N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether. The issues of diversity in business when handled properly can be catalysts for growth.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. It can help them innovate.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. My goal was to meet with a globally diverse group of thought leaders and top executives to discover what is required to lead in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. The bigger the playing field, the more trust, familiarity, and rapport count. For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Many even believe in the myth that just good work creates success!)

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Rajesh Setty

MARCH 12, 2012

Now, Q&A with the authors about the book and related topics. According to the Harvard Business Review’s January/February 2012 issue, well-being on the job has more to do with the frequency of positive workplace experiences – your interactions with co-workers, your on-going projects, your daily contributions, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

This evening, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address, and it is widely reported that it will focus on the issue of income inequality. He will be “on trend,” as they say in fashion — in recent months, leaders from the new Mayor of New York to the Pope have also been vocal on the subject. This is the first rule.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

We had taken in a family in need and leveraged the web, specifically Twitter, Paypal, a blog, and most importantly, our real social network, to raise nearly seventeen thousand dollars for the family. I learned about it from years of active participation on the social web. Here are six to consider: Reach. Proximity.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

While working in China over the past five years, we increasingly encountered senior government officials and business executives who confidently explained to us that the United States is a fading superpower whose best days are behind it and that the global leader for the 21st century will be China.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

There is broad perceived need from the top of the government in Beijing down to the provinces and the villages at the very bottom on the importance of these issues and a demonstrated ability to act on them. Global climate change is not an area of controversy in China. Global climate change is not an area of controversy in China.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Or, as my father used to say, “Opportunities to get to know each other better.”) “I can tell you’ve given this a lot of thought&# This is one I bust out after I’ve been subjected to an extended monologue from a loved one. With this in mind, I put together the following noncommittal responses for use during these family conversations.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Have you felt this way? I know I have … many times. It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly. What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Each year, Edge.org publishes essays from thinkers, scholars, and researchers on a question related to a hot topic in public and academic discourse. While the essays looked at a range of issues, a number of respondents touched on advances in how thinking machines could augment human intelligence. Digital assistants you can trust.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Do you think you’re the ONLY salesperson facing these issues? My bet is every one of your colleagues has exactly the same issues. Take one objection at a time and have single subject meetings…. Take one objection at a time and have single subject meetings…. Prospective customers asking for three bids? No one interrupts.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Way #2: Audi agreed with the stance that would require governmentally enforced global eco-wacko-ism and thought it was funny to poke fun at people who don't share the extreme "granola" viewpoint.  Maybe it had to do with all the pretty girls around. Maybe it was Robin Zander's voice. This is tragic.    Why?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

My passion for this topic was formed at a very early age. The occasion was the Tuck Global Leadership 2030 executive education program, which took place in Chennai, India, and Satyarthi was the distinguished guest. I couldn’t agree more with this belief.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 6, 2013

It can also regulate both the business and social agenda of organizations. While truth may be subject to interpretation and bent to give certain goals needed emotional intensity, the intentional and obvious distortion of reality is a dangerous game and one that does not play well for long in a knowledge society. We saw no fighting.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The diminishing effectiveness of conventional advertising and the rise of social media have led more and more brands to embrace content marketing. While infographics are now a standard part of the corporate communicator’s toolkit, data visualizations driven by original data are still few and far between.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Not a single teaching note for the case studies with women protagonists raised the issue of gender as a point of relevance or discussion. Pink topics. He then pledged to double the number of business case studies that feature a woman as the protagonist up to a level of 20% over the next five years.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

From climate change to inequality, the scope of humanity’s biggest environmental and social challenges came into much sharper focus this year — as did the scale and range of opportunities to do something about them. And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. Examine any of the major problems of our time and you’ll quickly and clearly see a lack of leadership at the root of the issue.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Company boycotts like this one are not new, but they have increasingly become the weapon of choice for NGOs and other activists aiming to further political and social goals. And many activists have given up on governments and are focusing instead on companies as the main engine of social change. Sometimes the issue is one-sided (e.g.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Export-Import Bank will hit its $100 billion credit exposure limit by May 1 and will stop issuing direct loans, loan guarantees and export-credit insurance in aid of American exports to risky markets. If Congress doesn't act soon, the U.S. must face in the future. In 2011, according to Bank numbers, it used $32 billion to finance U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

It is not just old business rules but also governments, social institutions, and relationships among people that are being transformed. Pervasive evidence exists that indicates the basic social fabric is beginning to disintegrate. Arguably, structural unemployment will be the biggest public policy issue for decades.

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