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. Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns.

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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

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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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

But what about the more strategic risk areas, such as those related to emerging market entry or acquisition growth strategies? What about the risks that could affect the financial performance (or even the very survival) of the enterprise—risks like brand degradation or product relevance?

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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. Introduce new products. About the Author.

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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. Keep yourself informed.

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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. Bill Carey is Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Siber Systems Inc., which offers the top-rated RoboForm Password Manager software. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? At the risk of drawing the ire of corporate elitists, I submit to you that the dumber your business is, the better off you are.

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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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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. It is more than a slogan or rehash of a Mission Statement. Ethics and profits are not conflicting goals.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. Tweets about this great post on TwittLink.com [.]

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Objective analysis of how the organization has operated to date. Assets are adequately valued and managed.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

Walmart's principal problems appear to be largely reputation-related: a phenomenon that has cost the company millions in wasted PR consulting fees and possibly billions in lost, potential market capitalization over the last decade. However, more recent actions in the long-standing gender discrimination case against the company (i.e.,

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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. The CSO would rank Criticality like this: 5 – Loss of the pipeline would stop operations.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Strategic planning, how-to instructions. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. The history of volunteering and community service, spanning 300 years.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This is particularly the case if your business operates with a sales team. Below are five tips to improve how your sales team operates. Lastly, having an accurate sales forecast can help you make sound business decisions in terms of budgeting, risk management, and planning. That’s where this guide will help.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The market offers a lot of opportunities for small businesses to thrive at the moment. There are more chances to expand than ever before, despite many market uncertainties. You have the internet turning the world into one global market and allowing you to tap into more potential customers. Understand the Laws.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2019

Following we’ll briefly explore several key tech issues your business is likely to encounter today, and how to counteract them. Presently, the global tech market is estimated around $5 trillion. But by 2021, it’s estimated that the black-hat “cybercrime” market will be worth $6 trillion. I: Cybercrime. III: Corporate Espionage.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

I support cause related marketing and have advised many corporations on setting up such programs. I say it is not, and I’m an expert on cause-related marketing. I’m gravely concerned about this practice of badgering customers in support of some phantom charity; how this store does it is not right.”. Set priorities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Essentially, tactical performance is how well you stick to your plan, and adaptive performance is how well you diverge from your plan. Every high performer needs both.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Henry was the senior vice president of operations. Tony, the chief marketing officer, had suggested taking a drive so that they could talk about the integration of Beacon''s latest acquisition, VillageCar. He knew Henry would be making the call on how to bring in the car-sharing company, and he wanted to bend his ear about it.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. For example, estimates by Mercer and others indicate that losses just for the major risks (e.g., employee accidents, office theft, etc.)

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They might focus on how incumbents cope with the rapid obsolescence of their old capabilities, say, or with internal resistance to inevitable change. In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

We find the debate interesting because it offers a great example of reputation risk – and more specifically, of why such risk has to be assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Over the decades, risk management has become a deeply quantitative endeavor. Public relations Risk management Transparency'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

and in its home market in the U.K. having sacrificed customer intimacy for increased operational excellence gains through widespread cost cutting, are well documented. In the UK, Tesco lost the plot several times in recent years as they grew to double the market share of competitors like Sainsbury''s and Asda/WalMart.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

But for businesses, knowing when to expend time and effort preventing — and planning responses to — low probability, high consequence events is now, more than ever, one of the hardest and most important risk management problems to address.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

While AI will be deployed to manage certain tasks, including higher-level decision making, the technology’s true power is in augmenting human capabilities — and that holds true in the supply chain. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Organizations must educate consumers, in a pro-active way, on how to best utilize their products-services. Learn to manage change, rather than become a victim of it.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Here’s why: “Most organizations see leaders'' as drivers of results - exceeding sales quotas, deepening market share, boosting profits, etc. Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career. To learn more on this, check out my article How Can We Learn To Value Failure?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

It is just as important how, when and why we communicate with each other: Shows that the company is a seamless concept… an integrated team working for the good of customers. Indicates sophistication by each representative… that every team player knows how to utilize each other for mutual benefit. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

No one can say for sure how to get on a corporate board, but many people point to two routes: the first is to break into the "right" network and the second is to seek a progression of board seats that begins with, for example, a seat on a not-for-profit or community board and eventually results in appointment to a corporate board.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 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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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 59

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs. Which markets, partners, clients, or other opportunities can add significant value to our business?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. Thanks David.

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