N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

To this day I’m amazed at how many CEOs still own tasks, roles, projects, and responsibilities that should be delegated to others. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

No, he has the problem and is projecting it on the paying customers. Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Make an equitable blend of ambition and desire: Fine-tuning one’s career is an admirable and necessary process. I should move on to other new projects.” There are no fast-forward buttons or skipping steps inn developing an effective organization, just as there are no shortcuts in formulating a career and Body of Work.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

As an example, the marketing assistant who receives a comparatively small bonus when contrasted to that of a sales person feels that his/her contribution is minimized and feels treated unfairly. a 12 month project. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

I am working on a consulting project where we have run into "Crazy", We had started down the path you outlined here, but we appreciate the clarity of your message. Agree wholeheartedly about positive conflict, though [link] mikemyatt Hi Bob: Thanks for your comment and I'm glad we're in agreement.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? Have you sought counsel and/or feedback before making your decision? Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes. ” Approach your career as a body of work.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Equipment, tools, materials, schedules.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) In my case.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Regardless of where you are in your life and your career, I can promise you one thing; you will consistently be faced with challenges and obstacles along the way. Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Defy Gravity is every person’s guide to challenging their status quo.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Hanging over the right corner of his office was a flat screen TV tuned to a financial channel posting the most recent "unprecedented" crash in markets around the world. Assume that fluidity and crisis management will be a core part of all of our jobs. The extreme marketplace volatility over the past several years is not news.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In a recent article in the journal Environmental Systems and Decisions , a group of risk management experts dissect how Venice responded to the Black Death in the 1400s. This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management. But not everyone likes being part of someone else’s cool engineering project.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day. This may be the first time in my career that I've been accused of taking a standard management approach.:) via n2growth.com [.] We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. We recall compiling the case notes or sales projections just before the presentation meeting. Having too much time to get projects accomplished tends to breed procrastination. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

While there is little debate that speed can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of speed can send a company (or a career) into a death spiral. In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection. Thanks for the encouragement.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. Thanks for your candor Mary.

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