N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Well actually, no it’s not. All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Miller Mike, In this speed-at-all-costs world we've created, there is a complete lack of Plan B. Smart leaders will do everything in their power to keep a decreae in velocity from becoming a self imposed adversary due to a lack of contingency planning.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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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. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Recognition takes no skill and costs nothing. Let’s see how many leadership characteristics we can come up with that require no talent… Related Post : Leadership Basics Share and Enjoy: View Comments pastortom2022 Fantastic post Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost. 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

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Show me someone who hasn’t made a bad decision and I’ll show you someone who is either not being honest, or someone who avoids decisioning at all costs, which by the way, constitutes a bad decision. Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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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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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? Let me ask you a question – Have you become so efficient that you’ve rendered yourself ineffective? Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? I Think Not.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. They resist at all costs letting that dreaded public display of compassion slip out. A leader whose focus is on serving others will find it difficult to wander off course.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. If so sorry about that.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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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. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core.

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OCTOBER 28, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Unfortunately I’m not kidding - if your business isn’t one of the deep pocketed companies capable of executing a strategy like the one mentioned above, then you must understand how to cost effectively appropriate and deploy your resources & talent in a manner that still produces results.

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CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2010

They look for innovative approaches (like the Remarkable Leadership Learning System ). If you are looking for a cost effective and quick way to deliver targeted leadership skills training in your organization, this is a great tool. Many approaches are taken. They buy books (like Remarkable Leadership ).

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 4, 2010

This is an opportunity to learn from top experts at no cost. Tagged as: online events , teleseminars { 1 comment… read it below or add one } leadership development October 5, 2010 at 2:49 am Great post! And no specific time to log or tune in because you’ll have access to each expert interview for a full 24 hours.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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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

AUGUST 22, 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? Have they been fudging their research for years? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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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. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. In most cases the answer is no it’s not…however this is often times exactly how the decision is made. That’s about it. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In fact, look no further than the current business innovations to seek validation for my assertions. 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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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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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. 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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JULY 6, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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OCTOBER 22, 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? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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