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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

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Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. I Think Not.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

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Those team members who share a commonality of core values will automatically assume “best intentions” in one another vs. assuming “worst intentions” or “motives/agendas.” Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels. From my perspective there is no such thing as a toxic asset.

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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

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At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Bottom line…check your motivations. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. This is the antithesis of true leadership.

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Leaders Returning to their First Love

Great Leadership By Dan

He was motivated to learn how to be a good leader to keep serving more customers. Despite a natural tension between the front of the house and the kitchen (in other industries, that tension is between operations and sales) his retention rate is unusually high, over 80% of employees have been there over five years. His motivation? “I

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

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Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. We'll see how they respond–can they stay 'dumb' and stay ahead.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

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The truth of the matter is that few things have inspired and motivated me over the years like the quiet confidence and humility of great leaders. I would much rather listen to the self-deprecating humor of a confident person making fun of themselves than the mean spirited attacks of an arrogant person waged at someone else’s expense.

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