N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

While you might not detect brand taints associated with overexposure in the short-term, this principle holds true across most genres over time. Let me offer just a few examples to help connect the dots: Recording artists that release too many CDs over too short of a time period hurt their own appeal. will go into decline.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

There is a simple short-cut which allows you to quickly extrapolate an hourly rate from a total annual compensation figure that I find useful for quick comparative purposes. One of the first things you need to understand as a CEO is what your time is worth relative to others in the organization.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

At the risk of igniting a debate among readers on the efficacy of building the Islamic center a few blocks from Ground Zero, I would argue that both Obama and Bloomberg have shown principled leadership on the issue. Leadership can be lonely. Who’s exhibiting sound leadership in this case?   What’s your take so far?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Long-term experience will either validate or invalidate first impressions.That said, it's the first impression that buys you the privilege of having the chance to be in the game to begin with. I believe that first impressions do matter but just in the short time. Thanks for highlighting that thought in your comment.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It’s important to understand that vision statements are design oriented, while mission statements are execution oriented.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Forget all the buzzwords and acronyms, social media is about meeting your constituencies where they are – in a setting of their choosing, and communicating with them on their terms. Here's the short version: "A person can't be best friends with 2,000 people. link] Allan W. link] Allan W.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I expect, given that it is a relatively young term (having been ‘born’ in 1970), it is also subject to wide interpretation. Perhaps it is that many of us, when we think of the term Servant Leadership, take this subservient perspective (a.k.a. A lot has been said about the leader as “servant”. Okay then, herein may lie a problem.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

» February 18, 2010 Grown-ups Should Make Sure That They Have Children are wonderful, bright-eyed, positive, full of ideas, and as curious as can be imagined. These include selfishness, possessiveness, emotional immaturity, short-term focus, and a lack of taking responsibility for their actions. I could go on. 

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

" The term itself deserves the quotes thus employed in the previous sentence because it conjures in people's minds many different definitions. " and to push for political actions that would seek to "redistribute" it "more fairly." and a Winner Announced! I know, I know. owe it all to 2 things :1ST.

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

In short, from a world-view that disdains accomplishment and merit (whatone accomplishes and earns) and instead focuses upon position and power andprestige (who one is and who one knows), heroes are made out of those who seemto succeed despite the rules of effort, contribution, and earning it. I know it did in mine. Thanks so much.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Everyone seems to have some sort of attachment to it, some philosophy about it, and some amount of understanding of the term. ' This is not a value judgment, as comparing something to 'bad,' but rather a term meant to describe the means to satisfy man's wants. ' But just what is this word all about?

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Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 119

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

← Hey Leaders: Dial Down the Drama Restore your sanity: how Gen X and Y need to step up on work/life balance → Peer to Peer: managing sideways relationships Posted on October 28, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Former city councilor Rob Ford has set heads spinning in Toronto with his mayoral race victory.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 20, 2011

All these and more speak to the fact that communication is almost always best when aligned with the natural human tendency to think and learn in terms of stories. In short, what I needed for him to do was paint me the picture, not give me the dimensions of the frame. We remember what we see much better than what we merely hear.

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Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 112

N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. Maxwell ( @johncmaxwell ).

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 12, 2010

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Taming the Inner Mule Facing the Blank Wall → December 12, 2010 · 8:24 pm ↓ Jump to Comments Servant Leadership…Creating an Environment of Service A lot is being said about the leader as “servant”. Okay then, herein may lie a problem.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club. Don’t be timid.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Just because something is written in a vision or mission statement, placed on a website, included in company collateral material, or frequently espoused by corporate leadership as a competitive value proposition doesn’t necessarily mean its true. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Ideas Plus Influence by Starbucker on December 2, 2010 (This is Part 1 in a two-part blog series which I’ve worked on with a colleague, Denise Lee Yohn. and public opinion.” and public opinion.”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. We may be able to in the short run, but not when our final stories are written. I don't think we can separate the two.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

The greatest leaders throughout history have been nothing short of relentless in their pursuit of knowledge. When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A few verbal tweaks (such as renaming the “Troika” — which consists of the EU, the IMF, and the ECB — the “Institutions”) were given as a political concession to the newly elected government, which had created high expectations with its electorate. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

By developing very different capabilities than Xerox's, Canon created a new recipe for success, and in the process short-circuited Xerox's ability to retaliate quickly. One result was my 2010 HBR blog (with Christian Sarkar) on The $300 House — a vision highly consistent with the theory of strategic intent.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

Under his leadership, the company's total shareholder return outperformed its industry peers by 1,022%, corresponding to a compound annual return above the industry average of 129%, with a corresponding market capitalization increase of CNY 237 bn (USD 36.7 In any case, there is more than one route to top long-term performance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2012

2, 2010 speech " Patience and Finance." When long-term investors start in the ascendency, prices tend to correct towards fundamentals. The fraction of long-term investors rises. The self-correcting tendencies of market prices are thus reinforced, further supporting long-term investors. The long is short," they write.

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Banking Long-term Short-term Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

In particular, natural gas is plentiful in the United States, and it works well for short-haul trucking (compressed natural gas) and long haul trucking (liquid natural gas). We go from one appropriation to the next, often with politics guiding priorities. If it works, we try it — and then build upon the successes.

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Transportation Energy Globalization Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank. That's correct so far as it goes —but it doesn't go nearly far enough.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Now, barely three months on, the corporation is in turmoil, stymied by recent crises that have exposed its weak leadership and ineffective, bloated management. The BBC's leadership would do well to remember this. What is the BBC's leadership strategy and how will the corporation develop a new cadre of leaders?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

And in a world of political and financial bailouts, they (and other generations) may begin to see personal, professional, and social problems as issues for others to solve. Many of us were conflating the two terms: fault and responsibility. Many managers perceive them as needing guidance, structure, and constant feedback.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

However in reflecting upon my presentations and client engagements, I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas. Some individuals openly seek out positions of leadership, while leadership is thrust upon others.

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Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 365

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). Finally, if the immediacy of the "look out the window" method of gauging climate change didn't work for some, at least one major climate skeptic changed his tune based on longer-term data.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? When a person begins to believe their own smoke, they have placed themselves on a very slippery slope.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. While leadership doesn’t require being perfect, it does require doing what is needed and necessary.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Maybe it’s just a nice politically correct soundbite that gets some good play, or is it simply flawed logic? Therein lies my caution…I’m fearful that people who don’t have the experience or intuition to read between the lines of a short quote, or a 140 character Tweet, might be misled by the simplicity of the appeal.

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