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JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Toxic personalities will put a damper on morale, attempt to intimidate and/or manipulate co-workers for personal gain, and can even chase away a company’s best talent. Here’s the thing – leaders who allow toxic personalities to invade their culture put the health of their entire organization at risk.

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APRIL 25, 2010

Ask yourself this question…Who is more loyal; an employee who has been with the company a long time but is an under-performer, or a less tenured employee who always goes the extra mile and consistently exceeds expectations? You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted. Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

As you said in the blog, when we choose to invest in people we may not receive immediate results. It ain't efficient but it sure is effective. Regards, brian @emergentinsight pastortom2022 Great thoughts Mike. The most difficult thing to measure is people results. Someone said "we never get holy living in a hole.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you believe you possess a fully developed competency in a section give yourself 10 points. 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. If you possess no competency whatsoever give yourself 0 points.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? While today’s post is a bit more kumbaya than most, please don’t check out on me because you perceive this topic too gooey and gushy to be relevant. What do you think? Should leaders be more open with their feelings?

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AUGUST 24, 2010

In today’s post I’ll quickly examine the merits of developing your listening skills. Take a moment and reflect back on any great leader that comes to mind…you’ll find that they are very adept at reading between the lines. They have the uncanny ability to understand what is not said, witnessed, or heard.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

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AUGUST 23, 2010

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. However while it may take years of solid decision making to reach the boardroom, it often times only takes one bad decision to fall from the ivory tower.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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JUNE 14, 2010

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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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? I have witnessed company bonuses work marvelously well, and I have seen them create great animosity and discord. That is the question.

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JULY 26, 2010

to Mike Myatt for his blog “Confidence vs. Arrogance.” While arrogance is a display of inferiority complex and sometime for most the men its the little boy within us threatening our confidence due to childhood experience. Oarabile [link] mikemyatt Solid words of wisdom Oarabile…thanks for sharing. link] Tracy E.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. The only thing worse than what I’ve just described is leadership that doesn’t recognize it and/or does nothing about it.

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JULY 11, 2010

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? While it is never too late to begin thinking about finishing well, the simple truth of the matter is that the longer you wait to begin thinking on a significant level, the less significant your legacy will be.”

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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. There seems to be way too much focus on “ me” and not enough focus on “ we” in today’s world. The boss will never go for that.&#

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. link] Sai Bharadwaj Good to know you & this blog. That took me sometime to understand properly… it was such a good reply from an experienced person.

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JUNE 7, 2010

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Frequent readers of this blog can find a veritable plethora of tips on becoming a better and more effective leader. Put another way, not all leaders are created equal. However in the text that follows I’ll address how to spot ineffective leaders by assessing six critical areas of leadership DNA.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

The good news is that there is a cure for all four of the preceding problems: Items one through three can be solved with an emphasis on leadership development and talent management, and item four can be solved by holding the board of directors accountable for CEO performance and firing an apathetic CEO.

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MARCH 31, 2010

While they shouldn’t, the reality is that they most certainly do. and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Remember that all board members are obligated to make decisions that are in the best interests of the company. Set the Chinning Bar High : While rogue CEOs have received most of the media attention in recent history, don’t fool yourself into thinking that rogue board members don’t exist as well.

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APRIL 14, 2010

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Take a sincere interest in the success of others, work on your likability factor, become adept at gaining commitment, develop your authority and control, and have access to things of value or scarcity and your influence with others will increase. Bottom line…Don’t manipulate for personal gain, rather facilitate for mutual benefit.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” Great leaders help people get to a yes - in other words, they teach them how not to receive a no.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Pete is reaching people through not only speaking but through videos, blogs, websites and other social media outlets. I actually go to Cross Point Church in Nashville and I've never had a better experience at a church or with a Pastor! He is easy to talk to and relate to! His leadership is remarkable!

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AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I use it personally and my company has a social media practice area which offers social media services to our clients. In today’s post I’m going to explore responsibility as it relates to social media – the responsibility that comes with living in the real world vs. a perpetual state of virtual reality.

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