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? Which hat, or hats do you wear? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? Priority number two is team building and talent management.

Entrepreneur 318

Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 318

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. should anything be transparent? Thanks, sami [link] mikemyatt Thanks for the comment Sami.

Blog 305

Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 305

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

“Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability. The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 300

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

While they are careful to insure that their brands are visible to the right constituencies, they simply won’t allow overexposure. The reality is that premium brands are viewed as such because they jealously manage their brand exposure. They pay attention to the both the frequency and reach of their exposure.

Brand 318

Brand Brand Management Blog Media 318

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Feed them, make them comfortable, insure that they don’t feel that their time was wasted or that they didn’t have the opportunity to be heard - have them leave looking forward to the next meeting. Don’t bore your members with meaningless drivel or worthless presentations.

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Blog Management CEO Brand 293

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Ultimately the best way to insure your staff has influence is to model the correct behaviors and to make sure that you mentor them in said behaviors as well. That said, it will be how they choose to handle themselves, and how they treat others that will ultimately determine the amount of influence they have. Thanks for stopping by David.

Influence 312

Influence Blog How To Brand 312

Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

The article reports that in a study conducted earlier this year by the insurer, Lloyds, the crew of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico had significant and ongoing concerns about the safety of the rig. I have the feeling that the disaster in the Gulf will be fodder for leadership case studies for years to come.

Executive Coaching 167

Executive Coaching Open-book Blog Report 167

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?

Blog 386

Blog Succession Influence Brand 386

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Your chosen Porsche is delivered to your house with insurance and maintenance as well as unlimited miles and flips to other models included. Alternatively, the company can operate in stealth mode by targeting customer segments that have been poorly served or ignored by traditional distributors.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The intake process was ridiculously slow (why did they have to copy my insurance card and license when they’d just done so less than a month ago?). Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. What choice did I have but to wait?

Emotional Intelligence 201

Emotional Intelligence Goleman Open-book Blog 201

CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

These questions ought to be directed toward people who have spent their lives studying or reporting on various aspects of health-care; working in billing offices, insurance agencies, and ERs; suffering from illnesses haven’t been covered due to various loopholes; and writing policy to address complex health-care issues.

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Health Care Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Politics 87

CO2

DECEMBER 24, 2010

And who should be on the team to insure it’s success? Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Do you know how to organize it? About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

Innovation 74

Innovation Execution Executive Coaching Govindarajan 74

CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

These questions ought to be directed toward people who have spent their lives studying or reporting on various aspects of health-care; working in billing offices, insurance agencies, and ERs; suffering from illnesses haven’t been covered due to various loopholes; and writing policy to address complex health-care issues.

Health Care 74

Health Care Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Politics 74

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. I look at incremental improvements as a necessary part of day-to-day operations, and a necessary component of keeping things current. I visited his church on numerous occasions.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 315

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Companies can make a big difference for their employees — providing good health insurance and promoting good health — all while keeping costs down. The fact that we are self-insured — the company itself pays their health claims, not an outside insurance company — makes us prudent about our costs.

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Health Care Innovation Marketing Insurance 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Take Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings. Many customers asked for insurance not on a yearly basis but for very short periods for very specific activities. After all, one of the big reasons that insurers sell long term policies is the high up-front cost of selling. Unbundling Existing Value Propositions. Insight Center.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” 2 Responses to Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario John Doe | January 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM | Funny stuff. Like his EDW, which was responsible for a 64% increase in insurance sales.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

To motivate, persuade, sell, get buy-in, receive feedback, insure understanding, or impact an audience in any way, you need their attention. Visit www.Communispond.com for free access to numerous articles, audiocasts, videocasts and e-newsletter subscriptions. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Among the top performers on the 2011 World's Best Multinational Companies list are culturally-strong technology companies such as Microsoft, NetApp, SAS, and Google. Old-fashioned benefits like health insurance, family leave, and flex time ranked only 15 percent when considering most valued HR offerings. They're upgrading.

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Company Heskett Ryan Audience 17

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.

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 311

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

I had an interesting conversation earlier this week with a very experienced consultant whose company works with many of the largest financial services providers in the world — the banks, funds, and insurance companies we've all heard of. There are two types of bad news here for the services providers. I hope they show up soon.

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Company Insurance Banking Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

In 2011, the average tenure dropped to 18 years. Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. Digital transformation forces wholesale change to the foundations of an enterprise — from its operating model to its infrastructure, what it sells, and to whom and how. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking to reduce its cost structure by redesigning its health-care-delivery model to reflect the true costs of care (the early stages of the project were described in a 2011 Harvard Business Review article by Robert S. Why Less Choice Is More in Health Insurance Exchanges.

Health Care 8

Health Care Kaplan Porter Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

To understand these issues better, we formed a project team to study patients that started on dialysis in 2011 and 2012. Costs Operations management Business processes Healthcare' Such patients may not adequately prepare for this eventuality despite a timely recommendation by their nephrologist.

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Cost Class Compliance Maturity 13

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Therefore, leaders adopting an evolutionary psychology approach to followership must do all they can to align followers’ goals with those of the organization and insure that the benefits people accrue outweigh the costs of working for the leader, as followers will either mutiny or leave if goals are misaligned or inequities are perceived.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Clorox deploys cross-functional teams to continually prune its product portfolio, insuring that remaining products meet their volume targets. And Dell strictly limits the number of components in its computers as a way of controlling its customized assembly operations. What's your view?

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Supply Chain Airlines 15

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

iDecide+ A Professional Decision Making App – This is one of my favorites because it does a great job of not only allowing you to choose your criteria, it has you do a pairing exercise to insure that your weighting is aligned and calibrated. It forces you to make better decisions.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Brainstorming Tools Decisionmaking 79

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

iDecide+ A Professional Decision Making App – This is one of my favorites because it does a great job of not only allowing you to choose your criteria, it has you do a pairing exercise to insure that your weighting is aligned and calibrated. It forces you to make better decisions.

Executive Coaching 68

Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Brainstorming Execution 68

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

According to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers’ earnings rose by 47% from 1999 to 2012, but their contribution to health insurance premiums during that time went up by 180%. Health insurance premiums rose four and half times faster than the rate of inflation over the same period. This trend is unsustainable.

Health Care 8

Health Care Constraint Budgeting Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

While consumers are rightfully worried that their personal information may be compromised, shareholders and companies’ management have a wider set of concerns, including loss of intellectual property, operational disruption, decreased customer trust, tarnished brand, and loss of investor commitment.

Price 8

Price Long-term Banking Short-term 8

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. On a recent trip, he briefed me on his business plan and on the school's operations with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned entrepreneur. percent lower than its value in 2007.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Rogers Tourism Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. These are the images many outsiders have of the medical marijuana industry. State and local regulations change constantly.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2011

Explore how Healthcare Performance Management (HPM), combined with self-insurance, can empower organizations not only to better manage their governance, risk and compliance exposures, but also to deliver bottom-line business value to a company. Self-insurance recently has become the option of choice for a majority of the workforce.

Strategy 67

Strategy Insurance Compliance Management 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

This cost is also disproportionately borne by mom-and-pops, many of which operate in poor neighborhoods and rural areas. About 12% of the federal budget in 2012 supported programs that provide aid (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits) to poor families. It can be difficult to transport and is inherently insecure.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses).

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Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8