N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. Lastly, I’ll leave you with this reminder – leadership is not about how many emails, memos and transmittals are sent under your signature – it’s about relationships, service, and engagement. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Put rather simplistically, a business model is the system that defines what creates value, generates growth, and increases revenue and profit within your organization. The primary advantage that a business model has over any number of other strategic frameworks lies in the fluidity of its inherently dynamic nature.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

moravecglobal Here's another example of disconnected leadership and the consequences for, in this case, students, faculty and taxpayers. My suspicion is that your choices have made you an effective leader and one well regarded by your team. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn. Have they been fudging their research for years?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue. Happy Holidays. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core. As an example, Look at Apple!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

You engage your employees through leadership, coaching and training. Or if they do-more times than not, it’s impersonal and relies on a rating system-not the feedback itself. Without proper vision, communication, feedback , training and recognition employees will continue to deliver what they feel is appropriate.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. Then we look for tools and systems to manage those relationships and expand our capacity for more relationships, and they can add an additional layer of complexity. link] davidburkus Good post.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What is the Best Leadership Blog of 2010? by Kevin Eikenberry on November 15, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning That is the question we want you to help us answer! Why This Eleven?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

I have had the privilege of building innovative social service programs for at-risk children and families. Initiated at a brainstorming session with four of my colleagues, COI began implementing services in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2007 with a collaborative team of eight community, faith, and professional organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

working with one of our business partners was installing an electronic security system in the Pentagon window that was struck. Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. Here's link to a post of mine a couple of years ago: Dan Nigro, Rick Rescorla and the Leadership Lessons of 9/11 [link].

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Within each episode, Maria Bartiromo and a distinguished panel of guests discuss what it takes to be an innovation leader.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston. Governor’s Conference for Women.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The HR Digest talked to Quita Highsmith to discuss the essential role of HR in building a culture of agility, innovation, and engagement. We believe that diversity is more than good for business – it’s good for scientific innovation. The HR Digest: What are the non-negotiable parts of Genentech’s company culture?

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Here are a few reasons I could think of: Checklist can be a progressive database of your knowledge on building certain type of systems. People get blinded so much by checklist that they stop innovating, experimenting and learning. From a management and leadership standpoint, broad-level checklists can be helpful.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

IBM then approached Microsoft to also develop the second generation of personal computer operating systems with GUI (Graphical User Interface) screens so IBM could sell more personal computers. In 2007, I jumped in the pool with my cell phone in a pocket of my swim suit causing me to buy a new mobile phone. John Agno: Ask the Coach.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

His blog, Leading Blog , won our first Best of Leadership Blogs competition in 2007, has been nominated in other years and is a finalist again this year. ( Have you voted yet ?) And that we all possess the capacity of leadership, but only those who cultivate it will ever become truly effective leaders.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Contemporary information systems are blind to many of the key drivers of productivity and have consistently failed in their quest to integrate the diverse operations of a company. Concerns for legacy systems and the defense of historical practices must not be allowed to limit the capacity for people to work together effectively.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2014

The spark of innovation, the passionate drive to excel is gone from the leadership team and workforce. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 20 – System Approval by the CEO. Sales may be stagnate or declining. Consider leaving a comment!

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 6, 2009

I recently learned about a new System Design program at Cornell University structured to help you master the skills to take your products to a successful launch. As eCornell’s marketing agency, we partnered with them to launch a new Systems Design program. What problems have you faced when trying to launch a new product?

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

After hearing it I started to break it down to see if I could come up with a new statement for Lead on Purpose readers: Feedback: The word feedback is a technical term meaning “a mechanism, process or signal that is looped back to control a system within itself.&# There is a lot of truth to that statement.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

Edwards Deming’s discussion on truly understanding the needs of customers and also Russell Ackoff’s ideas on seeking solutions by looking at the larger containing system. Often innovative solutions can be found if you expand the scope of what you see as the system. Dr. Deming talked about these same ideas.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Features of the blog: The success of Lead on Purpose comes from its focus on the need for strong leadership principles. The Product Management Perspective applies the leadership principles taught (in a given post) to product management. Therefore, they need to be leaders and do it on purpose.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service. Strategic Planning execution innovation leadership strategy' Never take the blame.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

To flourish in today’s business environment, organizations and individuals need to transition from the outdated Alpha system to the fast-growing Beta paradigm. The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2007, I was advising the credit union industry of America, reminding them that their upcoming 100th anniversary in 2009 would provide outreach opportunities for chapter members around the country. Change is innovative. University of Texas System, 50th. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Today’s C-level executives understand peripheral management of their critical applications, data systems, and shared services is not an effective, efficient, secure, or financially-feasible effort and require more robust, permanent solutions for assimilation into their BPM. Knowledge workers are businesses’ source of innovations.

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CO2

AUGUST 8, 2010

— David Whyte from Where Many Rivers Meet ©2007 Many Rivers Press We can have faith that tomorrow will come or we can resist that temptation. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). But I have no faith myself I refuse it even the smallest entry.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks and I hope you enjoy the summit… Share and Enjoy: View Comments pinto philip Topic : Next Generation leadership -> How has leadership evolved with changing times , how has the styles changed , why is servant leadership more relevant in todays world. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Our job was to come up with innovative ideas to move our country forward and for that we needed the space to think and be creative. We redesigned the national subsidy system and put the country on a better economic path.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan. Suppressing Innovation.

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