Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 1, 2014

The Ten Surprises, which I started doing in 1986, has been a defining product. Do the numbers crunching in the early phase of your career. Short-cuts can be construed as sloppiness, a career killer. The goal of life is to be a happy person and the right job is essential to that. Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Deb Costello I currently work in a culture that believes that providing a bonus creates an unnecessary hierachical structure, an us and them that is counter productive to the collaborative structure of our work environment. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. True influence is rarely built upon the backs of others, but rather by helping others achieve their goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Let me begin clearly stating that it is not my goal to be perceived as a word-basher. In 140 characters or less, elections are influenced, news is being broken, relationships are being created and expanded, brands are being built, trust is being build, influence is being generated, and products & services are being sold.

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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. He began his career at the U.S. The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. While new to Verizon, her contribution is already being felt.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As such it is concerned with how to gain people’s commitment to the achievement of an organization’s business goals and objectives in a number of different situations.” These relationships affect a lot of different factors, from employee satisfaction to their productivity within the workplace.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

He had a CEO of his own ego that kept him focused on the larger goals and visions – those that exceeded self-interest. link] mikemyatt Hi Stan: Just having the goal of becoming more humble is a great start. On a more serious note, I find Abraham Lincoln to be the poster child for that rare balance of humility and confidence.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

If you approach problematic relationships from the perspective of taking the action that will help others best achieve their goals, you will find few obstacles will stand in your way with regard to resolving conflict. The Importance Factor : Don’t allow yourself to get sucked into succumbing to conflict for the sake of conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

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. Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. A leader whose focus is on serving others will find it difficult to wander off course.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization. It is absolutely possible to build very productive relationships with even the most adversarial of individuals.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

This is because most CRM platforms measure customer interactions solely upon product purchase history and preferences. As should be obvious, this set of metrics is biased not only to product centric data, but also toward historical data, and does not take into account experience or forward looking trends & preferences.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here? is who they are going to put in charge?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

WRONG …The simple truth of the matter is that the time needed to attain performance goals varies depending among other things the age, size and competitive positioning of the company, the industry, sector and vertical, etc.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

My premise was that business logic is similar to the logic used in solving mathematical equations - if you attempt to solve a problem out of sequence it will result in a flawed outcome.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

And when they don't deliver, or deliver an inferior product because it is beyond their scope, or capabilities, it further erodes the relationships with other departments, managers and each other. Trust, in turn, is the product of two components: Integrity and Ability. You ask how people feel when they get told no.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution I suggest you exercise extreme caution.

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

We develop our products and services in line with the demands of our customers. Bottom line : Pursuing excellence is a worthy goal. It is driven by external demands. We implement best practices in line with industry standards. We write our processes to get certified against a certain standard. Defining them clearly is important.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

" My goal is to use the tools to help people engage their world, not disengage. I want to help us check in, and be more productive when we do. As with most things in life, even the most productive behaviors taken to an extreme can quickly turn into destructive practices. Thanks for the reminder. Your points are well taken.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

When leaders are absolutely clear of their vision, goals and the means to attain those, they can simplify things a great deal. Simplicity within a team is a product of leading them well. Simplicity stems from clarity of purpose. People never have to wonder what’s on a leader’s mind.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

I believe the hierarchy begins with the mission and values at the top, loyalty to those will ensure a team working with passion toward common goals, next on the list is the organization itself, and finally to the leader. link] mikemyatt Hi Joel: Thanks for your comment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 21, 2016

Your actions should address only what affects individual performance and productivity. Specify the needed corrections, a timeline for requested improvement, and offer assistance to help them meet their goals. This means that you should limit your intervention to what applies to the professional atmosphere of the office.

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QAspire

AUGUST 29, 2010

Instead what I believe and follow is that one should work for betterment of project / product. That’s when you donate for the purpose of making a product more matured. And according to me that comes when you work for the Product / Project and not with an idea of My work OR Their (boss / company) work.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

What are you so busy doing that you don’t have time to build better relationships with precisely those individuals and groups who can help you achieve your goals and objectives? Social Media is no different than anything else in life in that you get out of it what you put into it.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

However the goal is not to do it quickly, it's to do it well. That said, they'll still likely require some editing for context and topics of a sensitive nature. Here's the thing, blogging takes time…it is a commitment.

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

So, quality is a moving target – each time a customer comes back to you, you need to deliver similar or better quality (of products, services and experience), you need to demonstrate improvement, care enough about them, stay on top of market trends and keep changing the rules of the game (innovation). Thanks for the comment!

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

The last post of June emphasized on importance of enjoying the process of achieving our goals. My post “ 15 ideas To Ensure That Trainings Effectively Deliver Value ” was featured in HR Carnival over at i4cp PRoductivity Blog - along with a host of other brilliant posts on talent management, general HR, managerial advice and career advice.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

An excerpt: The purpose of any quality management system is to build a quality oriented culture (internal goal) and deliver exceptional value for money to customers (external goal). In a knowledge-intensive business environment, people deliver services and products, not machines. Great people deliver great services.

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QAspire

JULY 29, 2010

Bonus : If you are a project manager, reading “ 5 Goals Every Project Manager Should Aspire to Achieve ” at CIO.com by Jason Westland would help. Apart from the quality of product, the perception of value has a lot to do with the overall experience of client when dealing with you. Have a wonderful Friday! Check out #4 there!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. This year Noah received his heart. My CEO, Rex Hammond.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Alignment of each team member to goal/results leads to a flat structure where role of a leader is that of an enabler. Have a very productive week ahead! - - - - - P.S: But that does not mean they treat others as ‘their’ subordinates. It always helps to explain this to your people and align them to a cause.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However it is my opinion that diversity is not being addressed properly, and as a result has become one of the leading killers of corporate productivity. The issues of diversity in business when handled properly can be catalysts for growth. Let’s start with a reality check…there is no doubt that we live in a diverse world.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 12, 2021

More transparency—I can vividly remember being so much younger and daydreaming every now and then about what I would be like when I was somewhere in my 60s and in the twilight of a long and eventful career: First — I would absolutely be the sort of person that people would not hesitate for a second to approach and ask for advice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Regardless of where you are in your life and your career, I can promise you one thing; you will consistently be faced with challenges and obstacles along the way. With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it. My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Your goal is to weed out the superfluous and to make your words count. While you can accomplish this by being disingenuous, that is not the goal. When you truly focus more on what you leave behind than what you take away you will have accomplished the goal.

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