N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The sad thing is they don’t just exist on the golf course… My bottom line is this…real leaders don’t accept mediocrity - they constantly seek improvement. Know the type?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Of course his well-honed empathic sense also enabled him to read the situation and determine was was called for. Lincoln suffered so many setbacks and defeats over the course of his life that humility, empathy and forgiveness became instinctual to him. As such he was able to employ humility and confidence when and as needed.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A leader’s message has a direct impact on their personal and corporate brand equity, how they manage a crisis, marketing initiatives, investor relations, press and public relations, team building and employee engagement, and virtually any other mission critical area of chief executive responsibility. Thanks for sharing Peter.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

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

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

While there are of course exceptions to the rule — e.g. a hole in the wall restaurant with fantastic food can be a hit — if your design is haphazard, outdated or otherwise not up to snuff this will have a negative impact to at least some of your potential buyers.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My goal is to simply help them leverage their success into becoming significant individuals over the course of our dealings. My clients usually tend to be successful individuals prior to finding me.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Of course traits like poor character/lack of integrity probably don't get changed through any deliberate practice. There is much research written about “deliberate practice”- a specific and detailed process that enables the leader to identify the new behavior and practice it in a way that leads to sustainable change.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Interaction : Along the lines of number one above, if executives, management, and staff don’t proactively seek your advice and input then you have a respect problem. Either way they lose…Great leaders value the opinions of their team whether or not said views happen to be in concurrence with their own beliefs.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 5, 2011

Although business schools have traditionally excelled at teaching "hard skills" like finance and accounting, those skills become less relevant as an employee ascends the corporate ladder and moves away from crunching numbers to overseeing employees, as companies like Google are discovering.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. A study by Leadership IQ showed that 23% of board members questioned were willing to tolerate bad news and significant course corrections by the CEO. Ideally you're going where no one has been yet, so fall down, get up, and get on with it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Of course, back in the 60s people stood around and watched a woman get raped and murdered, and they did nothing. What if it was college kids fresh off of a NOLS course? People don't know how to really relate, and I don't blame online for that. I blame poor real world training. Too much where fakeness is rewarded.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Well, then you might need to do what Louis Gerstner did for IBM and first plug up the holes below the waterline and then set a new course entirely and create a new vision. Strategy and tactics might need to be adjusted as we proceed, but the vision should remain as a beacon. And if the light to the beacon goes out? the chicken or the egg?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., I don't care who you are, what your title is, or what season of life you're in, we all need to subject ourselves to critical evaluation to insure that we're not wandering off course.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Of course it would, except for one huge problem…In the face of conflict, dissension, threats, or controversy, people tend to go default to denial, justification and rationalization. link] Dr Sarah Morris Political correctness panders to the needs of the ego – which of course is rooted in fear. Have a great evening Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The essence of managing cognitive bias is to realize that it is unavoidable, it is an essential part of being human." Just my opinion of course. However they they proceed to argue for elimination of same. [.] " [link] Diversity & Leadership « wdywft's Blog [.]

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth As much as some people won’t want to hear this, “ help &# is not a dirty word.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

That insight changed my perspective on leadership and set the course for my career as a leader and teacher of leadership. I find this is a negative trait of social media in particular – it's ok to "be you" as long as you don't have any strong convictions of faith (of course, unless it's about Mac of PC!

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Regardless of the medium, you’ll rarely find influential people who don’t recognize the value of staying the course. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target. While there are exceptions to every rule, don’t expect overnight success.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Of course this is why the Apsotle Paul writes that a leader should lead their home well as it's a reflection of how they will lead the church. From what I have observed with your son's they both seem to be winning the battle – of course it never hurts to have a great example to follow:).

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Once we release Gravity, we focus on finding our true value, mapping that to realistic market opportunities, create a flight plan (including waypoints to manage progress) and away we go! Of course, there’s the speaking engagements and the next book, and a book on the side that’ s more personal in nature.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Too often, people are either promoted or end up in the top position without the training, experience, and character that allow for effective management and strategic vision. Perhaps it was a single decision to accept or reject something, or perhaps a series of events leading to a distinct stance or course of action.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired Kerri Nowak I greatly appreciated this post! Any manager or supervisor that showed any leadership or aggressiveness was immediately dismissed. https://www.managers.org.uk/practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

link] Michael Hyatt Mike is right, of course, there are more than five. " Perhaps if the culture is both diverse and inclusive and management's actions are not based on "being like us," showing articles of faith is not a problem. By then, the world has changed! link] Michael Hyatt Thanks, for your kind words.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. It’s true that reading must be expedient to fit into the crazy days we all engage:-). Have you also noticed that prolific readers seem to stay open to views on opposite sides of issues.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Some people never really liked school in the first place, sitting still at a desk for hours on end or suffering through what seemed to be impractical courses. As we age, though, learning isn’t simply about earning degrees or attending storied institutions. Have you ever sat in a quiet place and finished a great novel in one sitting?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” Of course, it’s not easy to rethink your professional path in middle age, when you’ve likely got a number of nonnegotiable commitments to consider — maybe a mortgage, a spouse or partner who has their own career, and children in school. . ” With this in mind, over time, Joel changed his management style.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

Firms in this segment have many more “moving parts” than start-up companies – systems connected to other systems, more layers of management through which bad news in the field must travel, etc. As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. Later that year, Dave’s got $2.1

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Not a bad idea, of course. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Of course, this is the ideal description of any person at your company. You've decided to start a business but believe that you'd be (much) better off with co-founders. Different operational skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Lazear went on to describe how economists, with the University of Chicago's Gary Becker leading the way , had been running roughshod over the other social sciences — using economic tools to study crime, the family, accounting, corporate management, and countless other not strictly economic topics.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

The agencies' big profits are of course enabled by the special authority granted by government regulators, foundation bylaws, and the like. It enacted some modest reforms in 2006 that were intended to make it easier for ratings agencies outside the big three to qualify as NSRSOs ( several have , but they haven't really cracked the oligopoly).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In a 2011 study management teams exhibiting a wider range of educational and work backgrounds produced more-innovative products. In a 2006 study of mock juries, for example, when black people were added to the jury, white jurors processed the case facts more carefully and deliberated more effectively.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

These are typically specific, functional abilities like project management, web development, financial analysis — or advisory skills that come from years of experience. Some people do best when they have a manager to answer to or structure to their days. But over the 2006 Christmas holiday, she finally decided to take the leap.

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