N2Growth Blog

JUNE 24, 2014

Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. semiconductors (disrupted vacuum tubes).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

I am a HUGE proponent of showing up with genuine curiosity at work. The more experienced I am with something or someone, the harder it is to show up curious. Five Opportunities to Show Up with a Bit More Curiosity at Work. Sales are significantly up in your market month over month. I’m curious if you are too?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

The word active highlights the reality that market leaders rarely freeze up when faced with change; rather, they escalate tried-and-true methods that prove ineffective in a changed context. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company. By 2023, its market cap reached $2.5

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2019

In reflecting on my 18 years as a professional resource in strategy, culture and leadership, I want to share 10 exceptional strategies executives can follow and implement to help survive the challenges of growing a healthy and sustainable organization: Have a good partner. Lock up a good partner who thrives on being the best no.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Uncertainty is neither good nor bad, depending on what we are trying to do and how we are set up. To this end, Rebecca Homkes offers Survive, Reset, Thrive as a playbook to help lead successful strategies through an unprecedented range of market conditions. How do you update and change your strategy for the changing market conditions?

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

Look how much money we’re going to make if we follow our plan (ER: Greed and excitement). This was because the market for mobile games had become more competitive, making it difficult to acquire users cheaply. Yet only one actually brought up the slides on the Zoom call and went through them with me. Our users love our games. (ER:

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

As we waited for our food to arrive, I got up to wash my hands. I followed his strange instructions and when I returned to the table, Jim said, “Of the conversations you heard, how many of them were complaining–about their boss, a co-worker, or a problem at work?”. Walk slowly and catch the bits of conversation you hear.”.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Data Can Speed Up Decisions. Data can help you speed up these decisions and ensure that you’re making the correct choices. If you’re exploring a new market to enter, data can provide you with potential projections about sales and give you an idea of the type of customers within this market. Think about a cave.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Market leaders consistently miss out on great new ideas because they overestimate their market dominance.” Among them are, assume you are incorrect, reward and encourage dissent, study other markets and get outsiders to suggest ideas you might be missing. In fact, 40% of your brain is made up of myelin tissue. What to do?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Following are the results in descending order of importance: Adaptability to change — 60%. So following are my recommendations for points of emphasis if you’re serious about being a more effective leader: Integrity/Character. Organizational/market/self awareness. Organizational/market/self awareness.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

That punch is what gives brands what they most want from their branding, marketing, and advertising — a response. True challengers don’t follow convention. He needed an idea to turn up the volume, and he needed it quickly. An Underdog Nightmare for the Category Leaders. 4 Key Traits of Every Underdog. A challenger strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2023

That means paying close attention and making careful choices about how you show up in every interaction. Here’s an example of this one in use: “It sounds like you’re really frustrated with the lack of response from marketing and that’s sapping your motivation. Treat them with dignity and be trustworthy. Do I have that right?”

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

People who can step up and show others the way. People who take charge, not in an overbearing way, but in a way that inspires others to follow. After all, you can’t be a leader unless others will follow you. Being positive and encouraging inspires your team to want to follow up. Solution Focused.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If the guys are big sports fans in your workplace, you might take the time to read up and follow the teams they like so you can connect on a topic they’re interested in. Nelson Mandela, for example, followed rugby to help him connect with the Robben Island prison warden and guards.) Photo source: freedigitalphotos.net.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When you succeed at something big, was it due to the market, the price, the positioning, the long hours, the social media campaign, the right leadership, the right employees? When the fist bumps are flying it’s easy to get caught up in the glory. Of course your leadership bio makes you sound like a rock star. “Thank you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Use these words, and others like them to foster connection, create clarity, show up a bit more curious, and move the conversation toward resolution. For example: “It sounds like you’re really frustrated with the lack of response from marketing and that’s sapping your motivation. Powerful phrases to show up curious.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” The authors highlight a wide variety of examples of nondisruptive-market-creating innovations to help expand our view of innovation. Look beyond the existing market and environment.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Culture serves as the internal compass for an organization’s fundamental beliefs, how the organization behaves daily, and its level of market performance. Take a bottom-up approach. Culture needs to be top-down directed but then bottom-up created.” Nothing makes up for poor leadership. Lukewarm leadership buy-in.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. a fairly notorious email encryption company both provoking concerns from the NSA but also putting privacy on the map as “the marketing gorilla of the Internet.” Unfortunately.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 29, 2014

