N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. This periodic thought processes is a good reminder that I don't want to get myself into the same trap M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Agility and experimentation beat planning and process in times of dramatic change. Note that I didn’t present these ideas as a 13 step process. The best leaders aim higher than simply capturing data.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. It's what we know that just isn't so that holds us back the most. Be willing to do well what most people won't do at all. Deliberate practice over time is what separates the great performers from the great pretenders. I needed to hear that.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process. You might also enjoy a post which address the more human side of the hiring process: [link].

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 11, 2022

There were also numerous suggestions that the financial crisis of 2008 wouldn’t have happened with more female leaders in charge. But we now have strong evidence that after the process of selection into bureaucratic professions has taken place, women tend to be significantly less corrupt,” the authors conclude.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. Think about it…when was the last time you viewed a negative soundbite of a CEO who was engaged in active listening?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Tenured organizations also tend to embrace comfort zones and are often built upon the “DITWLY&# (Did It That Way Last Year) principle.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. If you want to become a true standout as opposed to someone who has great potential my message is simple – become very intentional about bringing discipline to every area of your life.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. link] mikemyatt Well said Tanveer.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Here’s a two-part process you can use to be intentional about strengthening your working relationship with these individuals. How we feel about people has a impact on trust and cooperation. Research has shown that Emotional Connections affect the amount of effort people put in their work up to four times as much as Rational Connections.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Does your organization focus more on process than success? Are any of your executives thought leaders?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

As one significant example, in 2008, while personally leading substantial organizational change that ultimately resulted in 14 staff redundancies, my practice of Fullan’s approach enabled a breakthrough in service delivery configuration way different to any previous models. Of course, we all know that change is messy.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The findings emerged after an analysis of biomedical studies published between 1980 and 2008 in the MEDLINE database. The researchers focused their attention on influential new ideas and used natural language processing to discover words and phrases that represent new ideas in the database.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking. Great businesses are dynamic, fluid, vibrant and ever changing.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. As much as most companies don’t want to admit this, it is highly unlikely that you have anyone in your organization that has great leadership attitude and aptitude that hasn’t already been identified.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2018

It may be of interest mostly to me because I am in the process of implementing some of this in a business. In 2008, I was granted a patent on it. This process is what I call “Human-Focused Design,” as opposed to “Function-Focused Design.” This process is what I call “Human-Focused Design,” as opposed to “Function-Focused Design.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. That said, changing behavior really only requires one thing – the willingness to do so. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process. It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I do it one “D” at a time: Discover (what is important or of value to my customer), Decide (what their experience will look like), Deliver (what I set as their expectation) and Do It Again (it’s an ongoing process that changes and improves with feedback). It’s an ongoing process that is never complete.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

There is much research written about “deliberate practice”- a specific and detailed process that enables the leader to identify the new behavior and practice it in a way that leads to sustainable change. Of course traits like poor character/lack of integrity probably don't get changed through any deliberate practice.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 1, 2019

Taking care of business in Kirkuk, Iraq, 2008. The longer it takes to accept the feedback, the more painful the process and the longer it takes to improve. Even though I’ve all but forgotten my initial trip to the recruiter’s office, some things will stick with me for life. Here is a small sample of my lessons learned.

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Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Founded in 2008, NewRez has grown into one of the leading mortgage lenders in the United States. NewRez simplifies the FHA loan application process, making home ownership more accessible to a wider audience. Streamlined Processes Shell point’s efficient processes ensure that borrowers receive the support they need promptly.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. Processes are categorized by a Business Cycle (end to end business process) which are “owned&# by a majority of non-financial senior leaders. The CFO owns a couple. All Rights Reserved.

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Processes (and improvement) are seen as costs. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. They treat processes and improvement as an investment in future. Same challenges show up in each project. The end result?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 24, 2010

Here is an article about President Obama’s decision-making process and here is the Rolling Stone magazine article entitled “The Runaway General&# that brings General McChrystal’s character into question. President Obama’s recent action to replace General Stanley McChrystal is an excellent example.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

In addition to planning new goals, you can also improve the process in which you achieve them. What also helps is, before you plan for the coming week, is to reflect on the week just past to evaluate if you’ve achieved the goals you’ve set for yourself.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

In hiring, Zappos has developed a process to identify individuals who have both competence and character that fits a healthy work culture. Not only will you learn about Hsieh’s thinking, you’ll see how he puts ideas into action. Hsieh and his colleagues at Zappos have made culture their top priority. why is everyone smiling?

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