In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. What is the definition of strategy? Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. So are goals.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

What is the definition of strategy? Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. So are goals.

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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? Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Which hat, or hats do you wear? WORDPRESS! [.] All Rights Reserved

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

They focus on this marketing campaign or that new technology, and lose track of what’s most important. Provide clear direction: One of the key directives for products managers is to provide clear direction to the engineering/development teams. Make customer calls and customer visits often. Know what works.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought. Thanks for stopping by Jesse.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer N2growth Author/Moderator Facebook Twitter LinkedIn You Tube Blog Feed Favorite Posts Dont Negotiate.Facilitate Leadership and Opportunity Leadership & Political Correctness How To Make Great Leadership Decisions Buzzwords Arent All Bad Success vs. Our Freedom.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

What is the definition of strategy? Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Likely true.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

 Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010. Little Big Things Series : #19 Equations - For many of us this is the time of year for planning, budgeting, and setting business strategies for 2011.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. 2 Comments 1 Jen Gresham December 13th, 2010 at 12:00 pm Interesting post. Can we ever admit we are fried, exhausted, done, and not be judged as lacking in mojo, courage, stamina?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. What was most striking was the attitude of everyone. link] 9/11: Heroes and Leaders « The Alpha Elephant [.]

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. Jeff Dyer is the Horace Beesley Distinguished Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School and an adjunct professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Innovation Capital. Moreover, it’s hard.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Productivity plummeted.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you are thinking ahead and you plan to be in business in 3, 5, 10, or 20 years, now is the time to consider your strategy for working with the Millenial Generation. We’ve all heard the stats that certain businesses do not make it past the 12-month or 24-month mark. What are your key phrases for your business?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. No strategy is static. Don’t answer the question with technologies, offerings, or categories.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. By defining the positioning and purpose so well that it is a news story, you have done much of the most important branding, pitching, and promotional thinking early in the strategy. Google your name periodically. Be willing to be scattered.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

in 2010, and has a couple thousand hybrids or EVs on the road now. In the case of these new trucks, UPS worked closely with a supplier, Workhorse, to redesign the trucks “from the ground up,” says Scott Phillippi, UPS’s senior director of maintenance and engineering. FedEx got there early in the U.S.,

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Distraction…A Challenge to Good Leadership → January 5, 2010 · 1:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments When the Grasshopper Teaches the Master My son has been helping me learn more about Social Media. For instance, people of my generation are grappling with the wonders of technology with varying degrees of success.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 31, 2021

Do you remember the image of artificial intelligence you had in 2010? Over the past eleven years, this technology has made great strides in many industrial sectors. The publishers of these spam emails change their strategies regularly. Search Engines. It was not yet anchored in our daily lives. Social Networks.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early weeks we learn that our product won’t stand up to the sanitation requirements of the industry and we’re presented with real engineering problems in design and materials, but these are problems we know how to solve. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you choose to dive into the social media world without a strategy, without understanding how to create social media influence, you will not be pleased with your results. Following are a few tips to help you build influence online: Have a Strategy - If you want to create success and influence using social media you better have a plan.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. link] Bill Wood Okay, I reposted your piece on CEO strategy direction.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. in the most radical technologies. by 66%, manufacturing in Germany employed 22% of the workforce and contributed 21% of GDP in 2010. The truth is: Germany wins hands down.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Previous research has suggested that a primary driver of this job polarization is something called routine-biased technological change (RBTC), an unfortunate mouthful whereby new technologies substitute for repetitive, middle-skill jobs and complement analytical, high-skill jobs. And that’s just what we find.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Great professional achievements are tarnished against a backdrop of personal failure. Be well Gwyn.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

First, develop a strategy for energy security — then stick to it. Clean energy technologies hold great promise for the future. But to reap the benefits, the public and private sectors need to work together and make a sustained commitment to testing and developing the most effective alternative fuel technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

In April 2010, Mars, one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses, embarked on a breakthrough initiative. The insights and the workshops have since influenced how Mars assesses risks and opportunities and develops strategy. Consider the example of Pratt and Whitney, a United Technology company.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Research published by Rosalind Bergemann in 2010 among workers who voluntarily chose to become independent reveals that 74% of respondents cited a lack of employer engagement as their principal reason for leaving. New technologies and services for contingent workers make it easier and less painful to make the choice to go independent.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Over the last decade, Tech Square, the eight-square-block area in Midtown designed to facilitate private and public research ventures, has attracted the corporate research centers of 12 Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, Panasonic, and Coca-Cola, as well as hundreds of small technology startups. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. The strategy of promoting its technology helped Europe win this battle and gather the spoils in growth, profitability, and employment.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

workers say they are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" with their work, according to Gallup''s ongoing study of the American workplace from 2010 through 2012. Understand and communicate, in the C-Suite as well as with the reps, the crucial role played by the sales force in strategy implementation. A stunning 70% of U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? No single leader can possess every needed attribute. ” [link] lightridr Great post, Mike.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The result is underinvestment in infrastructure, education, and technology, all of which could be — but aren’t, Stiglitz says — engines of future American prosperity. That thesis is certainly supported by Henry Blodget's pithy and provocative take on Americans' losing 40% of their net worth between 2007 and 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. Part of the problem may be in the backgrounds that companies desired: 85% of COOs had experience in operations, strategy, or finance. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

While the technology supporting sales process have clearly evolved, the traditional sales strategies proffered by sales gurus 20 or 30 years ago have not kept pace with market needs. They can sniff antiquated selling strategies, and will immediately tune out on presentations not deemed relevant.

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