N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Always operate from the belief that you can always grow and get better as a leader and as a person. I've seen John in person at few of our conferences teaching leadership to us and I am really do admired the knowledge and wisdom he gained. Hope I can attend one of his conferences on leadership. Leaders are learners.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Day one of the conference was headlined by a highly esteemed group of speakers who didn’t give me nearly what I had hoped for – While there were a few shining stars, and some great sound bites, I wasn’t challenged nearly as much as I hoped to be.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Today's climate of employee dissatisfaction, distrust, and disengagement, as reported in numerous surveys conducted by organizations ranging from the Conference Board to Gallup and human resource consulting firms, will surely keep Scott Adams in Dilbert ideas for years. They might dearly wish you'd vote for their favorite candidate.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Great communicators can tailor a message such that they can speak to 10 people in a conference room or 1,000 people in an auditorium and have them feel as if you were speaking directly to each one of them as an individual. Speak to groups as individuals : Leaders don’t always have the luxury of speaking to individuals in an intimate setting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The daughter of a senior corporate executive, she had all the right tickets including an MBA from a top school and several years of experience with a prestigious management consulting firm. Smart as a whip, she possessed impressive analytical skills and a tremendous drive to produce results.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2019

There are over 32 million small businesses operating in the US. With insufficient capital to hand, it won’t be operational for long. For that reason, it’s vital that small businesses squeeze as much money as possible from operations. However, many small businesses are operated straight out of the family home.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

As innovation consultant Pete Maulik told me, “It’s time to switch from here they come to this is how we’re going to win.” Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. That’s an enormous mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

She hired a consultant and a contractor, who found structural obstacles that were expensive to address. They were both naïve to think that creating a high-expense, polished operation would automatically enhance their business. The costs soon proved much greater than expected. This would have helped them avoid a cash crunch.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

As the officers and men are not permitted to visit their wives and families, I ought not to see my esposita — as it might make the men feel that I consult my own comfort regardless of theirs.&# How times have changed! Still, there’s the example of great leaders for those who have “ears to hear&#.Ron

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

It sounds like your conference offers a great message to those in need of hearing it. For C1400 this is not a style as much as some areas for reflection ( they call it a “code&# ) and are Awareness, Focus, Creativity, Integrity, Perseverance and Service. Understanding how I related to each of those helped me see what else was possible.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

. “It’s probably a frustration you haven’t had for a while — and if you’re a relatively new manager, you might not have ever experienced this before,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

As a full-time consultant on working-parent issues, I’ve seen this dynamic play out time and time again. But now our meetings consist of working moms and dads sitting awkwardly in a conference room, talking about how hard it all is. 2) There’s no template for it. No playbook, no best practices, no roadmap to success.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Most leaders practice some aspects of the following representative leadership styles: authoritative, analytical, charismatic, emotional, intuitive, opportunistic, servant, benevolent, instructional, collaborative, delegatory, inspirational, consultative, visionary, coaching, and democratic. Which type of leader are you?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Nando Parrado - Nando was the only speaker at the conference to receive a standing ovation, but this is not why I ranked him #1. PS In case your wondering, yes, both of the recap videos contain our original footage which was shot, produced and uploaded on the fly while attending the conference. Love to receive your thoughts.

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