Next Level Blog

MAY 19, 2020

A few weeks ago, I received a nice comment on LinkedIn about one of my blog posts from David Hoey who shared that he’s been a regular reader since 2010 when I wrote about the leadership lessons offered by the Chilean mine rescue. The greatest leaders are in it for the long haul and keep up the work even when no one is watching.

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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. Indra Nooyi.

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N2Growth Blog

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.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on October 28, 2010 02:58 pm under connection culture , employee engagement , knowledge flow A participant in a recent session Jason Pankau and I were teaching on Connection Cultures and employee engagement shared that she connects with her sons by talking about sports. Military Gamification in Everything?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip. If someone comes to you about a problem with another person, immediately redirect that individual back to the person in question. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the text that follows you’ll find the truth about toxic cultures… A toxic work environment thrives off of everything that great leadership stands in opposition to. It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In the list that follows I’m going to share with you 6 leadership characteristics that require absolutely no talent or ability, but that must be present in order to succeed over the long-haul as a leader. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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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). In the end, we are leaders only if others choose to follow. Make sure your walk is heading to a great place; a place worthy of being followed to.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

by thecoachingconnection on July 15, 2010 This was reprinted below in its entirely by Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth, who originally [.] That took me sometime to understand properly… it was such a good reply from an experienced person. link] QUIT YELLING « The Coaching Connection, LLC [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

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. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. I agree that actions speak louder than words and lead by example is a great way to generate committed followers. They're the ones on behalf of the team who step up and do a faceplant with an oncoming tomato. They are the ones people turn to when things get tough.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 13, 2010

That way your team will be inspired to follow suit. Take classes, attend seminars and join discussion groups to make sure your skills stay up to par. Be innovative. Following the crowd and being a “yes man” is one of the worst mistakes a manager can make. Set clear goals. Take responsibility for your failures.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is best accomplished by leveraging individual talents not stiffling them. I would be less than candid if I didn’t admit that leading those inclined to follow is significantly less of a challenge than leading those who don’t want to be led. Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust.

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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? As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

That said, I have little use for social networking junkies who collect friends/followers/contacts just for the sake of watching the numbers go up, while adding little or no value to their network. All those followers and connections don't really have meaning except to make one feel important and/or popular.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. You’ll also notice that when intelligent people do speak-up it’s not to ramble-on incoherently or incessantly, but usually to ask a question so that they can elicit even more information.

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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. When we got to the definition we started to struggle because we realized that the company kept bumping up against this value in excess. Are we too innovative? John Sullivan FORA.tv

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you take what follows to heart, it might just change your world. In the text that follows I’ll examine the softer sides of leadership – love, compassion, humility, kindness and empathy. Of the legions of not so great leaders you’ve encountered over the years, how many of them were absent of these qualities?

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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. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He encouraged people to speak up, challenge the assumptions and make the Navy better each day. This gave people permission to speak up and to prove their case if they had ideas that would improve the Navy. This gave people permission to speak up and to prove their case if they had ideas that would improve the Navy.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The hierarchy of knowledge is as follows: Gut Instincts : This is an experiential and/or emotional filter that may often times have no current underpinning of hard analytical support. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. Is the source reliable and credible?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

These CEOs can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to the surface, by which time it is often too late to repair the damage. However worse than the CEO with no vision, is a CEO with the wrong vision. I would love to hear your thoughts and observations in the comments section below.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

While you may find it hard to believe, I don’t have anything against buzzwords, techno-jargon, colloquialisms, acronyms and other forms of business-speak with the following caveat…that they are used in context, and by someone who possesses an underlying knowledge of what the phrase de jure actually means.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Two is the Magic Number: A New Science of Creativity Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 10:08 am under connection culture A thought leader whose work I follow closely is my friend Joshua Wolf Shenk.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Commitment, attention to detail, discipline, service above self, honor, integrity, perseverance, the ability to both lead and follow, to execute with precision, and the ability to adapt, improvise, and overcome are all traits that will serve you well in the boardroom. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so confident, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of humility as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. He said that servant leader will consider the priorities of his "followers" or team, first. Be grateful.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 12, 2010

Following the webinar there will be a 15 minute period for Q&A. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Meta Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org Copyright © 2010 Michael Lee Stallard Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance? Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? I really do think that people mix the two up on a very regular basis.

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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. I have known many entrepreneurs that are exceptional CEO’s, but I have known many more that don’t measure-up and shouldn’t be fulfilling the role of CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. It's sad that many potential leaders look past this and end up frustrated when they can't get people to act, little do they know they haven't developed trust.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 16, 2010

To learn more, watch the following video series of Jason Pankau teaching a workshop on Connection Cultures for Churches. To learn more, watch the following video series of Jason Pankau teaching a workshop on Connection Cultures for Churches. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

The following 8 items constitute the basic tenants of branding, which if incorporated into your brand management strategy will help build a solid brand regardless of the size of your company or your ad budget: 1. Keep your word: Living up to expectations (brand promise) is critical if you want to keep your brand from going into free-fall.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2010

In a future blog post, I plan to share some of my thoughts related to connection that I recorded in my personal journal following that event. 1 Comment so far Michael Roberts on July 15th, 2010 I would agree with importance of connection in general. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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