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

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. Does your organization focus more on process than success?

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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? link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process. Which hat, or hats do you wear? WORDPRESS! [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

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? We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. Identifying leaders?

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof Your Organization Scott Klososky Greenlead Book Group (2011) Digital plumbing + high-beam strategy + high-velocity culture = business success (however defined) Almost immediately, Scott Klososky establishes and then sustains a direct, personal, and at times almost confrontational (..)

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2021

Steve Hatfield: Post-pandemic, we expect to see changes in how we think about almost every facet of work – but particularly in how organizations elevate humans and architect technology to enable greater productivity, innovation, resilience, and organization performance. How are you preparing your employees for this new reality of work?

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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? Thanks for stopping by James. Efficient v.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

An organization's purpose often changes over time as advances in technology, changes in customer demands/preferences, etc. 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).

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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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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions. 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 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. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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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

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

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. 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.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

I do it one “D” at a time: Discover (what is important or of value to my customer), Decide (what their experience will look like), Deliver (what I set as their expectation) and Do It Again (it’s an ongoing process that changes and improves with feedback). It’s an ongoing process that is never complete.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 19, 2010

Thanks to our assessment process, we are finding what we thought we would find - Low Job Fit debt collectors. Makes us wonder about the Talent Selection Strategy of some of the financial service companies whose debt collection departments our Clients compete against.    Sounds like an opportunity, right? Not exactly.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Six Disciplines 1:1 Executive Coaching - Is Now Open for Enrollment for 2011. Recent 2010 research* confirms what we know to be our biggest challenges as executives: 52% of executives don’t feel their company’s strategy will lead to success. 50% consider setting a clear and differentiating strategy a significant challenge.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

In order for any change to occur – whether it’s a decision to purchase a product, or an implementation to add new technology – whatever touches the ultimate solution must buy-in to the change. In 1983, in London, I started up a body shop/recruitment company to support the ‘new’ language and ’4GL’ support technology called Focus.

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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

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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

To mitigate the lack of buy-in, Johns Kotter created an 8-step change process model the first step of which is to Increase the Urgency for Change. Always thank the stakeholders for their input, and provide specific examples of how he/she added value to the process. You just finished reading Buy-In - The Imperative Strategy !

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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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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Chris Ferdinandi, Renegade HR : How To Hire Better - Check out this short but powerful post by Chris where he uses a real life example to illustrate the classic conundrum that arises from the traditional interview-based hiring process.  Here are my picks for the week of October 4th - 10th, 2010.  Enjoy!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Coming up with Creative Solutions I am fascinated by the creative process. Related posts: The 80/20 Way to Make a Living… and a Life Have you ever found yourself working long hours, skipping lunch, How to attack the business doldrums It’s nearly mid-October and we’ve all been shuffling along in. Do you find. Want that job?

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 25, 2010

  The talent selection process is highly-structured.  Stop trusting your "gut" during the interview process.    The talent selection process is highly-structured.  Stop trusting your "gut" during the interview process.    Benchmark the position. 

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

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. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. Women Leaders and Male Partnership In any learning process, there is a tendency to go. Can we ever admit we are fried, exhausted, done, and not be judged as lacking in mojo, courage, stamina?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

When I was working for an employer, I knew going through the recruitment process that there was some bad “juju&# around the opportunity. 2 Laura Nozicka January 15th, 2011 at 12:16 pm Hi Henna~ Thanks for your comment. I personally have been in several situations–business, relationships, dating, etc.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Don’t Get Ripped Off – Tips for Saving Money on Credit Card Processing Guest post by Stella Fayman (learn more about Stella at. Categories : Communications , Equality 1 Comments 1 Tweets that mention Appreciating the UConn Streak :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 10th, 2011 at 8:10 pm [.]

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Develop a planning process that consists of setting measurable objectives. Address personal fears, listen to your own instincts and intuition, and start believing in yourself to have the tenacity and drive to see your goal of business ownership actualize. Offer support to others with similar goals of business ownership.

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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

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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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

John Agno, The Leadership Blog : Six Ingredients to Becoming an Employer of Choice - Selecting the best talent to lead your organization to new heights requires careful screening and assessment during the hiring process.  To help you attract the best talent possible, John has six great tips for becoming an employer of choice.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

You will find articles on topics like leadership development, succession planning, strategy and vision, and ethics -- just to name a few. You will find articles on topics like leadership development, succession planning, strategy and vision, and ethics -- just to name a few.

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

 John takes a look at two common reasons sales representatives fail: being unprepared throughout the sales process and a failure to recognize the impact of their personality style on the individual making the purchase decision.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Women Leaders and Male Partnership In any learning process, there is a tendency to go. Complexity of Women Leaders Women in power in this century are, for the most. Women Leaders and the Gift of Authenticity Leadership is a front-and-center job. It’s hard to hide, and.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 21, 2010

 Unfortunately a high percentage of new bosses are unable to successfully make this transition and in the process cost their organizations considerable time and resources and also incur a great deal of personal stress, frustration, and heartache in the process.

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