N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Visit this… 2 Tweets Gossip in the Workplace | N2Growth Blog By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Gossip in the Workplace…At first blush the [.] I read a Navy Times article by Donnie Horner recently called "Challenges Facing Surface Fleet", posted March 16, 2009. Readers can google it.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 7, 2011

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson makes that cut. It’s chock full of great strategies and ideas – this is not a boring ‘this is my opinion’ self-help book. Candidly, I’m blown away. Go out and buy this book today. Unported License. Unported License.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions.

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JULY 2, 2010

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AUGUST 24, 2010

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. The best leaders are proactive, strategic listeners. What kind of a contract can employers and employees make with each other?

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For instance, a few years ago, research from VU University Amsterdam showed that we tend to have an unconscious bias towards viewing innovation and creativity as a young person’s game. In 2009, which was the final year of the program, there were around 320,000 workers enrolled, or roughly 8% of the population in this age group.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. Do you ever find yourself sitting back and marveling at those leaders who always seem to have the right thing to say?

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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? So much so, that I have really come to cringe every time I hear the word efficiency. Let me ask you a question – Have you become so efficient that you’ve rendered yourself ineffective?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Section III: Strategy. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. Want to find out? If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Any well crafted strategy anticipates obstacles and factors in multiple “ what if &# scenarios. My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. Smart leaders view obstacles as a constant rather than a variable, and incorporate that thinking into their planning.

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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. Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., 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. are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A person could either take several minutes to explain the evolution of technologies, mediums, shift in content paradigms, engagement practices and market dynamics that came together to make the Internet a more valuable and efficient space, or they could just utilize &# social media&# as a descriptive aid to make the connection.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. 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

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. Perhaps the best thing I can share with you about Marshall is that his candor, competency and experience are only equaled by his thoughtfulness and sincerity.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

The goal of a sound brand exposure strategy should be to increase your demand, which in turn allows you to pick and choose your opportunities, which in turn further increases your demand…the goal is not to seek every opportunity in the marketplace, but to have the right opportunities seeking you.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? That is the question. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Ideas need development to become strategies. Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz has shown the need to drive ideas to strategies from the highest levels of the company. So how do you go from idea to strategy ? The development of ideas is not an easy undertaking. This is the primary responsibility of product managers.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Be innovative. You’ll be seen as an innovator and not just someone who goes along with the group. Product management focuses on releasing the right products to the right markets at the right time; set both financial and operational goals for your product line. #4: Be true to yourself and present your own ideas confidently.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. If your employees cannot simply and effectively explain what you do you have problems.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

My premise was that business logic is similar to the logic used in solving mathematical equations - if you attempt to solve a problem out of sequence it will result in a flawed outcome.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

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JULY 8, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I find everything, in my realm on marketing, I get the best advise and insight from Christ. Pete Wilson ( @pwilson ) is considered by many to be one of today’s most visionary leaders. Thanks for this interview, it was very useful Scott [link] mikemyatt Hi Scott: Glad you found the interview useful. Thanks for stopping by Scott.

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