Management Excellence

MARCH 4, 2011

Fair warning: I take a broad view of management, so my selections will range from leadership to innovation to finance and personal development and beyond.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

We assume that people automatically understand the value of our products and services when we introduce ourselves and hand out our business card. Don’t offer to give away too many free products or services. What product or service positions you best? This is the beginning of developing a network that will bring you business.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

And as women, we can learn a great deal about how we behave in the work world; not to imitate our male counterparts, to align with them in positive, productive ways. Categories : personal development Contact Sylvia Lafair, author of Dont Bring It To Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success at sylvia@ceoptions.com.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

If you are a regular reader of this blog and feel it has added value to your growth and development as a leader I would greatly appreciate your vote. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Don’t Forget to Enter to Win Healthy Products from Agro Labs Just a reminder to enter the contest here on Women. Categories : Contests 1 Comments 1 Stacy January 25th, 2011 at 12:26 pm Oh, I would just love, love, love to win! I can surprise my husband with a great show.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2010

About the author Lena Rizkallah of Mosaic Consulting is an attorney who focuses on legislative developments, tax and fiscal policy, and advanced strategies for investment and retirement planning and products. Using some of all of the above strategies, gifting doesn’t have to hurt your wallet either!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

While most companies explain that they make great products, Apple is unique in that they begin by telling the consumer “ why ” they make their products. The way we challenge the status quo is by making our products beautifully designed, simple to use and user friendly. Sinek makes a case that it’s all about the messaging.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Using “Buddy the Elf” as an example for the four steps to brand building, this week we’ll discuss steps three and four: developing brand identification and meaning, and developing relationships with customers. Brand loyalty is key to cultivating repeat customers who spread positive word of mouth feedback about your product or service.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Sell relationships not just a service or product. Yes, a good product may encourage sporadic customers but a good relationship will establish long-term, loyal customers. Develop networks Strong networks provide endless opportunities to get more things done in a more efficient and effective manner. Sell what you love.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 21, 2010

So, in keeping in this spirit and following those much wiser than me, I offer to you today a holiday gift that I hope will help with your marketing in 2011. The 3 Elements of Infomercials Every Business Should Employ Infomercials help brands sell over four billion dollars of products. 4 Tips for Making Your Holiday Parties Profitable!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. What about competing to maintain key business relationships with vendors, suppliers, partners and the like?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. offers the broadest scope of recovery-funded business opportunities.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But let’s assume that Buddy is indeed an elf, developed and created by the North Pole to fill a need…to make toys. In the movie, Buddy failed dismally to keep up with the production of Etch-a-Sketch toys against the skill and speed of the other elves in the workshop. Are your customers feeling good about your product or service?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

They certainly would not go out of their way to do business with you or talk about you with others just because of your product or service offering. The question is, what will you do about this in 2011? 2 Maribeth Kuzmeski January 25th, 2011 at 7:09 pm I couldn’t agree more Debra! Why Aren’t People Buying From You?

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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? I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 15, 2011

In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever. Related posts: Your Product or Service: How to Price it Right I’ve always believed that you must price your particular product.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 23, 2010

This rule has been in effect in past years and has been resurrected for 2010 and 2011. Also, since the bill was passed so late in the year, taxpayers can make a RMD gift made through January 2011 attributable to the 2010 tax year. She also writes and presents on trusts, estate planning and charitable giving arrangements.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The good news is that there is a cure for all four of the preceding problems: Items one through three can be solved with an emphasis on leadership development and talent management, and item four can be solved by holding the board of directors accountable for CEO performance and firing an apathetic CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I’m just not a believer in attempting to label someone as a leader, and develop them as such when they are clearly not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. … Executive Development Opportunities. Linked-In Linked-In is larger than ecademy, and perhaps a bit more polished, and while still valuable it is not nearly as productive a community as ecademy. Inc.com Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Rather entering the productivity zone is found working at about 60% to 70% of capacity. Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. the company is not leveraging its true talent base. .&#

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] A bad attitude isn’t something good leaders take lightly.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2011

Here are 10 ways to increase your team’s productivity and overall chance for success. Please visit www.hervoice.org 3 Comments 1 Check Out the Women on Business Post by Echo Garrett « Share It January 9th, 2011 at 11:14 pm [.] link] This entry was posted on Sunday, January 9th, 2011 at 9:07 pm and is filed under Motivation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We are here to cooperate with them in a new and more productive way. It includes men, invites men as partners to rethink what we are doing to the planet, why we continue to put work ahead of family, ahead of raising the next generation, how much is enough, what really matters. We are not here to become like our men.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

How to Create a Squeeze Page that gets Strong Results The Internet is saturated with content, sales pitches and products. . Read this… A solid press release gets the attention of the media. A press release.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What’s worse is that barring any Congressional action on this, the Bush law mandated that the estate tax would return in 2011–at 55% with an estate exemption of $1 million, the lowest exemption amount we’ve seen for many years. I think most celebrities and tycoons will agree.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

This, of course, varies according to the product/service offered. Generally, Monday mornings are good for news digests but bad for email campaigns. Fridays are often weak days for email campaigns as well. Look at the number of prospects who buy (or become clients) from each email or campaign.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

and ATIG, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Brand Exposure: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Do you understand the difference b… [link] [.] Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Tweets that mention Brand Exposure | N2Growth Blog — Topsy.com [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted. [link] mikemyatt Thanks Deon: I agree that "listening" is a critical skill for leaders. link] Dan Black Great thoughts. I really enjoy reading your blog.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you believe you possess a fully developed competency in a section give yourself 10 points. They understand the need for talent and are effective at recruiting, deployment, development and retention of tier-one talent. Want to find out? If you possess no competency whatsoever give yourself 0 points. Section IX: Team Building.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Do you say you believe that your people can develop, grow and have tremendous potential? Here are just some examples for you to consider: Do you say you care about your people, your organization and your Customers? How does your walk prove it? Do you say mistakes are important and necessary? How does your walk prove it?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. What I want you to recognize is that sometimes the least efficient thing can be lead to the most productive outcome. So much so, that I have really come to cringe every time I hear the word efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

In today’s post I’ll quickly examine the merits of developing your listening skills. Listen to those that confront you, challenge you, stretch you, and develop you. Employees develop the kind of security they really need – skills, knowledge and capabilities that enhance future employability. What say you?

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