N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

Your challenge is to develop and model the behaviors required to inspire people and teams to genuinely break through organizational silos and make collaboration a competitive advantage. But are your resources truly applied as optimally as possible to your market opportunities in a way that best serves the total business?

Incentives 258

Incentives Agility Resources Follow-up 258

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For a couple of days its market cap was number one in the world. By 2002, it was down to $9.42. Within five years, the stock had rebounded to $28 a share with market capitalization of $170 billion. In 2000 under the leadership of CEO John Chambers, Cisco was at the top of the game. The company was in a free fall.

Crisis 167

Crisis Planning Learning-by-Doing Workshop 167

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 27, 2017

GE initially invested $432 million in the United States to develop “ centers of excellence ” that practice lean manufacturing. Lean managers tend to be process-oriented: They focus on developing processes which can create success, even with decreased staffing. This was just the start. A Lean Manager Emphasizes Value.

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Management Lean Manufacturing Chief Executive Officer Globalization 150

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. In addition, you can develop mental habits and skills to notice cognitive biases and prevent yourself from slipping into them. When was the last time you saw a major planned project suffer from a cost overrun ?

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Planning Project Budgeting Cost 215

Tim Milburn

MAY 7, 2012

Ron Ricci , co-author of The Collaboration Imperative , is the vice president of corporate positioning and has spent the last decade helping Cisco develop and nurture a culture of sharing and collaborative processes. In addition, he has spent countless hours with hundreds of different organizations discussing the impact of collaboration.

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Team Construction Audience Follow-up 155

Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. I can’t help but wonder: If Kodak had paid attention to its aging workforce trend, would the company have maintained market share and avoided bankruptcy?

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Film Human Resources Technology Maturity 150

Coaching Tip

JUNE 22, 2011

The Millennial Generation or "Gen Y" - those born between 1984 and 2002 - are growing up during a confounding time rife with technological advances and unprecedented sharing and collaboration against an omnipresent backdrop of political tension, international conflict and economic uncertainty. .

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Survey Uncertainty Marketing Entrepreneur 105

Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

Along the way, I learned a great deal about team development and leadership. Equally important, each member should meet the essential “ROPE” criteria I developed over decades of climbing. Kemper Freeman, CEO of Kemper Development Corporation, for example, has been an active member of the Rotary Club for decades.

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Organization Team How To Career 150

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Debbie Laskey has 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree. She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Marketing options are greater than ever before.

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Media Brand Books Collins 87

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

I think we could agree though, when Strategic Planning (SP) is done right (development process, implementation, and execution) then there is great potential. Confusing frenetic motion with constructive action, they are noted for their “unproductive busyness” (Bruch & Ghoshai, 2002, Beware the Busy Manager , Harvard Business Review).

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

When Napster was released in 1999 pretty much all the way through until its demise in 2002, considerable unrest swirled around the platform. The study focuses its attention on the app market, which is estimated to be worth over $100 billion globally. Such concerns were understandable. Innovating to stay ahead.

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Innovation Download Pharmaceuticals Creativity 85

Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2016

Debbie Laskey is one of my go-to experts when I seek advice about a number of business topics, including marketing, social media, and nonprofit marketing and leadership. If they do, they need to enter the 21st century and understand that the communications specialty is just one aspect of an overall marketing plan.

Marketing 50

Marketing CPA Leadership Budgeting 50

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This peer-to-peer audio file-sharing service disrupted the music industry during its brief existence before bankruptcy in 2002. In developed countries, the informal economy accounts for an average of 17.5% Take Napster, for example. Managers of established firms often lack legal means to combat these unregulated newcomers. ”

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Operations Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation 52

Coaching Tip

MAY 31, 2011

He consumes art and music at the rate he does books, but unlike most critics he doesn't sniff that markets have either ruined culture or brought it low. In 2002 he published Creative Destruction , which argues that globalization created much of the art and music we might consider "native."

Globalization 84

Globalization Crisis Creativity Short-term 84

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

I think we could agree though, when Strategic Planning (SP) is done right (development process, implementation, and execution) then there is great potential. Confusing frenetic motion with constructive action, they are noted for their “unproductive busyness” (Bruch & Ghoshai, 2002, Beware the Busy Manager , Harvard Business Review).

Strategic Planning 74

Strategic Planning Planning Ryan Covey 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

My advice is always to let the market drive this decision of whether to franchise your business, if people are asking for what you do in their market and how to invest in your business, the franchise expansion model needs to be on the table.

