N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My challenge to you is this…set the chinning bar very high for yourself by reevaluating your goals and objectives to insure that you are on a path towards significance. I concur that it is of no use to sit in judgment of others, and applaud you for the maturity that position displays.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

All the best, Dan [link] Dan Rockwell Mike, When I read this part of the conversation it made me think about the importance of someone who holds out the grand objective with tenacity and won't let others quit until they figured out a way to make it happen. But I will listen. silence) … great then lets move forward.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Insight Center.

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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. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Defy Gravity is every person’s guide to challenging their status quo.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

We often think we’re starting far ahead of where we objectively are and that we’ve arrived when we’re still hundreds of miles from our goal. Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D. They allow you to prove that you’re highly competent at what you do.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Some seek stricter accounting of ROI based on objectively measurable goals and achievements. On a recent trip, he briefed me on his business plan and on the school's operations with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned entrepreneur. Many others simply want a more visceral sense that their dollars are being spent effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? Again, you must keep in mind that for successful interactions to occur, your objective must be in alignment with those you are communicating with. It’s called being prepared and developing a contingency plan.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

All the parts of the organization have to come together and build a common language to discuss their markets and their enterprise. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. Many CEOs expect their next CIO to come from marketing instead of their or another IT shop. The bifurcation of IT and business is a myth.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Certain kinds of objective information cannot come from within your own camp. Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. This does not include marketing, which should be another 10 percent. Accountants.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR. Uber apparently lacked oversight about sexual harassment behavior; it seems far less likely that such oversight would be lacking when it comes to finance.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As I have matured and learned more about both business and life, I have become less economically fearful and defensive. Be objective as to the client’s welfare. Referrals from successful clients are your top marketing tools. * * * This post is by David C. This has made compliance with my no-jerk rule quite a bit easier.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

One of the big challenges for the people leading global sales organizations is figuring out the right way to set pay for for salespeople who work in vastly different countries and markets. Each country has its own market dynamics, business culture, laws, and availability of data for measuring performance.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. And he was considered an expert!

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