N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you’re passionate about something it means you care so much that it hurts…Refusing to surrender, and having the ability to make the tough decision or the needed sacrifice, will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

Teaming: The Non-Negotiable Imperative for Founders and Leaders “Not finance. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” – Patrick Lencioni. Teaming eats strategy and finance for lunch. Not strategy.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Not finance, not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and rare.” – Patrick Lencioni. .’” – David Fullerton. Performance more often comes down to a cultural challenge, rather than simply a technical one.” – Lara Hogan.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. Competitive situations create a distinct individual and team behavior.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Again a core that keeps customers loyal & provides a competitive advantage. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. I always appreciate your insights William. Manufacturing, oh yes!

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

The purpose of using the SWOT tool is to uncover or reveal the organization's competitive advantages, and what opportunities (sales, profitability) to capitalize upon. Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Technological (pace and changes in technology).

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. " My days in technology have taught me that you frequently have to ask "why" up to 5 times before you REALLY get the answer.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

However, recent technological advancements and industry shifts have expanded and evolved this role significantly. Today’s CMOs are not just marketers but visionaries who strategically leverage creativity with technology to drive commercial success. It also promotes a collaborative environment conducive to learning and growth.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

The purpose of using the SWOT tool is to uncover or reveal the organization''s competitive advantages, and what opportunities (sales, profitability) to capitalize upon. Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Technological (pace and changes in technology).

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With a clear strategy, inspiring leadership, and aligned sales, powerful leaders understand that true competitive advantage doesn't come from innovation alone but belongs to companies that use their sales organization to add and create value. No product or service can sustain a competitive advantage on its own.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2024

Many businesses face challenges in managing their finances effectively, leading to cash flow problems and reduced profitability. This article will discuss key strategies to help your organization achieve better financial health and competitive advantage in the market. Thank you for reading!

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Despite the diverse range of industries--business, sports, technology, finance, education, and the arts--each of these successful institutions share a common bond: they are world-class industry leaders and have repeatedly outperformed their competition. "At

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. I think that a "game-changer" along the lines you mention may the increasing capacity of companies to create value by advancing the values of their customers and other stakeholders.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Leveraging Technology in Payroll Administration The remarkable progression of technology offers myriad tools designed to overhaul traditional payroll practices, significantly reducing the associated manual workload and potential errors.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. We needed to shift faster to public cloud and new technologies such as IoT, machine learning, SAP Cloud Platform and advanced analytics.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 22, 2012

These include: offering products and services employees or technologies can deliver in the owner’s absence. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Recommended Resource – Finance Without Fear. specializing in doing one thing better than anyone else.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Breaches of data integrity, or BDIs, can damage a company’s reputation, demographic, product or service, or what’s worse, and often the outcome, finances. The good news is, new technologies are enabling a seamless data migration process and ensuring the structure of the data is consistent in the manner it needs to be maintained and accessed.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2019

With VoIP termination taking the telecom industry by storm, and it’s continuing to grow each year, carriers are looking for ways to woo customers by offering a competitive advantage. In the VoIP world, there are two types of pricing models: Paying per user and wholesale pricing. The Wholesale Model.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. With cloud implementation you'll be able to go wherever your business takes you by accessing it from different technologies, too. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. The potential of new technology to fill the gaps in small business lending is high. Finance Small/medium business Technology'

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Technology giants, telcos, and retailers have a long way to go to compete against banks product-for-product and service-for-service, and many believe that regulatory barriers will dampen disruption. Banks possess inherent competitive advantages in the digital world. Competition Finance Innovation'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

It was only a few years ago that Governor Deval Patrick poured some $58 million into the company and their much-lauded breakthrough solar technology (String Ribbon). By focusing on a straightforward insight: truly transformative industrial changes aren't driven by technologies replacing technologies , but by systems replacing systems.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. ” Beyond the skills required to perform specific jobs, technology will also determine which jobs matter most in the years to come. Take insurance, for example.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

But I'm not seeing many organizations able to recognize them — or cultivate their talents to gain a competitive advantage. Whether that deep knowledge is in sales, products, finance, technology, or some area that creates important value for the organization, reverse leaders need to have a specialty.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. When "the core functions of IT — data storage, data processing, and data transport — have become available and affordable to all," he wrote, IT would cease to be a source of competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Cloud computing and other tech developments have drastically cut the cost of founding a company, says Stanford University finance professor Ilya Strebulaev. The new technologies have reduced the expense of building high-tech start-ups by a factor of 10 , a development that has opened up the start-up world to angel investors as never before.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

banks are going to survive the coming wave in financial technology (fintech), they’ll need to finally take digital transformation seriously. Small businesses are starting to demand banking services that have engaging web and mobile user experiences, on par with the technologies they use in their personal lives.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Stay on top of all technological advances pertaining to marketing. Content marketing cannot be done by someone in finance that kinda dabbles in writing. Ensure you are leverage the best of breed solutions to create a technology stack that allows you to execute and manage your content appropriately for your business.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain.

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