N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. They also play a crucial role in shaping a culture of efficiency guiding teams through periods of change and growth. Financial Acumen: Managing budgets and resources efficiently.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity. The long-term is sacrificed for the short-term. Quantitative measurements do help people manage more efficiently. Impressive. His findings?

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nurturing investments leads to lasting growth and stability, surpassing the fleeting advantages of short-term thinking. Prioritize health such as regular exercise, mindfulness and meditation, and nutritious eating habits, to pave the way for a better quality of life in the long term. Health and wellness? Financial investments?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

The authors believe that companies and investors in every part of the world should take a look at Africa and its place in their long-term growth strategy because Africa is a 1.2-billion-person Building Resilience for the Long Term: A long-term view will be necessary to ride out short-term volatility.

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How To Long-term Short-term Business Model 308

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives.

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Books Long-term Leadership Short-term 371

N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

Their efforts represent a transformative approach to business that acknowledges the importance of balancing short-term financial gains with long-term ecological responsibility. This involves integrating sustainable practices into daily operations, decision-making, and long-term planning.

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Innovation Execution Strategy Long-term 248

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Authenticity can do a lot of the heaving lifting for you in terms of building trust and confidence. The self-aware leaders create a better, more efficient culture and happier teams. Vanderbloemen : The short answer is “all of them.” Quick response time in business and relationships is almost always beneficial.

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Books Self-aware Leadership Agility 150

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It was the most efficient way to build the momentum of the Industrial Revolution. What he needed was people to consistently perform in an efficient manner. He clarifies: In short, the right balance of doing and thinking drives learning. A manufacturing environment lends itself to this kind of structure. No variations.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2014

Though it may be a longer distance to travel, that tack is nonetheless the most efficient course. The problem emerges when people don’t understand the difference between strategic objectives and short-term tactical responses. For example, they tack to the northeast, and as a result increase their Velocity.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It means creating a dynamic team excited to drive the organization forward, energized by new challenges, and aligned with the company’s long-term vision. Conversely, organizational strategy provides the roadmap for achieving business objectives and long-term aspirations. The magic happens where succession planning meets this roadmap.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Here are seven toxic behaviors that have no place in effective leadership and why eliminating them is essential for long-term success. Manipulative leaders may achieve short-term results, but they do so at the cost of long-term loyalty and morale.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. It was “slash and burn” our way to a “profitable exit” over a very short term.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Neurological Shortcuts Our brains are designed to be efficient. We tend to make decisions that get short-term results, not realizing that certain choices can fix us to the path we are on and reduce our future potential. This can cause us to miss opportunities and resist change, especially in areas where we have expertise.

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Handbook Creativity Resistance Open-book 385

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 21, 2021

While there is growing public support for such measures, a new study from the University of Cambridge reminds us that the impact may be significant on poorer families and small businesses, who may be less able to cope with short-term cost increases.

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Short-term Policies Cost Energy 89

Rich Gee Group

JULY 15, 2014

It creates some frustration in the short term, but saves you huge amounts of time and makes people feel more important in the long term. Of course, I’d rather someone ask me questions so they can figure out how to do things on their own, effectively, and efficiently too. The employee cried and wailed.

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Management Short-term Leadership Motivation 323

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Ambiguity is a condition we sink into because it is automatic and it provides short-term benefits that manifest in a number of ways. The short-term benefits of ambiguous organizational behaviors come at enormous long-term cost. As John Lennon wrote in the song “Strawberry Fields Forever,”.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Hence, responsible business practices improve reputation and efficiency, ensuring long-term viability. Furthermore, ethical governance underpins the company’s reputation and communal trust—essential elements for long-term sustainability. A commitment to ethical practices is pivotal in ensuring corporate success.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The CEO also balances immediate needs with long-term goals, transforming strategic ideas into actions everyone can support. A negative environment affects daily operations and hampers long-term growth and success. Every CEO’s impact is most visible in company decision-making.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It takes a systematic, process driven approach to maintain high levels of focus on a consistent long-term basis. Tactical Business Plans : I like to keep things to the short strokes. Simple, practical, efficient…just the way I like it. Like most good things in life, focus doesn’t usually happen by osmosis.

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Power Tactics Short-term Long-term 292

Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

In business, the adage "penny wise and pound foolish" often describes a short-sighted approach to cost management that undermines long-term success. However, this short-term focus can lead to long-term losses. By leading this shift, HR professionals can empower their teams and drive positive organizational change.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2024

Their mainstay in an organization is often short-term, positioned to navigate businesses through tumultuous times. Successful interim executives possess distinct qualities that enable them to efficiently and professionally carry out significant tasks. Key among these is adaptability.

