N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. Jettisoned employees are finding that their hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place. Organizations train people. None of these assumptions apply today.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. Do people in your organization laugh at new ideas?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Bennett Organizations working on raising awareness of inclusiveness and why it is essential for businesses to survive are well served by advocacy programming. This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. Culture shift is very difficult and ambiguous.

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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

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., Business models must be designed with great care at the outset, but they must also be fluid in order to react to changing market conditions and avoid becoming stagnant. are also not business models.

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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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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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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Product management — at every level — is a leadership role within the organization. Product marketing helps product management understand how the product will be received.

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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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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. 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. Thanks for sharing Dan.

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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

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. Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. Would love to teach my staff this lesson with your permission. I would like to add one. Your post are always eye-opening.

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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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Women on Business

DECEMBER 21, 2010

So, in keeping in this spirit and following those much wiser than me, I offer to you today a holiday gift that I hope will help with your marketing in 2011. 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

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Transferring influence is truly a force multiplier and a key to building a successful organization. link] #30Thursday Post Number Nine (Yes it’s fine!) | Musings on Marketing and Other Morsels [.] What are some ways that influence can be possessed by my leadership staff? link] mikemyatt Hi David: Your question is a good one.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill? We are refreshing our values in our organization which enhances our vision and mission.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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. It is vital for women who have achieved success in their careers to help other women. Oh, and by the way. Maybe now’s the time. What do you think? Please share!

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

They imply authority (or lack thereof) within an organization. Leader, on the other hand, implies someone who’s out in front setting the direction for a group or an an organization. The owner makes sure his product meets market needs. I think about the things I manage (personal finances, household, a team of people).

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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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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

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Series Part I Why do organizations offer flexibility? Leadership Partnership and Business Possibilities Clearing out the old to make way for the new. Healthcare and Women One of the most well-run and informative meetings I went.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

When she tried to get back on the job market after 7 years, Aguilera says “a headhunter said that there was nothing he could do for me.” Cathy Curtis—who pilots her own investment advisory firm specializing in the finances of women out of the San Francisco Bay Area—made the personal choice to “go it alone” and become her “own boss”.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Describe how the work you do benefits the organization and your boss or department in particular. State up front that you enjoy working with him/her and love the organization and are interested in new opportunities to rise to the next level. Write out your value proposition and accomplishments.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Great leaders possess the ability to create a vision for the organizations they lead. While your character will be tested often as a leader, great leaders no there is no substitute for the truth. Section II: Vision. Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

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. Thus, I think the question we're not asking is: How do we align interests and needs in the organization, as leaders? A blog post?

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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

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

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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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

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Personality of the brand manager is crucial because your values determine your approach to your personal brand and that of the organization your are heading. Oarabile Hi Mike I guess this is true and you have said it very well. but again brand without strategy is difficult to manage. Thanks Oarabile nobilify Interesting post Mike.

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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

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.&# We are committed to designing smart marketing strategies – not the flashiest or most complex. Want to buy one?”

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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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