N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonprofit organizations often operate in dynamic environments where they must continuously respond to evolving needs and trends. By partnering with a search firm, nonprofits can have confidence that the best candidates will be presented for consideration, hedging against the greatest risk: making the wrong hire.

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Execution Leadership Diversity Long-term 394

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. A close examination of truly great leaders will reveal that, to the one, they all have a strong bias toward action.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 99

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Embrace intuition and alignment, ignore anything that does not enable the achievement of your vision – Your strategic planning must provide a path to full alignment of business operations and the furthering of vision achievement. Anything else amounts to little more than chasing the “next shiny object.”

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Strategy Strategic Planning Span of Control Long-term 150

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Author Kristi Hedges , in her new book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 76

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 29, 2021

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 65

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In addition, real estate offers a hedge against inflation as the value of properties has historically outperformed inflation rates. To start up successfully, your business plan should include factors like financial goals and operational strategy, as well as information on potential customers and competitors.

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Real Estate Entrepreneur Strategy Development 90

HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The greatest change seen is in remote work operations. ThoughtWorks Chief Operating Officer, Saptorsi Hore said that clients have gradually become more comfortable in their support of remote working, and the organization sees a dramatic shift in their expectation of flexibility in post-covid work trends. Remote Work.

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Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 62

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

The researchers suggest that the desire for small firms to move could be because they have a smaller order book that doesn’t allow them to hedge their risk in the way larger firms can. Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters.

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Supply Chain Hedge Credit Risk Bureaucracy 91

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 28, 2017

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 50

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2022

If automation is restricted to Sun Belt states (including Florida, Texas and Arizona)—because the technology may not initially work well in rough weather—about 10% of the operator hours will be affected,” they explain. The data contained information on trucking shipments and the operator hours required to fulfill those shipments.

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Osborne Transportation Operations Hedge 75

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2020

After all, with so many happy customers under your belt, there’s no reason to deprive potential new clients of your skillfully manicured lawns and pristinely trimmed hedges. It’s specifically designed to streamline business operations and improve productivity, whether it’s in servicing current clients or even marketing to new ones.

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Quality Software Efficiency Hedge 74

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Because they have done well, they operate from a point of helping others do the same.

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Mentor Hedge Operations Career 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

This can cover situations such as growing a business (which requires ‘growth capital’ for expansion or development); financing operational changes such as restructuring to make the business more profitable; financing acquisitions of other companies; or delisting a public company in order to give it private status.

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Real Estate Finance Hedge Restructuring 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2018

Because so many of the modern approaches to the any industry is hedging its bets on automation, and with the advent of driverless trucks on the horizon, the average truck driver is, naturally, very concerned about their earning potential. As it stands, the industry looks like it’s going to operate in the same capacity as it ever did.

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Industry Hedge Entrepreneur Bond 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Public companies can have tens, hundreds, or even thousands of individual and institutional shareholders, like mutual fund companies, pension funds, or hedge funds. Now, these shareholders play a crucial role in the business’s financing, operations, governance, and control aspects.

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Management Hedge Finance Efficiency 83

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. Google may not have a hedge fund, but it's unlikely that high IQ hedge funds aren't using Google's data to better manage their own situational awareness and risk.

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Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Freedom Financial recommends entrepreneurs to hedge against that risk by putting time into other ventures, putting money into other investments, or sometimes even maintaining full-time employment. Entrepreneurs have to maintain a delicate balance between focusing on their entrepreneurship efforts and diversifying their income and time.

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Entrepreneur Tips Succession Management 51

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. Tim Ellis/Getty Images. ” Thus, the issue isn’t one of time frames per se.

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Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 12

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. A great insight into how the advertising industry operates combined with enough fictional drama to keep you binge watching those episodes. Set in New York, it tells the story of the U.S. I Give It a Year.

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Entrepreneur Gordon Advertising Supply Chain 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” We’re always looking for ways we can be a positive influence in the markets where we operate. That, I think gets to the heart of what the right culture can do.

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Resources Human Resources Learning-by-Doing Leadership Pipeline 40

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Large investors rely on an assortment of intermediaries to help them with their investment activities, including asset managers, such as hedge funds, investment banks, and consultants. When this happens, the value creation will be substantial.

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Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Plural Investments*, a hedge fund started several years ago, had a problem. When Matt Grossman started Plural Investments, his intention was to harness the best efforts of many smart, creative people rather than just rely on the genius of a single founder, as so many other hedge funds do.

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Power Hedge Chief Operating Officer Kaplan 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

What does it mean to articulate and instill a vision compelling enough to inspire sacrifice, stimulate innovation, and hedge against expediency? Capitalism cannot operate in a social vacuum, and profits and shareholder return can no longer be the only measures of a company's value-add.

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Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

For example, California-based berry producer Driscoll’s has invested extensively in Mexican berry operations because of the year-round availability of high-quality fruit, lower labor costs, and local know-how. They include improving cost management or operational effectiveness in procurement, supply chain, and inventory management.

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Supply Chain Hedge Uncertainty Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

After all, HSBC is not proposing to close its British operations. That, though, is a largely technical issue, because your nominal headquarters need not be your operational one. It probably wouldn't matter much if your operations were really evenly distributed across the world.

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Banking Hedge Globalization Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

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Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It is a risk to business operations and profitability. And sophisticated hedge funds that employ armies of programmers to come up with anything that can give them an edge would have a field day searching for signs of strength or weakness or for any talk of upcoming deals. government has been opened for all to explore.

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Gordon Hedge Public Relations Document 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

There's a beguiling little moment in the financial-crisis documentary Inside Job where hedge fund billionaire George Soros describes the principles of oil tanker design. From the same letter: [N]o company operates in a vacuum. Why did M&T make such out-of-character investments?

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Banking Crisis Letter Hedge 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Research by Cornell University Professor Dr. Alan Hedge reinforces the connection of natural light and employee wellbeing. Dr. Hedge’s recent research study found optimization of natural light in an office significantly improves health and wellness among workers. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Real Estate 15

Real Estate Call Center Hedge Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Beginning with Criticality, they might ask, “How critical is the oil pipeline in Abuja, Nigeria, to the company’s overall operations?” The CSO would rank Criticality like this: 5 – Loss of the pipeline would stop operations. 4 – Loss would reduce operations considerably.

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Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Leaders need to draw up a list of all the bad things that can happen, build cash reserves, hedge, and acquire options, to prepare for the worst. In 1980, IBM managers visited a company called Digital Research to use its CP/M operating system for the new personal computer. He even titled his book Only the Paranoid Survive.

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Hedge Collins Open-book Teamwork 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.

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Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 14