N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose. Take Facebook or Twitter.

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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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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

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

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

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. And many young leaders lose focus on the team goal and focus on either being popular with their team or following the rules. is who they are going to put in charge? Great reminder Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill.

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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

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

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. As always, I welcome your comments below… Share and Enjoy: View Comments myersk Agree.

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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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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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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Christy Pambianchi, CHRO at Verizon (NYSE: VZ) : With more than $130 Billion in revenue and more than 140,000 employees worldwide, Christy leads a category dominant company with an ever-expanding portfolio of product and service offerings. While new to Verizon, her contribution is already being felt. Affiliates.

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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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DECEMBER 16, 2010

I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. In other words, instead of viewing this as something to be kept under her control, she reaches out the parents to help participate in succeeding to reach a goal they both share – of helping their child learn how to read. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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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. When you force the diversity agenda for the wrong reasons (no matter how well intended) productivity suffers and resentment grows.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The more partners, sympathizers, champions, allies, supporters, enablers, influencers, advisers, mentors, friends, and family you have helping you succeed, the faster you will achieve your goals. The opposite characteristic – narcissism, as expected, kills morale, decreases engagement and ultimately lowers productivity and end results.

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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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JULY 20, 2010

They need to know where they want to take their people (that comes from having knowledge, goals, and/or beliefs therefore is developed). Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made?

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it. People who lauded the praises of his triumphant ascent said, “You’ve conquered the mountain,&# and Sir Hillary said, “No, I’ve conquered myself.&#

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JULY 7, 2010

I also understand all the more why your hierarchy works compared to other ones that place, say goals, first. " (Mike Myatt, 1988) [link] Scott Gould "Faith in business simply places core values where they should be in the hierarchy of leadership principles" Totally – this is SO good. Thanks for this Mike.

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JUNE 11, 2010

In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute. The good news is, your new commitment to listening will help you achieve your goal of producing better content. I will be looking out for more good articles from you.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

If you want to boost the productivity of your organization’s human capital, you also have to deploy those high performers effectively — put them to work so they can deliver the results they’re capable of. The team transformed Gap’s products and stores and helped the company grow faster than any other retail brand at the time.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

The abridged version is that Palmisano and then-CFO Mark Loughridge came up with what they called the “investor model” or the “road map” — a strategic plan complete with multi-year goals for investment, revenue growth, and earnings growth that they asked investors to judge them by. Communication Finance Getting buy-in'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

The use of pain killers increased by 50% from 2006 to 2012 and one recent estimate put the cost of physical pain on the U.S. Asking poor people to think about their finances impairs their cognitive performance, while the rich show no change. The United States is in a pain crisis.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It’s because you don’t get it…It’s not about you, your company, your products or your services. Isn't it amazing how the "sophistication" of the sales process has so polluted the real goal of serving the customer? It’s because you’re talking and not listening.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

It was a problem regardless of brand, formula, or product — until Atis set her sights on solving it once and for all. In 2006, when the company launched a new line of foundations intended to address a wider variety of skin tones, Atis saw that they still didn’t measure up. Atis created a rich ecosystem around her idea.

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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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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Bottom line…good advisors make things happen and get things done at the behest of their clients for the purpose of enabling the accomplishment of anything ranging from a single task to a lifelong goal.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Hyperspecialization can be far more productive than current approaches for organizing knowledge work and can also ease talent shortages. But we thought the resulting productivity gains would broadly benefit all participants in the global economy. In addition, it promises to be a boon to workers in developing countries.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

I’ve only just learnt recently about effectively breaking down vision -> mission -> objectives -> goals -> strategy -> tactics Looking at this, I’d see that culture is at the bottom here – underneath strategy. As a non-advidsor to CEOs there is much I am learning from you!

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Perfectionists tend to be very busy, but rarely are they productive. While I encourage my team to do their best to make sure we have covered everything before we launch a new product, I would rather get the product to market and make a few small "improvements" than get beat to the punch. Thanks for the encouragement.

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MAY 17, 2010

Spare me the slick info-product sales people, and give me authentic, professional practitioners of the art and science of leadership. Consultant training directs the completion of certain skills assessments and a line of questioning that is designed to result in a predictable product; A great leader.

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