N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. There is so much unethical behavior (what I refer to as situational ethics) at the executive level that continues to create an us versus them environment. Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinates…game over.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic. That is the question. As for our staff, they all received an equal bonus for their efforts.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Categories : Businesswomen Bloggers 4 Comments 1 Tweets that mention There’s Still Time :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 11th, 2011 at 1:07 pm [.] 2 Kelly Evers January 12th, 2011 at 1:51 pm Great blog! Kelly Evers, founder of [link] 3 Sheri B January 16th, 2011 at 11:55 am Thanks for the 21 day plan. Not to doing.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Looking at our first point, leaders do not necessarily have to be charismatic to inspire others, they can have deep values, be highly ethical, champion a cause and such-like descriptions. When people see this in others we suggest it forms a bond, and in leadership this can be a powerful bond. As such it is a highly desirable attribute.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. On with the exam… Section I: Character. While your character will be tested often as a leader, great leaders no there is no substitute for the truth.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

Bottom line…saying yes because you have no backbone is no better or no worse than saying no because you're on a power trip. It not a matter of giving the easy answer, but the right answer. It's a leaders job to grow other leaders and this is best done by teaching people how to get to a yes.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Questions can give us a goal in life for fighting, questions can provide a tremendous power and energy to achieve our goals. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Bold and bombastic does not, in my opinion, mean leadership – we have so many of these aggressive people in power today and all they do is yak, yak, yak and fill their bank accounts. " If only someone in power could hear that!!! Why do we crave leadership nowadays? Because there is so little of it around!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. Authority and power being what they are, we might fear the retribution that can come from speaking up. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. We tolerate them.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

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. How sad is this?

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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2010

What is equally amazing is that is where much of the stuff is made too (so if their is pollution or a stretch in ethics of how something is made we might be able to turn a blind eye)! Often times where it ends up does not seem to matter that much to us, because it may be on another continent.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters. I have known Sid most of my life.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Most employees have been hurt or disappointed, at some point in their careers, by the hand of power in an organization. Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of organizational power. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Most employees have been hurt or disappointed, at some point in their careers, by the hand of power in an organization. Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of organizational power. Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of all the attributes of leadership.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. Operations Competitive strategy Technology' The first step was to hire someone to run it.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. Formerly sainted icons went down in disgrace.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

What made this presentation so powerful was it was more than just an act put on for the benefit of the attendees, it was completely authentic and the audience knew it. Let me be clear – don’t underestimate the power of a positive attitude. link] Mike Myatt Hi Ron: Thanks for sharing such a powerful lesson.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. " [link] mikemyatt Great catch Anna – Humor is something we could all use more of in our lives… [link] mikemyatt There is great wisdom in understanding the power of brevity. I have made my personal definition.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 About the Author.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. link] mikemyatt Hi Joe: Powerful topic to be sure. In fact, you might be interested in reading a previous post that I authored on this topic: [link]. – I'd be interested in your thoughts. Thanks for the suggestion Dan. Thanks for sharing Debbie.

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 305

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

The biggest problem with business, in a one-sentence capsule, is: People exhibit misplaced priorities and impatience… seeking profit and power, possessing unrealistic views of purpose, and not fully willing to do the things necessary to sustain orderly growth and long-term success. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Cash outlays are always risks.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Knowledge of results is a powerful force in growing and learning. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Goal setting creates a power of one’s life…especially the part that relates to work. Commitments must be made to other people. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Power satisfies appetites. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

These people jockey for favor with the power structures and are accorded community standing based upon the reputation-value of their company. There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. Most seek from leadership programs what they do not have at the office: prestige, name recognition and power.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Being wrong is a necessary part of your leadership journey; one that encourages you to take risks and humbles you when it happens.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. One must question why one company could wield such control over the investment community and what powers Wall Street had acquiesced in order for such power to grow. The Auditing Firm Employed by Enron.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The politician makes speeches and promises motivated by pride, ego, notoriety, power, position, stature, and personal success. These facts raise some profound questions about personnel management of a great power. I AGREE 100%!!!! Another key distinction is one highlighted by Stephen Covey in his 7-Habits books.

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