N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Forecasting Capabilities: How well does the leadership team know the industry? By market segment? Liquidity: What will be the immediate impact of an unexpected market downturn or product launch failure? By customer?

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Strategy Company Strategic Planning Market Segmentation 261

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

“Experiments are the only strategy for succeeding over the long term.” Given a long list of possible experiments, you want to categorize them. Only by leading real people in real life, and experimenting with leadership itself, will one become a true leader. ” -Steven K. ” -Steven K.

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Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Open-book Resources 93

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Every business day, companies cede hard evidence to the political agendas of a willful manager or department, and these companies span geographies, industries, revenues, and market segments. It takes leadership to establish decision management and closed-loop measurement practices.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Risk Management Supply Chain Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence is a habit.”

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence is a habit.”

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Finally, under the harsh conditions of a renewal environment, a firm needs to first conserve and free up resources to ensure its viability and then go on to choose one of the other four approaches to rejuvenate growth and ensure long-term prosperity. • Adaptive: Be fast. • Visionary: Be first. • Renewal: Be viable.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8