N2Growth Blog

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. They are the ones that put the needs of others, as well as the needs of the organization, ahead of their own.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously. Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking. A blog post?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. Organizations train people. Longevity was a sign of employer-employee relations; turnover was a sign of dysfunction. None of these assumptions apply today. moravecglobal continue. Neither employer nor employee has a future obligation to the other.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Listening to the negative self talk is sabotaging your career and can very well stand between you and a promotion. Has it every dawned on you to be proactive and take control of your career? Describe how the work you do benefits the organization and your boss or department in particular.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It is vital for women who have achieved success in their careers to help other women. In order to reach the critical mass needed to impact the cultures of organizations, women who have made it, or are higher up on the organization chart, must lend a hand. Oh, and by the way. Maybe now’s the time. What do you think?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The Institute’s Opportunities Board is a place for organizations to list … N2 is a proud member of the IED Blogs, Social Networks and Recommended Sites N2growth Blog The N2growth Blog is provides C-suite executives and entrepreneurs with practical commentary and advice on how to grow their revenue, talent and brand.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. A great example of this would be carving out time in your already too busy schedule to mentor someone in your organization with great potential.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

It is the ability to stay mentally focused on achieving the mission at hand, regardless of circumstances, that will help you take your organization to that next level. A warrior’s heart has served my family well in both business and life in general.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group , a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. Remember, you are always walking and others are always watching.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Series Part I Why do organizations offer flexibility? Business - Business- Business. Successful accomplishment of. The Business Case for Building Flexible Work Cultures- Series Part II Why are these strategies key to a business case for.

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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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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

What sites do you recommend for finding financing for small businesses? FTC and Other Organizations Aim to Help Business Owners Get Loans Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at. Hat tip to businessjournals.com for this story.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 4, 2011

In fact, those that have the tendency to feel guilt are more likely to assist colleagues, are more committed to their organizations, and are perceived by their peers as strong leaders. The guilt-leaners are also proven to be less stressed than their co-workers and have higher job satisfaction. Believe it?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Focus on driving-down the most complex tasks to the lowest levels of the organization, and then leverage with talent, capital and technology while avoiding the creation of margin eroding dependencies. The moral of this story is that while sophistication and complexity often go hand-in-hand, they don’t have to be synonymous.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It makes me nauteous to get mired in a ton of details and administrative activities – believe me, I’ve tried to get more organized on my own at ton of times over the years and well… I just can’t putt! Without them, we’re sunk!

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Through the blog, I have met with many former career women—from all over the world—who fear they ‘threw it away in their forties’ to become mothers, and can never make it back as the prodigal daughters of business. FTC and Other Organizations Aim to Help Business Owners Get Loans Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It is a tool that allows you to keep all of your marketing activities organized so you can implement systematically. Click here for your free download of the Red Zone Marketing Action Plan template that we use with clients to help plan, visualize and hold everyone accountable for marketing activities.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Vision is the core of culture, and without it organizations will never move beyond mediocrity – if they get that far. I'd add that a good vision isn't just the leader or the organization. It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

After little ones step out beyond their first organization, the family, they are all required to enter the school organization. So it is with all organizations. They, as we did, bring with them the patterns of behavior learned for security and survival. The patterns of learning in most schools come from our European roots.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

One of the first things you need to understand as a CEO is what your time is worth relative to others in the organization. The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

I’m often regarded as a thought leader, but I don’t run an organization, and don’t have any desire to. When you’re the boss your suggestions become orders, all your jokes are funny, and the higher you climb in an organization the more your ego gets stroked. Marshall Goldsmith : Not to be a leader. Not everyone should be a leader.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 23, 2010

It allows an IRA holder who is 70 1/2 (and therefore must start withdrawing RMDs from his IRA) to contribute up to $100,000 in IRA assets to a charitable organization without paying taxes on the distribution. In addition, the donor doesn’t get a deduction for the gift made to charity as he would with other gifts.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Figure out how to deliver what you promise to your customers ( Deliver ) Everyone in the organization is responsible for delivering these experiences. Discover ) First of all, you need to discover what your target customers find to be of value and which of those values drive them into buying and even further into being loyal.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Turns out a friend of hers who worked at the company told her that the organization has churned through over 20 account managers in five years. About a year before I left my C-suite role in Corp America, I had a very strong intuition that I needed to move careers to work on something that would be more meaningful for me. 500,000 can.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Yet, the question as I talked with women in the Purdue leadership program is still the age old one of how to balance it all; career, family, community, and time for oneself. Earhart is a model for so many women who have broken the mold with their can do attitude. This is when the patterns generations old of being a pleaser or martyr show up.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

Achieving Career Success as a Woman in a Male Dominated Field Guest post by Suzanne Doyle-Morris (learn more about Suzanne at. Related posts: 4 Tools for Successful Lead Generation Guest post by Amanda Mitchell (learn more about Amanda at. When is the Right Time To Do What You Want? Guest post by Anna Dworaczynska (learn more about Anna at.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Leaders that wait until a problem occurs to deal with it place themselves and their organization at a huge strategic disadvantage. Any well crafted strategy anticipates obstacles and factors in multiple “ what if &# scenarios. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.)

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

I strongly suggest that whomever is doing the hiring within your organization utilize a values based recruiting model. Never oversell the company, but rather disclose all the problems and weaknesses of the organization so that the candidate can make a good decision that won’t later be unwound by inconsistent messaging or practices.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Organizations would be well served to move past the infatuation with beauty contests and look for real strength in the areas that matter. What we’re experiencing today is too much form over substance – leaders lacking in foundation, but replete with social/political savvy.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I can promise you one thing…If as a leader you don’t have a clear read on the pulse of your organization, it won’t have a healty pulse for very long. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: It sounds as if there is no "disconnect" in your organization. " Great article. Marlyn Fantastic and right on Mike.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Proceeds from all the books help support Spinal Muscular Atrophy research and Canine Companions for Independence, a nonprofit organization that provides highly trained assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities free of charge. Book sales have contributed more than $600,000 to these charities.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

“My way or the highway&# leadership styles don’t play well in today’s world, will result in a fractured culture, and ultimately a non-productive organization. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. You must get your employees to engage.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

For more information on how you can utilize interns in your business or organization, check out my friends Julie Braun and Michelle Demers, the Dynamic Duo of Super Interns, and make sure to download their free ebook “251 Super Internship Projects.” I have also heard good things about www.internship.com.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

In organizations, for example, when we have researched workplace leadership styles, women tend to excel in listening, empathizing and sharing information, while men often stand out in short-term decision making, direct communication and curbing their emotions. But that hardly means that the style of women is in any way inferior.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. 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.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Sinek says, “All the great and inspiring leaders and organizations in the world, whether it’s Apple, or Martin Luther King or the Wright brothers – they all think, act and communicate the exact same way.&# The way we challenge the status quo is by making our products beautifully designed, simple to use and user friendly.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m always amazed at the number of organizations that charge sub-par leaders with mission critical tasks and then wonder why they failed to meet their objectives. Furthermore, in well run organizations you can determine which initiatives are most important to the enterprise by examining which leaders are tasked to what initiatives.

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