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Franchising System Entrepreneur Strategic Planning 65

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Trillion Dollar Coach is about Bill Campbell , someone you likely never heard of, who coached several of the biggest names in Silicon Valley during a 16-year tenure, and who’s behind-the-scene wisdom helped created over a trillion dollars in market value. He ran the Google product team from 2002 to 2011. Your people make you a leader.

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Bond Open-book Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 65

Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2021

Debbie Laskey is my trusted resource for expert advice on marketing, customer service and leadership. As background, Debbie has nearly 20 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree. Since 2002, Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition.

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Brand Participative Uncertainty Blog 65

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 19, 2013

It was 2002. I developed a conflict – a young couple in love, Michael preparing to enter the Anglican priesthood and Sarah mildly hostile to anything connected to faith. For three years, the story grew and developed in my head. My wife convinced me to try to market the manuscript. Here’s his story.

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Books Hotels Conference Marketing 59

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 16, 2017

There are so many how-to lead books on the market that it’s almost impossible to siphon out quality from the imposters, but Willett’s book stands apart as a must-read. Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition since 2002, and has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Branding Experts."

Books 50

Books Storytelling Leadership Consultative 50

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 19, 2016

There are so many how-to lead books on the market that it’s almost impossible to siphon out quality from the imposters, but Willett’s book stands apart as a must-read. Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition since 2002, and has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Branding Experts."

Books 50

Books Storytelling Consultative Brand 50

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

With two decades of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. Be sure to visit both her website and her blog.

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Brand Leadership Marketing Strategy Media 65

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2016

My advice is always to let the market drive this decision of whether to franchise your business, if people are asking for what you do in their market and how to invest in your business, the franchise expansion model needs to be on the table.

Franchising 50

Franchising System Entrepreneur Strategic Planning 50

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Yet companies continue to invest in skills development only to be disappointed by little or no difference in performance. A successful CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) is likely to have such MAPs as – strong motivation toward options (ie., We all know people who are highly educated and/or talented, yet just get by in their work role.

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Motivation Leadership McClelland Long-term 100

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2019

Trillion Dollar Coach is about Bill Campbell , someone you likely never heard of, who coached several of the biggest names in Silicon Valley during a 16-year tenure, and who’s behind-the-scene wisdom helped created over a trillion dollars in market value. He ran the Google product team from 2002 to 2011. Your people make you a leader.

Open-book 50

Open-book Leadership Bond Executive Coaching 50

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2018

Debbie Laskey developed her brand marketing and communications expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. All aspects of business have been affected from technology to human resources to marketing.

Brand 50

Brand Tips Media Customer Loyalty 50

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Herb is featured, along with many frontline employees, in an inspiring 15 minute video we’ve been using for years when working with Clients on leadership and culture development. Entitled It’s So Simple , the video explains how Southwest is “the company that love built.” ” Ya gotta love it!

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Airlines P&L Collins Leadership 53

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 16

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. The stock market is down 25%.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In the sense that financial markets and the economy in general are far more fragile than most mainstream economists contemplated before 2008, there was a bit of unlearning done in the 1990s and early 2000s. The 1987 stock market crash was a scare. So they moved on (Brock's Santa Fe affiliation ended in 2002). In recent years J.

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Decisionmaking Chaos Theory Hedge Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

HR reinvented the way it trained and developed talent. We know, for example, that developing leaders is essential. But in a world in which bringing managers in every year for a week of offsite training is so 1960s, how do you make the leadership development process relevant to the global economy? Fostered global teamwork.

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Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

percent average annual increase in GDP in 1990 to 2002, and 7.2 percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3 Moreover, the population is aging and the size of the labor force is set to plateau in 2016 (See “China’s Labor Market” chart below). How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands. It contributed 1.4

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GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

In 2002, a 14-year-old Malawi boy named William Kamkwamba built a windmill using items he collected from a scrap yard to power the electrical appliances in his family home. Investing in innovators simply can't happen in markets with weak property rights. patent on July 31, 1790, there was a market for ideas and investing.

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GDP Travel Innovation Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In March 2008, Lula convened his political marketeer João Santana and Dilma to present his overall plan of making Dilma his successor. Financial markets, historically sensitive and nervous during elections, watched with unusual calm the battles between Dilma and Serra. growth in the Gross Domestic Product in 2010.

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Politics Bureaucracy Globalization Compliance 15