I recently sat down with Sarah at a local coffee shop up the street from her boutique, to drink some locally roasted espresso and talk about SaySay Boutique, which she started 10 years ago, and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Pick the right target demo in a crowded market. Portland is an interesting group of wonderful people.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 20, 2020

Although he grew up in poverty, his grandmother—he called her Mama—taught him about stewardship early on. Mama waved for me to come up and sit in the chair with her. He will test you to see if you follow His teachings. He will take you up so high you won’t believe it.” Mama was wound up. You can’t go wrong.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Leadership isn't about you.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

In the text that follows, I’ll provide you with 4 constructs to help you evolve your thinking around digital transformation. The only chance businesses have at longevity, much less sustainability, is to stop trying to play catch-up and get out in front – fast. Remember, bigger isn’t better – better is better.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2023

While digital marketing has emerged as a transitional trend in the branding landscape, some strategies continue to go strong. Let us share a few unspoken rules of mascot marketing that every brand must follow. A mascot that looks like any other is the last thing you need for your marketing campaigns.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

” Follow David on Twitter at @ThoughtPartner. ” Follow Julie on Twitter at @julie_wg. Neal explains: “ Many late bloomers end up as being more successful than your peers. “You’re not caught up in reaching the same milestones in life everyone else you’re age.”- What are necessary change skills?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

They deal with anxiety and health issues that weigh heavily, financial and personal matters that keep them up at night, and a host of other problems that make their day more stressful than needed. ” Follow Marcella on Twitter at @MarcellaBremer. ” Follow Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer. It’s not that difficult to do.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

L EADERS HELP FOLLOWERS find causes worth signing up for—something they can make an emotional investment in. This is the responsibility of leaders, not marketing or the communications department. That highlights the importance of leadership communication.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But it only intensifies something we were already seeing in the world of work: organizations need to adapt constantly to keep up with market dynamics. This kind of workplace demands a different kind of leader: people who follow their inner convictions and passions, and who engage with others in an authentic and open way.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2014

I’m constantly amazed when working inside organizations that the names and examples of such people come up constantly in the conversation. What any great leader has in common with the others, is they all have willing followers. Follow me on Twitter @grantwattie. I would love to hear your comments on this topic.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Vrio Corp has been committed to following market trends and increasing its value proposition through transformation: investing in technology and content aligned with the consumers’ habits, emphasizing the next generation. First of all, there is a follow-up period to ensure a successful outcome. And why is that?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2023

Using high-quality images in your marketing efforts is essential for building trust with your audience and presenting a professional image. Photos are a powerful marketing tool that can help businesses capture the attention of their target audience and effectively communicate their message.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

And then there is the English National Football Team , The Three Lions, made up of the best English national players, including such global superstars as Wayne Rooney and David Beckham (now retired). This year’s 2014 world Cup performance is no exception, despite all the marketing hype and social media frenzy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2024

For example: “I’m hearing that we need to move this project up to deliver this Friday and that we should postpone our work on the marketing effort until next week. Instead, gently correct: “Oh, actually, here’s what’s happening… What questions are coming up for you?” Do I have that right?” “It Listen to what they say.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, when the traits associated with integrity — being authentic, candid, transparent, principled, and consistent — are overweighted without being counterbalanced by the under-weighted dimensions — self-awareness, vulnerability, empathy, compassion, patience, and calm, a person can end up being a bully, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

It manifests in how we act and the behaviors we choose in moments of preparation, interaction, and follow-up. Transforming a really large entity also means reconciling the pace of change in the market with the rate and pace of change the organization can withstand.” We emotionally connect, collaborate, ask, and listen.

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