N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. His leadership is remarkable! I think the most important one, however, was his comment on 'Self Leadership' I agree 100%. Thanks so much for your comment Bridget.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

As always, I welcome your comments below – I be particularly interested in any examples of effective methods you’ve used to curtail gossip. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Tweets that mention Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog — Topsy.com [.] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mike Henry Sr. and Mike Myatt, Michelle.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I hope you enjoy the list, and that you’ll add these Top Leadership Blogs to your leadership reading list. I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. N2Growth and Stanford Graduate Graduate School of Business are pleased to congratulate those individuals recognized on the 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO List.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership. Thanks Tanmay.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A great example of this would be carving out time in your already too busy schedule to mentor someone in your organization with great potential. Lastly, I’ll leave you with this reminder – leadership is not about how many emails, memos and transmittals are sent under your signature – it’s about relationships, service, and engagement.

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QAspire

JANUARY 15, 2013

Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. What is thought leadership? How does one build thought leadership in his/her area of work? In the following interview, Liz shares her ideas on how authentic thought leadership is established. - – - – -.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Here’s an example…Even in this day and age, it is still not that uncommon to find large corporations and government agencies with IT silos built upon mainframe computing solutions. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Probably the greatest example of the power of brevity comes from what is widely considered to be the greatest speech in American history: “The Gettysburg Address.&# Contrast Lincoln’s brilliant example of the power of brevity with the keynote speech that day. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. Milquetoast leadership is inoculable. Great post Mike!

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. link] Roots of healthy confidence « Leadership Freak [.] Oarabile [link] mikemyatt Solid words of wisdom Oarabile…thanks for sharing. His article got me thinking about this [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Let me give you a great example…It is not at all uncommon for an executive to tell me that his/her business doesn’t really have any competition. What I do vehemently dispute is the assertion that a particular nuance is reasonable justification for flawed business logic to prevail. Thanks again for the comment Mark.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

In this example the hourly rate of a CEO who makes $750k is $375 dollars per hour. For instance, rather than leveraging down to the $100K talent in the example above, if you drive down further to let’s say a $30k individual, you increase your organizational leverage factor by almost another 30%.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It was a pain by then but during the rest of my career that mentality has stuck with me and I found that its always easier comming up with the simple solution in the first place rather than dealing with complex workflows until you have had enough and go back to simplify it. Take Google, for example.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

A specific example of this would be that while a company’s business plan may not change for a number of years, the company’s business model consistently evolve, or may even need to be reengineered to insure the execution of its business plan.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

While I could cite many examples of what I just described, a particularly good one is the use of the phrase “social media.” Tools like email, instant messaging, texting, blogging and micro-blogging are all examples of shortening our communications to leverage speed and time to our advantage. learning » Leadership thinking [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Let me offer just a few examples to help connect the dots: Recording artists that release too many CDs over too short of a time period hurt their own appeal. I’ll close today’s post with a prime example of personal branding overexposure that while a pet-peeve of mine, will certainly draw the ire of many.

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Leadership: Beware of These Nine I’s I wrote earlier about Nine I’s and Great Leadership. Ineffective : Leadership delivers performance. Tip : For a better understanding and correlation, read this post along with my earlier post Nine I’s and Great Leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: In 2006, Disney bought Pixar to boost its struggling Walt Disney Animation Studios unit. Care about people first.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

moravecglobal Here's another example of disconnected leadership and the consequences for, in this case, students, faculty and taxpayers. My suspicion is that your choices have made you an effective leader and one well regarded by your team. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here? In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. I really do think that people mix the two up on a very regular basis.

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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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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

If not, it should…The overly slick professional always makes me want to grab my wallet and run… Let me be transparent and use my personal situation as an example. I actually prefer to play to the middle in that I am neither understated nor overstated, but I am comfortable with who I am and my approach to the market.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Why did American auto-makers lose their once dominant position to their European and Asian counterparts?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. Kevin responded to that comment by saying he doesn’t read for gender, he reads for content. The colour of my skin is merely what I am, not who I am.

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QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days.

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APRIL 9, 2010

You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. With Apple design and user experience as so inextricably linked they are one and the same. Apple isn't simply selling superior functionality, but also a certain style that is communicated through design.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

As an example, the marketing assistant who receives a comparatively small bonus when contrasted to that of a sales person feels that his/her contribution is minimized and feels treated unfairly. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well. Happy Holidays.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Resources indicate that the term “employee relations” started to gain popularity around 2006 when, according to CIDP , the meaning began to shift from the industrial relations understanding of employees as a collective whole , and instead emphasize the focus on individual employees. What Are Some Employee Relations Examples?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Guest post by Bonnie Marcus : I earned my certification as an executive coach in 2006. When companies hired a coach for an executive then, it was primarily because that executive needed some assistance to improve their leadership and management skills; that they weren’t meeting the expectations of their position.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

This was no accident…it took hard work, careful planning, and extreme attention to detail with a focus on execution…This example is exactly how a great customer experience is created. You engage your employees through leadership, coaching and training. An engaged employee leads to engaged customers.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? setting wrong examples? Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Hidden Costs 25 As a business leader, if you think “costs” are only the ones where you spend real money, think again. not treating people well? Loved the theme!

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