Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

Ansoff's matrix clarified the notion that tactics should differ according to whether a firm was launching a new product, entering a new market, or both. But it used a novel technology to take the solution to a new customer set and generate new revenue streams. It is a refinement of a classic diagram devised by the mathematician H.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Most employees have been hurt or disappointed, at some point in their careers, by the hand of power in an organization. Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of organizational power. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Along the way – I also help them find their value, their markets, their best market entry strategy and then help them power into the market. I could write that but, it wasn’t my passion. So I drew the line – and they fired me. Wow, that was a shock.

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Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? While it is sometimes necessary to “Shock and Awe” this tactic should be reserved as a last resort. He might be having difficulties. Communication does not mean that you do all the talking.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Too often the massive, all-purpose nature of the solutions resulted in: Expert knowledge being required to use the query or visualization tools, moving the business manager from one bottleneck (accessing the data) to another (accessing the power user). You and Your Team. Understanding Analytics. Get over your fear of data.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

They’ve simply reached a level of maturity where health is not about getting bigger, but about sustaining vitality. Neither digital technology nor the corporation itself is necessarily to blame for the current predicament. Technology may be involved with all this, but pointing to digital things as somehow causative is a mistake.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. ’ What they’re really selling: Electric power plants. Communications is fundamental to maintaining, but technology is only as good as the people using it. Investor Owned Light and Power Companies. Maturity is a process.

Brand 50

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, As someone who gets pitched quite a bit by coaches, solution providers and would be sages on everything from sales tactics, process improvement, to business strategy I echo your sentiments. It is about getting the result the client wants. Here is my bottom line take. As always your observations are spot-on Mark.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 329

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Agile processes go awry, because as companies strive for high performance, they either become too tactical (focusing too much on process and micromanagement) or too adaptive (avoiding long-term goals, timelines, or cross-functional collaboration). The key is balancing both tactical and adaptive performance.

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