N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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JULY 8, 2010

Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. That said, changing behavior really only requires one thing – the willingness to do so. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

His hard work and diligence is evident in both his commitment and the success of his ministry. I find everything, in my realm on marketing, I get the best advise and insight from Christ. Pete makes some really great points throughout the interview and I think you highlighted a few of my favorites. Thanks for stopping by Jennifer.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Here’s the thing…you really don’t need to work too hard to identify leaders within an organization – they are the ones taking on the greatest levels of responsibility and delivering on their commitments. I agree that actions speak louder than words and lead by example is a great way to generate committed followers.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Commitment, passion, attention to detail, discipline, service above self, honor, integrity, perseverance, compassion, the ability to both lead and follow, to execute with precision, and the ability to adapt, improvise, and overcome are representative traits possessed by successful military leaders.

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APRIL 14, 2010

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re not committed, passionate and intentional in your focus on something besides yourself, you might be in a leadership role, but you’re not a leader. In the text that follows I’ll examine the softer sides of leadership – love, compassion, humility, kindness and empathy.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. Successful leaders focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Post frequency is an often debated topic, but how often you post isn’t as important as meeting whatever commitment you make, and doing so with quality content. Like most things in life worth doing, blogging takes commitment and effort. Here's the thing, blogging takes time…it is a commitment. Great post!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The statesman keeps commitments, is motivated by service above and beyond self, and by making a lasting difference. The politician makes promises and is motivated by pride, ego, notoriety and personal success. The typical politician spews tired rhetoric while lining their pockets, and has little hope for becoming significant.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and follow-through on your commitments.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

No emotional commitment at all. Ultimately we all want to say yes. It makes our lives easier to just give in, and give people (or children) what they want. There is no arguing, reasoning, memos, crying etc.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. Rather, a team is a commitment to work together despite differences of opinion. Parenting (done well) and leadership have much in common.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

We’ll never take their commitment lightly. God bless this country and forgive us if we ever fail to remember. Roy Atkinson I think we all learned some lessons about the courage and honor of our first responders. I was driving to my office when I heard a sketchy report of a “small plane&# hitting the WTC. My thoughts raced.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I'm glad you were able to tell his story so others can see what the fruit of one man's commitment can produce. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. link] mikemyatt Hi William: Thanks for sharing all the great work Ben has done.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

To be clear, being balanced doesn't mean that you're not committed, not sold-out, not passionate – it just means you apply filters to your efforts to insure that passions are productive and healthy; not imbalanced. link] mikemyatt Thanks Scott – I appreciate your observations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

And as you so astutely pointed out, even highly developed individuals who fail to lead with commitment and passion will not likely maximize their effectiveness as a leader. It is my believe that we are born leaders but we don't rise to leadership as a result of that potential but out of our commitment to it.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Commitment - While technology is a natural accelerant helping to catalyze new opportunities and extend relationships, creating trust and influence will still take time.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Respect and trust are earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment or influence. Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It is simply wrong to value your workplace commitments over your family commitments – moreover it’s not necessary. A related challenge your article brings to mind: the notion of a "balanced" life may not mean that at any given time one's time and other resources are committed in a balanced way. You are the best!

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

This sharing speaks much of your generosity and commitment to raising the bar in leadership that our world truly deserves. Please know that you are impacting much in the development of leaders in the Philippines, especially my colleagues in the People Management Association of the Philippines to whom I recommended must follow you. More power!

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JUNE 17, 2010

In today’s blog post I’ll attempt to paint the portrait of the perfect leader… So, what traits would my perfect leader possess? It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

The old model — get a job, earn money, pay back — is being replaced by an earlier commitment to change. Finally, innovation in the financial markets are funding novel approaches to address these problems. In 2006, Khan launched Khan Academy to deliver “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.”

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. link] Diploma in Digital Marketing Qualification – MMC Learning | Digital Marketing [.] Social Media Marketing an hour a day – Dave Evens 7.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

What do leaders dop to provide a safe environment for people to explore, test, try, fail, learn, review, try again etc.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. The functional model of organization dates back to the 1850s.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

An employee is unjustly treated badly, leaves the job upset at the end of the day, on the way home commits road-rage, gets home, kicks the dog, fights with the wife, scolds the kids and causes total misery in the neighborhood.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

Walmart's principal problems appear to be largely reputation-related: a phenomenon that has cost the company millions in wasted PR consulting fees and possibly billions in lost, potential market capitalization over the last decade. However, more recent actions in the long-standing gender discrimination case against the company (i.e.,

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York has grown by almost 65%. Many small businesses don’t require the sort of financing required by firms in pursuit of s-curve growth. Not focused on new marketing campaigns. It takes longer to raise money.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Michael Hyatt : My commitment to modeling the behavior I expect in others. Michael Hyatt : The idea that they have to have all the answers. The more humble and transparent a leader is, the more effective he or she will be. Mike Myatt : What do you see as your greatest strength as a leader? Michael Hyatt : I am too trusting. Trust is good.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. As a $3 million baker in Milwaukie, OR, the firm had already outgrown the capacity of its 15,000-square-foot bakery by 2006. million in financing for a new 50,000-square-foot bakery, which opened in 2008.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. Different operational skills. Total honesty.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. The result was the Booking.com platform.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Yellen, whose first workday as chair ( the Senate confirmed her as “chairman,” but the Fed seems committed to leaving the “man” out ) is today, got her PhD at Yale. He, like Greenspan, believed that the market set a rational price on mortgage securities, so why waste a lot of time parsing balance sheets?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The academic study of strategy took a big leap forward in the 1970s when Michael Porter of HBS looked at earlier economic research on industry structure and noticed that market power — which economists wanted to minimize — was the same thing as sustained profitability, which corporate executives wanted to maximize. Corporate finance?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Perhaps, but the problem with glory hounds is that they take opportunities away from those who deserve them, muddy the waters for undiscerning consumers, and serve to create unnecessary havoc in a market not in need of such distractions. Personal branding is far more than an ego-play; it is smart business assuming it is done properly.

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