Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

For their employers, the challenge of how best to manage remote sales personnel is presented. Here are some strategies employers can implement in order to maximize their traveling sales representatives’ productivity. Technological Equipment. Many believe they can go into sales and simply “wing it,” the survey says.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 31, 2019

But the job profile of HR has evolved now, and hiring the right talent, managing the same with the latest technology available, and providing the right environment for the talent to flourish has become the primary task. They will have to combine the role of sourcing, marketing, and strategizing. Flextime Jobs.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 9, 2022

The general feel has been that such remote workers have been as productive as they were in the office, and indeed this positive reinforcement has prompted some workplaces to remain either fully remote or partly remote even as restrictions have eased. This then typically translates into higher productivity. The gift of global talent.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 24, 2013

According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. Plus more than half say the bad economy is the main reason for their troubles, followed by changing technologies and an increase in direct competition.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. I’m always on the lookout for new practitioners entering the market where we have practice areas, disruptive technology, or changes in the landscape that could disintermediate certain aspects of the market.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Rather entering the productivity zone is found working at about 60% to 70% of capacity.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 13, 2013

Productivity slows, customer service falls short. They also provide more than double the market average in training time for entry-level employees, and offer clear paths for advancement into management. It’s safe to say that QuikTrip and Whole Foods understand how to draw and retain top talent. How do they do it?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. How about competing for the attention of your prospects and clients?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. They make changes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

China, for example, is pouring a ton of state funds into programs, investments, and technology that foster innovation. He is leading the charge on zero emission technology. is senior vice president of Development Dimensions International (DDI), and is an expert on leadership development, employee engagement and talent management.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you entered a new market?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It helps in managing processes, information, and employees. With the advancement in technology, businesses can boost the efficiency of the workforce and improve productivity. The system can assist in operational tasks while the management engages in strategic planning. Reasons that Businesses need HR Systems. HR Payroll.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Toxic personalities will put a damper on morale, attempt to intimidate and/or manipulate co-workers for personal gain, and can even chase away a company’s best talent. Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2019

No matter which industry you are running your business in, you will need to ensure that you are offering more value or lower costs than your competitors to protect your market share. It might also be a good idea to do your research and invest in the latest technology, or you will be left behind by your competitors.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

and Mike Myatt, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Looking For Leadership: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. The trick is to separate the wheat from the chaff and then to put the valuable items to productive use.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? link] Robyn McMaster Mike, we have to be on the alert.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Enjoy!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&#

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. Let’s drill down on the talent argument a bit deeper.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They are voracious learners always looking for better methods, different approaches, enhanced efficiencies, better technology and increased velocity. Leaders can be extremely strong in any of the areas above, but if they are not leading effectively or productively, if they are not meeting performance expectations, then they have work to do.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

The fact that character and integrity showed as poorly as they did in the survey, is proof positive for why the corporate workplace struggles with talent management. Values based hiring increases performance, enhances collaboration, reduces turnover, increases morale, and creates a stable culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

New research from Harvard Business School suggests that as well as helping rethink business models, digital technologies can also help organizations rethink their models for sourcing talent. Sourcing talent.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. Would love to teach my staff this lesson with your permission. I would like to add one. I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Your post are always eye-opening. I think loyalty is a great addition to the list.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Enjoy!  Tom implores you to stop viewing the world and the economy in a state of "nuclear winter" and take action NOW to grab market share from your competitors who are stuck whining and complaining about the economy. Fascinating.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2020

In the case of the machine operator, manual labor and routine tasks are most likely to be automated, while management, team-building, employee training and production supervision may now find themselves moved into priority roles. When used properly, automation doesn’t kill jobs; it rearranges their structure.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Here are my picks for the week of October 4th - 10th, 2010.  Enjoy!  I find this to be especially true in small businesses and start-ups where there is simply no room for hiring mistakes or "dead weight" on the organizational bus.

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Almost at a gut level, we know that a great work culture leads to increased company efficiency, productivity and employee satisfaction, though proving it is a little tricky. Inc Magazine’s web-based encyclopedia takes 12 paragraphs to define work culture, using difficult to measure terms like behavior, value and management flow.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here is the rub and the reason why adopting this principle is so critical: in our experience, the priority initiatives turn out to be on new product, service, customer, and technology initiatives accompanied by an assumption that the organization has the capabilities to execute them. That is the good news. Engineered to Win.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s as if it has become more acceptable to bash users of buzzwords than to actually listen to what’s being said – this in my opinion is not healthy, nor is it productive. While I could cite many examples of what I just described, a particularly good one is the use of the phrase “social media.”

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Here are five great posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere to kick off your work week and help you Maximize Possibility in your organization.  Enjoy!  Why?  Enjoy!  Why?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

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