N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stanton Royce Mike this is one of the clearest and best descriptions I’ve seen on this topic. Where you and I tend to differ is on the topic of how values enter the equation. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments below. Firstly is the importance of connecting emotionally.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2010

CEO Tony Hayward of the embattled BP corporation is having his share of sleepless nights these days. Share this: This entry was posted in Crisis Management , Interviewing and tagged behavioural interviews , hiring , Tony Hayward CEO BP. Hiring better at the start saves you time, money and emotional energy all the way through.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 3, 2010

The responsibility is beyond managing risk and liability (ie: the recent BP situation). Kathy’s specifically interested in whether those who are successful leaders in business have a responsibility to lead society and the economy towards sustainable economic, environmental and social development. Thanks for your support!

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Main | Three Tips for Beating the Jitters » August 24, 2010 A British Friend’s Take on BP By the end of the day last Friday, I was ready to spend the rest of the afternoon talking with friends. I think BP has handled the situation rather well if you look at the long term.”  You can read one of my earlier takes on BP here.)

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Public scandals like the BP oil spill and Goldman Sachs’ mortgage securities fraud compromised consumers’ trust in brands, and as a result, consumer loyalty was at an all-time low.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Some 15 years ago my colleague Sumantra Ghoshal and I wrote business cases on three companies that were then leaders in their sectors: BP, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Nokia. Over the course of our conversation, the executives and I arrived at the hot topic of authenticity. Authenticity, Tempered by Custodial Responsibility.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

That first year, the d.school team (led by Perry Klebahn ) sent the executives out to observe and interview customers in BP gas stations. Their assignment was to prototype solutions to problems they heard about, revise them in response to user feedback, and then present them to a demanding group of BP executives.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Consider the ongoing debates — which are now entering litigation — about the BP oil spill and the three "partners" who had to work together to drill and cap the well (BP, TransOcean, Halliburton); how should the decision have been made among them on whether to push on in the last phase of drilling?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

As a facilitator, the CMO group at Nestle operates centers of excellence around topics such as the Hispanic market, mom & kids, and Walmart which are shared across silos. As a supplier, the CMO group at BP became the go-to source of segmentation studies as early efforts were clearly useful and influential.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

’) Of course, time has marched on since the book was written, and plenty of other well-known companies have dropped the execution ball in the meantime (BP in the most spectacular fashion). OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) More like a chasm, really.)

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Rohit made a laudable attempt to bring some clarity to the topic by sharing his observations about the practice of personal branding while justly defending Scott, however I don’t think he went quite far enough. – the mere mention of this topic sparks intense emotions and frothy debate. I appreciate you stopping by.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Food is too big a topic to summarize, but a few stories grabbed my eye this year. Just consider LinkedIn’s top 20 most in demand companies (in order): Google, Apple, Unilever, P&G, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, PepsiCo, Shell, McKinsey, Nestlé, Johnson & Johnson, BP, GE, Nike, Pfizer, Disney, Coca-Cola, Chevron, and L’Oréal.

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