N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. It involves strategic decision-making, risk mitigation, and fostering collaboration across different functions and stakeholders.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2024

Effective strategic planning requires skilled professionals who can analyze market trends, integrate digital solutions, champion sustainability, and manage financial risks. Strategic planners must be well-versed in IT knowledge, project management, and innovation.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2013

Major projects typically add significant operational, financial, reputational, and regulatory risk to an organization’s overall risk profile. This project risk may by itself exceed the normal level of organizational risk leaders are accustomed to dealing with. Risk Management – Introduction.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Balanced Perspectives : Coaches help maintain a vision that encompasses both detailed operations and broader strategic goals.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Balanced Perspectives : Coaches help maintain a vision that encompasses both detailed operations and broader strategic goals.

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Entrepreneur Emotional Intelligence Long-term Diversity 78

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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. Understanding these factors is not just about mitigating risks; it’s about seizing opportunities to strengthen and grow your business.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If your company operates a fleet operation, protecting your vehicles is of the utmost importance. On top of that, you will be tasked with fixing your vehicle, you will have to handle your insurance issues, and you may even be forced to repair your fleet’s reputation. For advice on how to protect your company fleet, read on.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

These factors include: Business turnover Number of employees The industry you operate in Your business premises (if applicable) If your business directly deals with the public Once you have noted down these aspects, you are in a better position to select the right insurance options for your needs.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2023

Fraud can have devastating consequences for businesses, leading to financial losses, damaged reputation, and compromised customer trust. In this article, we’ll explore six effective steps that can help you prevent fraud and ensure the security of your business operations.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Even if a customer would manage to tell that the site is fake, the look and feel of the site confuses them and they end up trading with the account. For instance, the US and Dutch law enforcement, under Operation Bayonet , had seized and disabled AlphaBay and Hansa, two prominent dark web marketplaces. Final Thoughts.

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. At the start of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, it was a catalog of minor operational and logistical problems that led journalists to start reporting on "the glitch Games."

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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.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2020

You might look at your company and think that just because you are only a small operation, then you won’t be at risk. Although, depending on the type of business that you operate, this could be considerably more. All in all, you are likely to lose a lot of money and face severe damage to your reputation.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you are heading up a business that cannot do without a base of operations, then looking after said base should ever be high on your agenda. You will need to be ahead of the game here, as the mere sighting of any unwelcome beats is enough to cripple your reputation in the eyes of customers and clients.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2019

It’s certainly the case that you need to invest your money wisely, and if you’re operating in the wrong niche, that in and of itself can be lethal. Your reputation can be permanently tarnished by working with an unscrupulous company. Certain businesses are likely to be a boon to you, if you work with them.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. The primary step involves an objective assessment to determine operational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This wastes time for users and damages corporate reputations. Firefighting operations continued for two days. PG&E could still have conducted intelligent risk management in the interest of its own shareholders. • Buck-passing risk is insidious because it can become so pervasive and exacerbate so many other risks.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 24, 2018

What’s more, you will also be able to limit losses for other costs that have been caused by downtime and management or technical assistance expenditure. Safeguard Business Operations. Protect Your Company Reputation. If this happens, this will normally result in lots of very unhappy customers!

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2020

This way, if something does happen to your business, such as a halt in operations due to the Coronavirus , which is a big issue right now, or if there are any problems with an employee, then you should be covered.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

And, once you put managed security services like these in place, you can bet that a firewall will soon follow. Viruses or malware on a business computer can have a catastrophic impact on your company’s operations and reputation. In a sense, a firewall works as a shield against attacks like these.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At this point, you’re then putting other people at risk, and that will never go down well when it comes to your reputation. Seeing as a lot of businesses operate with some form of technology or IT device it’s essential everything is working as it should be. A good way to handle data storage is to put it all in one place.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 5, 2021

CCTV is not only beneficial to monitor the office but also allows you to check the operation. In this, you need to make sure that you get it from a reputable company that can help meet the company’s requirements and satisfy all the needed state and federal fire code standards. Panic Button.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

This is where the cyber attackers send fake and fraud emails to people that have the same format and resemble the emails from reputable sources. Install every latest update for your operating system. Good password management. Keep your operating system up to date. Keep software up to date.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

And isn’t lowering costs exactly what managers focused on shareholder value are supposed to be doing? 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. Emotional appeal.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2020

You don’t need to look beyond the coronavirus to see how a disaster can disrupt your business operations. If your business has digitized some or all of its operations, it’s imperative to buy cybersecurity insurance. 43 percent of online attacks now target small businesses like yours, which means your risk level is high.

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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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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. Managers and employees begin seeing themselves as leaders and grow steadily into those roles.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

By parallel, managers themselves might similarly benefit from "reverse-engineering" the criticism of not only outsiders but of their own colleagues: considering both parties as their benefactors on the road to greater performance. Most PR firms only offer cosmetic remedies to firefight reputation threats as they arise.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2024

A single breach could lead to disastrous consequences, including financial losses, legal ramifications, and irreparable damage to the company’s reputation. Hackers, cybercriminals, and even disgruntled employees constantly threaten business operations.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 16, 2020

Managing a fleet of vehicles and ensuring that goods are transported safely and within the designated timescales presents an extra set of issues to manage. Missed delivery deadlines, and damaged or lost inventory can result in damage to business relationships as well as the loss of reputation. Technology.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

” Many managers can easily recite the business case for ethics: Who doesn’t want better risk management, deeper employee engagement, reduced regulatory costs, public trust, and a lure to purpose-driven Millennials? They understand the power of reputation and relationships. Most corporate leaders know this.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The immediate news coverage is focused on the size of financial penalties for the institutions, on the potential civil or criminal culpability of bank officials and on the reputational harm to both the bank and its senior officers. Poor controls over risk and valuations.

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Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

In the wake of its significant trading losses (now reportedly rising from $2 to $3 billion or more), JP Morgan can win back some of its lost reputation by transparently holding those responsible to account. Instead, the problems here involve, at a minimum, outsized losses and material harm to reputation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

What he did not say, however, is how that laser-like focus on the company’s strategy also turned reputational risk into an opportunity. Let’s look at how these companies are protecting their reputation and brands while enhancing and realizing strategic value from them. And, what aren’t we doing that we should be doing?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

In this era of complex supply chains and the hiring of expert sub-contractors, taking such responsibility is crucial for preventing events with the potential to adversely affect the corporation and its reputation. In this section (at p.181), Significantly improving education and training of BP personnel to enhance capability and competency.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

.” The possibility of employee misconduct—the potential for behaviors or business practices that are illegal, unethical, or contrary to a firm’s stated values, policies, and procedures—is a form of risk just like liquidity risk or operational risk. Principal-agent problems.

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