N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

First, when I made reference to “making space”, I was really talking about making space in the selection pool, not at the table. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has served in the capacity of a senior executive who hasn't been party to these types of meetings, workshops, seminars, strategy sessions, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

To access the fund, teams had to complete a simple two-page application about their idea, the potential market, and the value to the customer (what problem was being solved). For example, the champions created a common terminology for innovation across the company so that everyone referred to the same types of innovation (e.g.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands. But if you go to the marketing department and ask them, they’re usually clueless.” “Take a football player. He will always know how he performs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

” In the online world, “ inbound marketing ” is a term that was popularized about a decade ago by HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. It will often vary by context: In a roomful of political operatives, the fact that I was a former presidential campaign spokesperson is nice but not very interesting.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Huggy Rao and I like to refer to scaling challenges as the “ Problem of More ” because they always involve getting some existing seed of excellence to take root in more people and more places. The language of “more” pervades discussions of the topic. The average order size is 1,500 pounds. What is adding needless friction?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

During a recent interview I was asked how I felt about the coaching profession - I jokingly referred to myself as a coaching heretic, and went on to say that I really don’t like the word “ coach &# as a descriptor for what I do. I find this especially true when coaches work with executives in operations. Its about results.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2015

Yet most companies are using the same old methods: strategic plans, goal-setting, streamlining operations, reducing inefficiency. They also include also include “balance” referring to employee well-being and illustrating the importance of a positive and supportive workplace.

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