N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 305

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

They’re busy having meetings, doing power point presentations but making no improvements in the operation. Great leaders have the wisdom to know what actions are needed and necessary to achieve success. MIT Sloan Management Review (Summer 2003). Some leaders over plan and under execute. Is there a “right” balance?

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Kaplan Planning Review Learning-by-Doing 251

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 13, 2011

The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill (2003) To understand Toyota’s success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker’s explanation of Toyota’s management principles and lean production values have held up.

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Lean Production Books Review Productivity 80

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 16, 2014

Because, in his book, McBean, a successful businessman with four decades of ownership experience, explains the essential Seven Facts of Business Life and the Five Levels of Business Success. McBean explains what needs to be done to create success, how to do it, and when to do it.

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Automotive Open-book Retail Long-term 55

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 29, 2013

Because, in his new book, McBean, a successful businessman with four decades of ownership experience, explains the essential Seven Facts of Business Life and the Five Levels of Business Success. McBean explains what needs to be done to create success, how to do it, and when to do it.

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Books Automotive Review Open-book 64

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Establish roles & responsibilities + discuss what each person ‘brings to the table’ – Understanding the various roles and responsibilities of the team is critical to success. Establish an agenda for managing time to complete the task/meeting – Teams that do better at managing their time achieve better results.

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Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. The Secret of His Success What was it about Wooden that produced such extraordinary success as a student-athlete and then as a coach? .&#

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Follow-up Open-book Learning-by-Doing Hotels 360

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2015

We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) It has little to do with the new, and everything to do with change management. Sharon Drew Morgen is a visionary, original thinker, and thought leader in change management and decision facilitation. How We Learn.

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Training Resistance Learning-by-Doing System 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

What is more important to company success, a strong external focus on customer experiences or an internal focus on effective and efficient operations? But while such customized services used to be enough to compete effectively, these retailers are now finding they need to improve their operational reliability too.

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Customer Intimacy Operations Supply Chain Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2015

We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) It has little to do with the new, and everything to do with change management. Training successfully educates only those who are predisposed to the new material. It's a systems/change problem. How We Learn. How We Learn.

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Training Resistance Learning-by-Doing System 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

The path to success is not always an easy or happy journey. CEO Jason Levesque, a US Army veteran and entrepreneur, founded Argo Marketing in 2003, and has become a widely respected Maine business owner. Management & Leadership business leadership business management Jason Levesque management and leadership strategydriven'

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Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 60

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 21, 2010

RS: How do you find the time and energy to manage two careers – as heart surgeon and Internet marketer? Each heart operation costs around $2,500 to $3,000. Typically, 25% of what my online information business earns will be ear-marked for the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation I set up in 2003. MS: One word.

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Marketing Follow-up Operations eBook 49

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." The ratio of noise to helpful information goes way up too, making it difficult to interpret and manage.

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Management Licensing Crisis Hedge 14

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. The more people develop leadership and followership skills, the more successful they will be. This being the case, followership should be viewed as a role, not a position.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Management is often maligned (sometimes for good reason!), but strong management is an important differentiator in both digital delivery and in aligning that delivery to strategic goals. So what’s the best way to tackle management of digital teams to keep engagement and output high?

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Team Management Software Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

Managers spent a great deal of time on the plant floor watching Norman draw suggestions from the employees while asking questions about the jobs that they were performing. The top management team learned how to structure their time on the factory floor and how to listen. Consider the story of Technicolor.

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Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To overcome these problems, many companies are now using or experimenting with "idea management" software applications. ValuesJam in 2003 gave IBM's workforce the opportunity to redefine the firm's core values for the first time in nearly 100 years. He is currently conducting research with the Lean Enterprise Institute.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

One possible reason is that the financial crisis and the recessionary period that followed have driven corporations to skew their board appointments towards including more risk management and conventional corporate experience, at the expense of more tech-savvy and digital knowledge. in 2003, an all-time high. (Of

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Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In both C suites and boardrooms, discussions about business performance usually center on topics like market momentum, M&A opportunities, capital management, and productivity enhancements. To align and motivate employees to work together, we eliminated all four centers and created one new streamlined operation in New Jersey.

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Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. The real story behind IBM's success is the course Palmisano set for 21st century global enterprises. They listen as well as they speak.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. Organizational success lies in acknowledging the complexity of subjective interpretation and leveraging collective intelligence. However, human cognition is far more complex. References: Bandura, A. Jossey-Bass.

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Open-book Shaw Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Yes, political ties can sometimes improve firms’ chances of success, but not all connections are equally important. By contrast, ties to national government had no effect on either metric of success. They found that ties to local government were associated with higher rates of firm survival as well as, in some cases, increased revenue.

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Politics Metrics Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. At the oil giant BP a few years back, efforts to promote collaboration across the many operating business were so successful that employees over-collaborated. Under-collaboration.

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CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions. Global leaders must be effective in aligning employees around the company's mission and values, empowering people to lead, and collaborating horizontally rather than managing vertically.

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Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

And then we found Alibaba — and it found us — and that connection led to the partnership that ultimately proved to be remarkably successful. This success was built on what we learned from our prior efforts, as well as a resolve to take new risks to do what was necessary to succeed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In 2003, Jim Poss was walking down a Boston street when he noticed a trash vehicle in action. miles per gallon and are among the most expensive vehicles to operate. By applying the solar technology he used at work, Poss envisioned how a new machine might better manage trash. Litter was still all over the street.

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Entrepreneur Self-aware Efficiency Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The result: Employees get confused and cynical (senior management's "flavor of the month"). Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software).

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

What makes such a transformation successful? From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Even more important, it takes management time to align all teams, including those of the acquired businesses, to the transformation initiative.

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Company Chemicals Short-term How To 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Similarly, the probability of small company success is low: On average, only 25% of venture capital–backed startups ever return their invested capital. ” The general impression that small companies are more innovative stems from the fact we see the tremendous success of a handful of former startup companies: Amazon, Google, Apple.

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Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Successful computer hacks now more often than not involve “social engineering,” the modern equivalent of an old-fashioned con. Partly this is an operational capability — how do you quickly shut down avenues through which information is escaping? Leadership is changing — fast.

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Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. Riding network economies to success requires not only getting big fast but also sustaining that size advantage over time.

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Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Another study, in 2003 , found that 35% of 911 calls from long-term-care facilities for patients in cardiac arrest were for patients with preexisting do-not-resuscitate orders. For example, prescription drug monitoring programs , which are electronic state-managed databases, track prescriptions for controlled substances on a real-time basis.

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Health Care Document System Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

To understand how traditional software vendors can move to the SaaS model while managing the transformation’s challenges, we studied how the stock market reacted to publicly listed firms announcing they wanted to introduce a new SaaS offering from 2001 until the end of 2015. increase in stock price on the announcement day.

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Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

If I were successful in my genetic engineering exercise I would no doubt have created a leader who would be driven crazy by emotional and intellectual conflicts. It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful. No single leader can possess every needed attribute.

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Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The insightful companies examine their own backyards… applying the discussions, uncoverings and applicabilities to how they will better manage in the future. Recommendations for crisis management and preparedness as part of macro planning are offered. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving.

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Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 60

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The good news is that most of the people who get to top management positions are smart enough. TQ – Technical/Operational Quotient Top leaders know the business. They have the operational skills to make things happen. Sternberg reports that LQ has a higher correlation (relationship) to success than IQ.

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Agility Leadership Goleman ROI 120

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Crassly put, leaders and managers get knowledge and education while training and skills go to those who do the work. So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. That scares me.

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Training Education Incentives Leadership 8