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Crisis Management Crisis Environment Execution 243

Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

Some focus on short-term goals and on deepening their depth of knowledge in their domain of interest. Others have a long-term vision that enables them to differentiate various patterns and see how these will help them succeed. Both perspectives are limiting. Let crisis spark an epiphany and change your outlook.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It’s about more than only the outcome: how the result was attained in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and collaboration is equally important. A job well done deserves a well-meant, short-and-sweet compliment. Performance feedback entails it all: information on how and how well a task has been executed.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Smart business then, is when all participants involved in achieving a common goal are coordinated in an online network and use machine-learning technology to efficiently leverage data in real time to generate relevant responses. The business model is efficient and responsive. Yet the customer has the product in 7 to 10 days.

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Business Model Technology Retail Learning-by-Doing 264

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A lot of companies think of adaptability through short term measures like overhauling organization structure, changing the product strategy, putting new processes in place or bringing new talent. Authors define adaptability as: Adaptability is the ability to learn flexibly and efficiently and to apply that knowledge across situations.

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Short-term Tactics McKinsey Long-term 172

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

It is not enough to simply rely on traditional recruitment methods such as an outdated database or ‘Rolodex-based’ model and ‘long-list/short-list’ format; a more strategic and iterative approach is required to ensure that the most relevant (and often less obvious) talent is accounted for and the role is filled with expediency.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 5, 2017

I believe that leaders have an obligation to work efficiently and effectively so that others do the same, creating a virtuous cycle of simplicity. They need to envision how a simpler company will be more efficient, productive, and profitable. Leaders operating in a simplicity mindset short-circuit those complaints.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

While D&I practices are good in the long run, they might cause some short-term problems. They found that companies with high D&I ratings had bigger drops in efficiency after the pandemic hit. In simple terms, while diversity and inclusion are important, they might slow companies down at first. ” .

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 4, 2017

That we move beyond simply evaluating our leadership in terms of various established metrics like goal achievement, productivity, and efficiency ratings, in order to ask ourselves what seeds are we planting in the hearts and minds of those we lead? And this, of course, is what makes these achievements extraordinary.

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Leadership Short-term Long-term Learning-by-Doing 271

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Here we bring you a few learning and development trends for 2022 to help companies introduce impactful and efficient training programs. Imparting training in such a scenario will be difficult in terms of platform/device compatibility, Internet connectivity, employee distraction/focus, fixing rotas and time management.

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Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In that short time Lisa and I spent waiting for Eric and his team to arrive, my relationship with her changed from someone who I grew accustomed to avoiding, to someone I was interested in learning more about, and who I was glad to have the opportunity to engage and connect with.

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Short-term Conference Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 279

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Here are ten top C-level business tools I’ve used successfully, along with short summaries of each (with links!): resource) Business Process Reengineering (BPR): A methodology that redesigns and optimizes business processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It takes a systematic, process driven approach to maintain high levels of focus on a consistent long-term basis. Tactical Business Plans : I like to keep things to the short strokes. Simple, practical, efficient…just the way I like it. Like most good things in life, focus doesn’t usually happen by osmosis.

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Power Tactics Short-term Long-term 250

Lead Change Blog

JULY 11, 2019

Back in 1905, Max Weber introduced the concept of bureaucratic management with its impersonal rules, rigid requirements, command-and-control hierarchy, and machine-like focus on efficiency. A dogmatist will change the topic, give short answers, or ignore what’s said. Do I see the world in terms of black or white?

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Short-term Learning-by-Doing Long-term Follow-up 278

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It creates frustration in the short term, but saves you huge amounts of time and makes people feel more important in the long term. Of course, I'd rather someone ask me questions so they can figure out how to do things on their own, effectively, and efficiently too. And the quiet ones. Learn to delegate.

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Management Short-term Micromanagement Long-term 195

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For that reason, having regular team catchups that cover “check-ins’ that are both personal and professional can be highly efficient. Because we often run short of time, it is easy to prioritize more immediate issues, but ultimately such choices are bound to backfire. Jumping directly and only on purely professional aspects (e.g.,

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Execution Banking Bond Diversity 387

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 2, 2017

Share what you have in mind in terms of goals for our department, and then have the humility to ask us what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing from your thinking. Also, periodically set aside time for us as a group to think about ways to improve our collective work by becoming more efficient by increasing productivity and reducing cost.

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