N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It was Drucker who wrote about the contribution of knowledge workers, and in fact he invented the term, long before anyone knew or understood how knowledge would be of importance above other inputs. However, in the same book and only a few short sentences later, he concluded that “Leadership cannot be taught or learned.”

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

“In fact, the level of qualification is one of the key factors for employment growth in the 2011-19 period, playing an important role within the salaried-employee category,” the researchers say. “At first, they might seem attractive for slashers, because they can legally issue invoices and pocket more net income.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 15, 2011

While we’re on the subject of government’s role in our lives, I also believe we must banish “Too Big to Fail” from our vocabularies, stop the bailouts and if necessary endure the short term pain of scattered industry failures in order to come back leaner, meaner and stronger than ever. . Entrepreneurship.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. If you want to be a long-term survivor in business I would suggest that you not participate in gossip and get rid of those that do. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I wanted to put this question out there: Can humility be learned? Greenleaf in 1970.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The risk is that when faced with the intense pressure an external shock, such as a recession, places upon managers, they can be tempted to take short cuts, reduce costs to the bone, and fundamentally break these implicit contracts, both through reducing pay and benefits, but also shortchanging employees in a variety of ways.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2020

While stress can give us short-term boosts to meet deadlines, it can become debilitating, adversely affecting our health and well-being, when it returns frequently or lasts for long periods of time. For example, adhocracy cultures are characterized by lots of collaboration and teamwork in order to drive innovation in the marketplace.

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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. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Morning greetings arose from the Captains at the door to my office, both of whom had dutifully pre-prepared their tasks for the morning so they could pre-empt the short-term needs before the staff meeting that would begin within the next half-hour. Terms like “Thank you for your service!”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

Innovation is famously difficult — many projects end up losing money, frustrating employees, and going nowhere. And yet corporations and governments spend billions of dollars annually pursuing innovation. Innovation projects often fail because the resources are spent on the wrong kind of innovation.

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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. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 20, 2010

If you are clear on your short and long term goals, and consider them in your thinking, you make more effective and productive decisions. For example, if the decision involves problem solving, do you know what the problem really is? If not it will be harder to make an accurate, confident decision. A clear why.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 23, 2010

Are there manipulative, short-sighted salespeople? But, are those the salespeople that create long term success for themselves and their Customers? Notice I didn’t say manipulators, but influencers and persuaders. When you sum up the other four points above you come up with influence. Not at all.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Good performance measurement can help overcome the short- term bias of financial measures by explicitly monitoring how well a company or business unit is positioned to sustain and improve its financial performance. Short-term value drivers are the immediate levers of ROIC and growth.

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

So, quality is a moving target – each time a customer comes back to you, you need to deliver similar or better quality (of products, services and experience), you need to demonstrate improvement, care enough about them, stay on top of market trends and keep changing the rules of the game (innovation). It is a long-term differentiators&#.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 18, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building Success Story with Joy Kuebler Landscape Architects Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 Posted by: mike Team Building success story with Joy Kuebler of Joy Kuebler Landscape Architects. I think the exercises you used were very helpful for the long term interactions. All rights reserved.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 31, 2011

And Creative Destruction points out that the global markets that spur innovations in art can also, eventually, build a demand that discourages further changes. "I In terms of framing the dialogue," wrote Kelly Evans for the Wall Street Journal , "Tyler Cowen may well turn out to be this decade's Thomas Friedman."

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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. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

They could not be more wrong - I’m here to tell you that strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive terms. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. 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. link] Allan W.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. " It's not unusual for us to have short discussions that end with me saying I think we should do this, any problems you can think of? I work with a small group of leaders. That's consensus.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2011

In his groundbreaking new book, Brand Relevance : Making Competitors Irrelevant, David shows how any company can use the “brand relevance” strategy to achieve long-term, competitive success. Brand Relevance provides the tools companies need to generate innovative offerings that can create long-term financial success.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 8, 2013

I work from a plan – Whether it’s long-term or short-term planning, I try to have one. 5 – 2011: 10 Secrets of Many Senior Pastors. Encouragement Innovation Leadership Ministry' I’ve learned that the more out of shape I am the less effective I am in all that I attempt to do.

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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 also important to very clearly define our terms when working in an organization for the reason MPFriedman describes above. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

And a recent working paper out of the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics ( DICE ), a think tank of sorts, focuses on the latter by exploring whether leveraged buyouts (LBOs) make firms more innovative. PE investors don’t typically invest in firms known for innovation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Another is that we wake up to reality, challenge the short-term profit demands of Wall Street, get strategic and build our businesses for sustainable growth. In harsh economic times, the gut reaction of many companies is one of prudence and cost control: to take short-term actions that reassure shareholders and citizens.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you ever wonder how the term “Politically Correct&# evolved from an obscure catch-phrase that was once used to label those who would not take a controversial position to the dominant mind-set of the day in our society? By its very nature politically correct thinking is most often disingenuous and intellectually dishonest.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 27, 2010

Yet only a few short months after his accident, he was appearing on television and telling the world what a lucky many he was. A handsome actor who starred in the Superman movies, Christopher Reeve fell off a horse and broke his neck, severing his spinal cord and losing his ability to breathe or move on his own. All Rights Reserved.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Most do not realize how strong a role this dominating emotion can play in their everyday actions, but once it enters, the results can be catastrophic to the person’s short- and long-term goals. Success usually is but one short step beyond the point of where one quits fighting. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

We all know innovation has its own language conventions, rich with revolutions , evolutions , ecosystems , and more. Innovators, after all, are trying to communicate the promise of something that may not exist yet, and sometimes that requires some optimistic adornment. We wanted to learn more.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. Debriefing, particularly when it is used regularly and over short time frames, helps us fulfill this need. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 64

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Over the last three years I have consistently stated my belief that Asia was emerging as a global innovation powerhouse. In late 2011, I even wrote , "The overarching trend I continue to see is a shift in the world's innovation energy to the east.". Innovation isn't random, but it isn't perfectly predictable either.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

And then I remember a second incident a short time later, when her child’s perspective surprised and delighted me. During a challenging environment like we’re in now, it’s more important than ever to use “ fresh eyes &# – a term I learned from one of my marketing mentors, Dan Kennedy.

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