N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Although knowledge workers may know more about what they are doing than their managers do and have years of education and experience, they rarely know how to effectively influence up. To influence upper management and convert good ideas into meaningful action, follow these 10 guidelines: 1. Even the best of leaders are human.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 5, 2011

Knowledge workers can be defined as people who know more about what they are doing than their managers do. In some cases, these decision makers may be immediate or upper managers – in other cases they may be peers or cross-organizational colleagues. Present a realistic “cost-benefit” analysis of your ideas – don’t just sell benefits.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The United States has thousands of workforce development and training programs, run by the public, social, and private sectors. Conducting an accurate cost-benefit analysis requires a holistic approach, one that incorporates costs and job placement and also accounts for how participants are doing after they leave the program.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

But there are more subtle benefits: forests also clean our water and coastal wetlands and reefs provide natural defense from storms and floods. They can help us manage rainwater and wastewater. Is it cost competitive? Most obviously, we get all our food, minerals, and metals from the ground, and forests provide wood and oxygen.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

If businesses are to continue using personal data to create value for themselves and for their customers, they will need to manage it as carefully as they would money, in four key ways. Understand how regulation alters the data cost-benefit analysis. Manage brand reputation by engaging with data rating agencies.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

So what can companies do to help their employees develop healthy habits while traveling? Employers can also provide their business travelers training in a variety of stress management approaches and sleep hygiene techniques. We suggest a combination of employee education and improvements in employer policies around travel.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Fran Melmed is the founder of context , a communication and change management consulting firm. However, look at these findings through the lens of a cost-benefit analysis. The costs associated with regularly participating in walking meetings are next to nil. Sounds like a recipe for a sedentary workday, right?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Do a cost/benefit analysis. Focus on the benefits of developing the skill, not on your boss’s wrongdoings. Breaks in trust are infuriating and hurtful, but they don’t entitle you to flame out, throw a fit, or stomp around rolling your eyes. Try to keep the steam from coming out of your ears.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. This information helps you better manage your monthly cash flow. ” Milestone payments not only help you manage your cash flow, they are “also a tool for communication,” she says. Don’t: Work informally.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Business leaders are beginning to recognize that how people manage their emotions matters to their society’s economy. The 2014 Skoll World Economic Forum’s vision for 21 st century education called for the development of skills like initiative, persistence, adaptability, leadership, and global citizenship.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even in countries that are economically-developed and progressive, like Australia, homosexuality has only been decriminalized since 1997, and marriage equality was just legalized in December of last year. Coming out is a constant cost-benefit analysis and requires weighing different risks.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

This enables organizations to develop a competitive advantage. As humans, we often make a decision a second but re quire weeks, months, and maybe even years for management approval. This enables competition and removes barriers to entry by lower switching costs. Apply a cost benefit analysis.

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