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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. Our Freedom.

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Leadership Interview: Pete Wilson | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Whether paid work or a volunteer role within a church, placing people in positions where they can maximize their strengths, know that they are truly valued and that they play a significant role in fulfilling the vision will go a long way towards preventing burn out and loosing incentive. Great interview Mike! Our Freedom.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times.

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Deadly Disease of Management: Emphasis on Short-term Profits

Deming Institute

In Warren Buffett’s 2010 annual letter to shareholders he mentions the advantage Berkshire Hathaway has because it doesn’t focus on short term results: At GEICO, for example, we enthusiastically spent $900 million last year on advertising to obtain policyholders who deliver us no immediate profits. In Profit Beyond Measure by H.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Solyndra's example has been particularly stark: it raised over $1 billion in equity finance in addition to receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, all prior to a cancelled IPO and the recent FBI investigation upon its bankruptcy.

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Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms

Harvard Business Review

last year, unemployment is slowly decreasing , and public finances are improving faster than anticipated. Though managers in France tend to consider the quality of labor relations in France quite low, in 2010 43% of French citizens declared trust in labor unions , as compared with 25% in the United States. GDP grew by 1.9%