N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. link] ATIG We must rethink the leadership tactic !!!! Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). That said, the way to minimize the impact of discrimination is not through bureaucratic mandates or by playing the diversity card – these tactics increase the diversity gap and heighten resentment.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Integration and Innovation Abound – According to the report, 30% of the S&P 100 companies include some oversight of diversity issues at the board level and 34% of companies include diversity measures within their compensation plans. Calvert released the first edition of Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling in September 2008.

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Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Main Page 25 Tips to Selling in a Recession RSS Feed 25 Tips to Selling in a Recession By Rajesh Setty on Sun 30 Nov 2008, 10:53 AM - View Comments I have always believed that everyone is always selling – whether they are in the profession of sales or not.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santander has also done a good job at leveraging its promising position, by embarking on a number of aggressive acquisitions since 2008. While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K.,

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

While I might spend a bit of time evaluating the most efficient strategy for getting to the other side of said wall, it will ultimately be my focus on the tactical execution of conquering the challenge that will determine my success. A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. On with the interview… Mike Myatt: For our readers not familiar with your background, could you give us a brief Bio?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The case illustrates how information technology, innovatively, insightfully and courageously deployed, can change the structure of an industry.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. Double your ratio of questions to statements. Don’t waste time trying to be successful, spend time being useful. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While it is sometimes necessary to “Shock and Awe” this tactic should be reserved as a last resort. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development. Avon was one of the few companies to chart growth during the 2008-2009 recession. Still skeptical? Then take a look at the hard numbers.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. You make an excellent case for cultural innovation and leadership. Sounds like an interesting event and line up. I could see anyone of them serving as the foundation for a great video. As always I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks Mark.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Most advertising agencies with creative treatments and marketing campaigns. These are useful tactics but aren’t the kind of strategic narrative you are looking for. As an example, between 2008 and 2015, IBM organized its marketing under the shared purpose of “Building a Smarter Planet.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Since 2008, P&G has promised to contribute a portion of the sale of every pack of Pampers during the fourth quarter toward a vaccine against neonatal tetanus. Pampers is now one of UNICEF's largest corporate donors, yet the campaign has delivered year-on-year growth for P&G's brand even in its toughest markets.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

In 2008, RIM tried to match the new competitor. When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Those specific tactics are important, but they all must come in the context of your organization. And, unless those tactics are connected to these strategies they may look and feel like gimmicks to your team – and at best, have short term impact. Start with the strategies listed above.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2008, I was designing advertising products at Google. You can supercharge this tactic by agreeing to block your calendar as a team. In fact, a little conflict often inspires learning and innovation, especially on diverse, thoughtful teams. JUSTIN TALLIS/Getty Images. Block as a team. Don’t expect consensus.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Despite the claims of those that support certification, I do not believe those with certification will be paid more than those without it and I do not believe the market will be fooled into believing that certification is a substitute for experience and wisdom. It is about getting the result the client wants. Here is my bottom line take.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Like YouTube in 2006 and Facebook in 2008 , 2012 will go down as the year that online polling joined telephone polling as part of our electoral process. But in this election all but the die-hards made room for online polling, just as marketing teams have now near-universally gone social. Embracing the inevitable.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

All the perks and benefits in the world won’t cause a company to thrive if not governed by sound core values, which have been wrapped into a vision that can be strategically and tactically implemented. Business should be fun. Culture is important – it is very important.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and clichéd attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in decisioning is a weakness, and that quick decisions are somehow synonymous with reckless decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

They were afraid to innovate, and they got away from being a real labor movement to being business unions administering contracts. But increasingly unions today understand that and are innovating. We aren’t going to get fundamental social change without a revitalization of an innovative labor movement.

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