and readiness.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

It is important to teach business domestically and internationally that: We must understand how to use power and influence for positive change. How we meet corporate objectives is as important as the objectives themselves. We must learn to benefit from change management, not to become victims of it. Change is 90% beneficial.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

Good companies always strive to be better and a potentially useful way to catalyze such improvement is to consider how analyst and public criticism might be used to institute corporate change. Indeed, a 2006 campaign by the company's PR firm only made matters worse until Lee Scott, the previous CEO, temporarily turned things around.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

By doing so, you will be able to tap into their expert knowledge and use it provide you with a better understanding of where, when, what, and how to take your risk. The ability to take a risk will help you to stand out. Subsequently, this will bye you a one-way ticket to the front of your market.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Time management and “just in time” concepts are applied.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 26, 2021

If you don’t know how to protect your business, then it’s a good thing you have come across this article as this is exactly what we are going to be discussing. This is a recipe for disaster, so we recommend that you look into the best CCTV systems on the market, and invest in one of them sooner rather than later.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 12, 2020

Starting a new business requires a hefty amount of thought and planning, but most of that will be focused on acquiring customers, financial planning, marketing strategies, overheads, and so on. If you are unsure about how to go about this, try consulting experts at a fire protection services company like APFE.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

You now know how to trade so the next thing to do is fill in the gaps in your business plan. What risk management techniques will you employ to make everything run smoothly? Once you have a more streamlined plan, a good way to progress is to implement these on the actual stock market in very small amounts and see what sticks.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

By Focusing on Resilient Risk Management Ebola Battlers Can Learn from Venice's Response to Black Death NPR Every now and then, a story comes along that makes us editors say, "Why didn''t we think of that?" This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management. Risk management'

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Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 9

Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions have been around forever, but there is a new legal form of conquest that is allowing organizations to steal market share from well-established businesses. The menace of which I speak is the digital marketing organizations that are springing up in most industries, offering services on a pay-per-lead basis.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

But managing network effects as technology byproducts is a bit like treating cars as extensions of internal combustion engines; technically accurate, yes, but missing the larger purposes and points. Similarly, marketing loves the virality that social media and network effects facilitate.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

More recently, CARVER has converted a new community of believers in the business world, including CEOs, financial analysts, and risk management planners, not to mention any number of Fortune 500 security directors. (One of us, Luke, is so enthusiastic about CARVER that he cowrote a book on it.). Here’s an example.

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