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. Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots.

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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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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. That’s why we see so many good ideas either not make it to market or not for long. If you want your organization to survive and thrive well into the 21 st Century, read this book.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 20, 2019

Who knows where these people come from, but it’s a market-driven profession, so buyer beware. When we move out of our core competency, we often feel vulnerable and weak. And please, no confrontations! Then there are the self-help gurus who fill bookshelves and their pocketbooks with expert help.

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Core Competence Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing Open-book 89

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Imagine crafting a sustainable career for yourself. You are confident that your skills and competencies make you valuable and marketable and that you can access opportunities through your network. Economic stagnation and unequal access to opportunity keep a sustainable career out of reach of many.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 3, 2011

In this world I’ve learned that there are very few quick fixes, despite what you might hear from marketers. Patience and perseverance. You must have both. Together, and at the same time. That cream that will get rid of wrinkles in two weeks or the diet that will help us lose 20 pounds in two weeks are fairy tales.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

This book highlights Paul’s significant experience in a 40-year career of managing people and as a well-respected consultant to managers and their organizations across the globe. He is President of Midwest Consulting Group , based in Kalamazoo Michigan.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. We might simply vote without doing our homework first. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone. If that is true, when do we step up to leadership ourselves?

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Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2010

’ As I began to read marketing materials, it was clear I needed to create a multitude of product and service which seemed close to impossible. They are missing the vision of finding a job that will provide both career growth and satisfaction. These two words are ‘ repurpose ‘ and ‘ leverage.’

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Audience Newsletter Core Competence Tips 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

As an aspiring PM, there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies , Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Company Fit. The best PMs I have worked with have mastered the core competencies, have a high EQ, and work for the right company for them. Core Competencies. Company Fit.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. They were using sort of these old models of that’s not a fear, that’s not core, that’s not our core competency, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

HBR: Companies have two options to meet talent shortages—they can look to an external labor market, or they can focus on developing their internal labor market. There’s only one CEO of each of our careers—ourselves. An edited version of our conversation follows. Which is proving more popular at the moment?

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Skills Company Core Competence Disintermediation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

companies are discovering the appeal and opportunity of talent in emerging markets. What does it take for emerging-market female talent to break into the executive ranks of a U.S.-based reveals to be a core competency of global executives. More and more U.S. based multinational company? based multinational company?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Business owners who eat on the run, don’t exercise or take time out for massage and downtime often don’t feel good in their own skin. Energy levels are also affected.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Writing decent code may prove a less marketable skill than excellence at tutoring a child or, quite literally, teaching an old dog new tricks. Your career prospects are not bright if a machine has little to learn from you. Programming — or learning how to use — your digital devices is yesterday's paradigm.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Or more correctly, their paths: in our experience at Ziba, we’ve seen two distinct career paths among creative professionals, each stemming from its own set of motivations, and demanding its own approach to management. Yet she is still emphatically a designer at the core, and respectful of the creative expertise around her.

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Management Creativity Licensing Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

” Increasingly, expertise is losing the respect that for years had earned it premiums in any market where uncertainty was present and complex knowledge valued. What are our core-competencies?), It affects career potential, skills development and the entire value-chain of organizations that serve the expertise business.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. The result has been so much more than a marketing ploy – it has changed the care being delivered. I thought of how most organizations attract patients using the “star” system – they market the superstar cardiologist or neurosurgeon, for example.

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Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. The result has been so much more than a marketing ploy – it has changed the care being delivered. I thought of how most organizations attract patients using the “star” system – they market the superstar cardiologist or neurosurgeon, for example.

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Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

But Thomson Reuters Foundation took a different tack in its response, going beyond donating to leverage its parent company's core competencies in information and the legal industry to catalyze change. It's different from traditional social responsibility programs, which are often tangential to a company's core operations.

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Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 14

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Core Business. Enron (like many other companies) got into areas beyond their core competencies. In their marketing, accounting and auditing firms claim to be full-service business advisors, in order to get business. The same analogies apply to personal lives, careers and Body of Work. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

This phenomenon is what I call the fissured workplace , the cracks upon which today’s economy largely rest, and it leaves so many without fair wages, a career path, or a safe work environment. And while it’s true that low wage workers — an estimated 29 million people in just 10 industries, according to the U.S.

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Compliance Supply Chain Hotels Insurance 10

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2016

Clinton: To date, Mrs. Clinton has made her marketing bottom line “I’m the woman candidate,” but that has not played well with Sanders supporters and younger voters in general. First off, he is keen to point out (at every possible opportunity) that he is a businessman, as opposed to a career politician. What are your core competencies?

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