Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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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? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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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. Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2011

Ohio-based Consulting Firm Sees Growth Through Strategy Execution Coaching Program. “Six Disciplines is the only program that offers a complete strategy execution framework extending from the corner office to front line personnel. At the end of the day, it is about results. ” Overall business performance both in the U.S.

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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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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? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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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? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. Any well crafted strategy anticipates obstacles and factors in multiple “ what if &# scenarios. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » 5 Step Process to Take a Dream to Reality 5 Step Process to Take a Dream to Reality January 27, 2011 in Encouragement , Innovation , Leadership with 8 Comments I like to see dreams and goals become reality.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? I find that all too often companies sacrifice what's truly important on the altars of incremental process improvement or complex implementations.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Unless you are a very large enterprise it is unlikely that you have the time, money, staffing, or external professional relationships to execute a brand management strategy such as the one outlined above. The preceding description paints the perfect illustration of why branding is one of my favorite topics…It is complex.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. There may be improved stock market confidence in some of the companies that produce the world’s best-known brands, but a fundamental flaw exists in the management process that is supposed to renew brand health. Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Looking For Leadership: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? Identifying leaders?

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Change Starts Here

JULY 9, 2013

For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. Together they documented many new processes to help work go more smoothly.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Managers must help to create work environments where employees are supported by processes and information that help them do their jobs efficiently; in turn, decreasing frustration and allowing for improved productivity. What other strategies have you used to “do more with less?”. The real answer lies in employee enablement.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It is our higher purpose which, when coupled with Values, very much informs both the Vision and the Objectives/Strategies, and Tactics that form the road to achieving the Vision (in service of the Mission). link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation. Mike, I love this post, but more agree with JBC's comment.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. Great leaders model the behaviors they expect of others.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe. Differing views are always sought in this forum.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. I certainly do…but fear not; the lost art of brevity is making a comeback. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. The best leaders are proactive, strategic listeners. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. Ask people how you can become a better leader and then LISTEN.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Now you can find out; In this 55 page E-book you will find applicable strategies, team-building activities, facilitation, de-briefing, and processing activities + theory that you can use immediately. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. A teambuilding program that is fun, and teams leave better than when they arrived?”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline. Thank you for your post Mike. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities.

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 417

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Business Improv: Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees to Handle Every Situation with Success by Val and Sarah Gee The secret to business growth is right before your eyes – it’s the creativity and innovation percolating in each one of your employees every minute of every day. Business Improv ! State the evaluation criteria.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. Others include a lack of focus on culture, failure to question assumptions, and poor innovation.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

So let’s see if we can explore what you can do, and in the process see if we can help answer this all-too-prevalent question. ’ Influence Strategies Consider this a starter set of influence strategies for the situation we’re discussing. . “Lazy&# also is a word full of judgment and baggage.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process. Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Keep up the good work Dale. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. Ideas on their own accord are really quite useless.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Wally is a writer, speaker, and consultant who specializes in learning and sharing how leadership and strategy combine to create successful companies. His passions are leadership, marketing, personal development and the way people and organizations use processes and technology to improve results.

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