N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

a 12 month project. I now own two small construction companies, I believe this industry could actually change to commission//Salary. As we grow, I will create this type of pay structure. Salary, with the abillity thru bonuses or commissions. Happy Holidays. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The use of a project vision is what many projects are missing. The timescale for a project vision is shorter than at the organizational level, but it should be used to create the future-picture of what the project's results should look like. Thanks for presenting this concept so well. I Think Not.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

link] RLG i2ileadership.org – leadership blog that encourages leaders to live lives of integrity in order to maximize influence [link] James Strock Many thanks for including Serve to Lead, Mike! Mello Weekly Leader ( [link] ) Sea-Fever Consulting LLC ( [link] ) @petermello | @weeklyleader [link] Colby This is awesome. Great post!

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Influencing skills. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. Throughout the program, and in between sessions, participants were assigned projects to lead and had to complete required readings.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) Here I'll just add a couple thoughts. In my case. I Think Not.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 28, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Minutes – a Key to Successful Time Management by Kevin Eikenberry on January 28, 2011 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning , Manage Projects , Personal Development Every leader I talk to tells me they are busy.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2023

Finance is at the very heart of every business! Venturing in Without a Clear Plan Starting a business without a clear plan for your finances is like walking blindfolded. Hence, it is highly advisable to develop a business plan that maps out your business finances, the business model and the nitty gritty involved in its implementation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

What’s the best way to get your passion project moving? ” Next, make a timeline based on what you think you can reasonably accomplish toward your project in the time you have. As you chip away on your project, continue to give your job the attention it needs. Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It is perhaps ridiculous to suggest that economists do what they do only because of the prospect of consulting gigs or think-tank stints. And articles in economics and management journals are more likely to be pro-pay than those in law or finance journals. Economists are human beings, with diverse motivations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it. Thanks for the comment Joe. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

Here are a few possibilities that come to mind for me: · Mistaken Belief #1 – Leading by Example is a 9-5 pursuit I suspect that some leaders make leading by example a project rather than a way of being. Even if we have never been placed in a formal leadership position, we influence those around us simply by being there.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

“It’s very hard to start a new initiative,” says John Butman, author of Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas. “You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The market for behavioral science is specialized and not yet mature, so your go-to consultancy may not have the expertise to advise you. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

After years of helping to make innovation happen as chief communications officer at Steelcase and as a consultant, I have a point of view that I'm willing to bet on. Innovation takes time and costs money so projects that aren't clearly linked to your "why" are especially vulnerable to fail. Don't lose sight of the horizon.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. Yes, it can be self-serving. So what is it?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling. Accountability : Any new ideas should contain accountability provisions. Measurable : Any new ideas being adopted must lead to measurable objectives.

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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. So bosses' attempts at influence can easily backfire in the voting booth.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. Now that the book is available, I’m back to helping consulting clients apply my strategies and dynamic processes to their own businesses. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A consulting friend, Susaan Straus , points to cognitive preference as an important factor. People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. Ive seen this in the organizations where Ive consulted. We all have.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It was yet another two years before Stumpf brought in consultants in 2015 to investigate the full scope of impact on consumers. Instead, he called this an operations and compliance issue, perhaps not realizing that both of those functions influence corporate culture.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

Should you align yourself with the person who has the most influence over your job and career? “It’s like when you were a kid and your parents would fight,” 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

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In one group of teams, influence was aligned with competence: the person who knew the most about the task to be done led the team. We studied 49 teams at a publicly held Dutch company; the teams were auditing finances in search of tax evasion and fraud. That issue comes up in consulting engagements, too. How’d they do?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. Some powerful Iranian institutions are highly suspicious of Western influence. Companies need to confirm that their policies are compliant by consulting with an external sanctions lawyer. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Likely outcomes of the move to cloud include changing how products are designed; closer collaboration between the corporate IT department and other business units, including sales, finance and forecasting; and more customer interaction, even to a point of jointly developing products with their consumers. ” What else needs to change?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

The research project goals were to understand how customers perceive the salespeople they meet with, explore the circumstances that determine which vendor is selected, and learn how different company departments and vertical industries make buying decisions. This suggests that other factors separate the winner from the losers.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Germany’s failure to consult on migration policy resulted in a number of other EU member states resisting demands to follow its stance during the refugee crisis. This coalition would include Germany and the eight northern European member states whose finance ministers began to meet in early 2018 to discuss reforming the Eurozone.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Of course, time is money, and in light of the long selling cycles, creative financing is often the name of the game: banks will sometimes step up to finance part of a firm contract with a large customer.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Competitiveness Project. Third, because individuals with unique skills — from celebrities and sport stars to entrepreneurs, investors, and consultants — could now sell their services on a global scale, inequality soared. Minnesota’s Itasca Project is an excellent example of this approach. In the Minneapolis-St.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. in place, so your product can start earning out.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

I would venture to say that there are literally tens of thousands of consultants and coaches who bill themselves as leadership subject matter experts. When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection. 'Read The Myth of Excellence by Crawford and Matthews several years ago…you capture the best of a great truth aging boomers need to hear and pass along in the years we have left to influence anything at all.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

With that in mind, I’ve combed our recent consulting files to identify four of the most effective practices that help the women we coach become more politically savvy. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Communication Influence' Get yourself an agent.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

The recent boom in auto-analytics, or "self-tracking," or "self quantification" has been playing out mostly as a consumer trend — as something we do during our leisure time to become more deliberate about personal fitness, finances, or diet. See here for an excellent list of 500 auto-analytic tools.) Physiological systems" experiments.

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