N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Put simply, if you’re going to spend your time and money do it where you get the biggest bang for the buck. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Put simply, true influence is nothing more than understanding how to work with and through others to achieve a stated objective while staying true to your core values and maintaining your integrity. Not only is true influence not difficult to acquire, but it is also sustainable when you understand the proper constructs.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Other than the obvious solution for dealing with difficult people (choosing not to deal with them at all), the best way to calm the perpetual storm is to help them achieve their objectives.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. The act of operating in the truest best interest of others is the issue. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. Thanks for the astute observations Mark.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011? My challenge to you is this…set the chinning bar very high for yourself by reevaluating your goals and objectives to insure that you are on a path towards significance. Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2012

If you don’t understand finance and accounting, enroll in a course immediately. Read your leading-edge industry publications, Forbes , other finance journals, and popular business books. If you don’t hold a finance or operations position, consider cross training. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Next, offer them some ideas about what you think might be occurring so they have something to object to (Remember the old warmer/colder game?) 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.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. As much as some don’t want to hear this, there is an “I&# in team because teams are comprised of individuals.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

While I’m not going to deny that social media brings with it new tools, platforms and communication channels, I vehemently object to the premise that you need to morph into an uber geek or communications savant to learn to use them and to reap their many benefits.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution I suggest you exercise extreme caution. But manufacturing?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

All the best, Dan [link] Dan Rockwell Mike, When I read this part of the conversation it made me think about the importance of someone who holds out the grand objective with tenacity and won't let others quit until they figured out a way to make it happen. But I will listen. You have a decision maker with advisors.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In fact, when striving to come-up with this list I quickly came to the conclusion that while I attempted to use objective logic in making my assessments, the reality is that a list like this is mostly subjective based upon personal preference. Great question.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&#

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. Some seek stricter accounting of ROI based on objectively measurable goals and achievements. percent lower than its value in 2007. And what does President Roger want to be when he grows up?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Again, I'm not arguing against equal opportunity, I'm arguing that in our zest to attain this objective we have taken a few steps back in some areas. Case in point – there was an article in one of Canada's national magazines which pointed out how “there’s likely an “Asian ceiling” at elite U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Again, you must keep in mind that for successful interactions to occur, your objective must be in alignment with those you are communicating with. I never ceased to be amazed at how many people assume that everyone knows what they want to occur without ever finding it necessary to communicate their objective.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

If my objective is to get to the other side of the wall, I don’t really care if I go over the wall, under the wall, around the wall or through the wall…I just care that I get to the other side.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The tick-borne illness kept JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew out of the office for extended periods in 2010 and 2011. That discord in 2010 and 2011 contributed to the chief investment office's losing trades in 2012, the current and former bankers said. But data and objectivity can only get you so far.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Measurable : Any new ideas being adopted must lead to measurable objectives. Accountability : Any new ideas should contain accountability provisions. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day. Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. "Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership." So, I wanted to comment on the bow you put on your premise.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives. As humans we are Natural Born Gravity Machines. I don’t think they work.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Always operate from the belief that you can always grow and get better as a leader and as a person. John Maxwell : You never arrive. Leaders are learners. If you want to be a good leader, whether you’re just starting out or the CEO of an organization, do not have an arrival mindset. Mike Myatt : What’s next for John?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

to hit your objectives? How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful? Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? Why should we make this investment?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

The one thing that each of the personal and corporate brands profiled in the video all had in common is that they leveraged social media influence to accomplish their objectives. link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] Social Media Influence [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you still don’t know whether or not your attitude is affecting your performance, I would strongly suggest participation in a 360 review process where your strengths and weakness are objectively assessed by those whom you interface with on a frequent basis. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

I've shortened my personal definition to: "I believe leadership is a human dynamic of energizing others to accomplish an intentional objective." ” [link] lightridr Great post, Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Additionally, two executive coaches, who have helped provide objective feedback and input. Mike Myatt : Who had the most significant influence on shaping you as a leader? Michael Hyatt : Two previous bosses, one positive and one negative. Don’t ask for names!)

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. Chief finance officers increasingly question the ability of a day trader to value a digital company.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Certain kinds of objective information cannot come from within your own camp. Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. It’s lonely at the top. by Hank Moore. 17 percent).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Bottom line…solid marketing and branding initiatives are mission critical to sustainable increases in growth objectives. At its core, marketing is about engaging with customers, meeting their needs, solving their problems, sparking their passion, earning their trust, and cementing their loyalty.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Whether intuitively, instinctually, intrinsically, objectively, or subjectively, most people have an initial gut feel as to whether or not an individual is trustworthy. Think “selfless” as opposed to “selfish.” Be Trustworthy. Over time those initial impressions will either be validated or invalidated based upon actual experience.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

I’ve only just learnt recently about effectively breaking down vision -> mission -> objectives -> goals -> strategy -> tactics Looking at this, I’d see that culture is at the bottom here – underneath strategy. I think not, and I’ll explain why.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Even then, organizations differ from one to another according to their purposes and objectives. A person who is "volunteered" to serve as a committee chair for a professional or trade association may differ in motivation and enthusiasm from one who has joined an organization and volunteered willingly.

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