N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Executives who realize their potential can be far more satisfied with their careers and lives. Advantage 4: See Goals More Clearly and Purposefully.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. The Nuts and Bolts of the Strategic Plan [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link].

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Let me start by reassuring you: the chances that you are a strategy tourist are close to zero. But I’m sure you do know a strategy tourist. They like to restart a new strategy exercise every year. I call the opposite of a strategy tourist a Strategy Execution hero. THE STRATEGY TOURIST: 20 BEHAVIORS.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 3, 2017

From this comes a strategy for obtaining your sales results for the new year. Strategy and tactics are used in professional selling just as they are used in a battlefield maneuver. Strategy could be defined as the "big picture" and the tactics as the actual professional selling that happens to accomplish the sales objective.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Strategy : planning, tactics, organizational development. What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. Those who excelled at every assignment given and each stage of their career. Firms which package and market services. Strategic overview, vision expeditor.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Are you shooting yourself in the foot with your pricing strategy? Do you have a pricing strategy, or do you set your prices by some ethereal or arbitrary method? How much is your time worth? What does your pricing say about your personal or corporate brand?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. Every sound business initiative begins with a solid strategic plan. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. I know from experience that planning while going through the ‘alligators’ is the most effective way to conduct the process.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

Like most bloggers, I write about what I know; that’s strategy, leadership and branding. More recently, I delved into the business of “cult” energy drink brands, Red Bull and Monster, and I strongly advise anyone in consumer products or services to examine Red Bull’s strategies and culture. Strategy has never been more important.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Don’t you wish you had a GPS for your life and career? Wouldn’t it be great to simply plug in your dreams or goals for your life and career and have someone tell you in a very confident assuring voice how to get there? A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment? They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. They make changes.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., Business models must be designed with great care at the outset, but they must also be fluid in order to react to changing market conditions and avoid becoming stagnant.

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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. 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. Entrepreneur is as entrepreneur does.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

but for now, most economists (and the market) agree that things are getting better. As part of your executive advisory program, with just some strategic planning up front, you can see such measurable results. The reality is — tough times never last. There is an end to the economic instability. Has your client base changed?

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2015

A common mistake is for companies to think about the market segments that they are in instead of understanding the person who really uses their products and services. Be proactive about scheduling time to work on your strategy and the future growth of your business. They are scrambling desperately for growth.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Posted by Elinor Stutz on December 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Marketing professionals refer to strategy as your unique selling proposition while sales folk use the term ‘positioning.’ They are missing the vision of finding a job that will provide both career growth and satisfaction.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. This is true in boom times and recessions, from organizations being complacent through multiple successes, to newcomers coming in to take over the market.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

They are those prickly little creatures that make noises like; “ Yabut, the banks will never back us on this one… Yabut, the market is totally unpredictable… Yabut, we’ve never done that before… ”. Let’s take Stephen, for example. And it’s worth it. About the Author. You just finished reading The attack of the Yabuts!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. I’m a big advocate of Strategic Planning and Visioning. With planning and organizing, you can meet and beat most deadlines without working in a pressure cooker.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

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. Do successful corporations operate without a strategy-vision?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Some performers made careers as supporting players. Learn to pace and be in the chosen career for the long-run. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Hank’s latest book functions as a ‘PDR of business,’ a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and initiative.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career. That’s why we see so many good ideas either not make it to market or not for long. We know the importance of a living, adaptable, actionable strategic plan. It provides everyone with a common mission and purpose.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Some people in your organization will devote much time to promotions, public relations, marketing and advertising. Strategic Plan. Marketing Program.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Special Edition 49 – An Interview with Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top explores the approaches everyone in the corporate world can use, regardless of their current position, to shape their career development and accelerate their advancement.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2%). Access to global markets. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. Hank’s latest book functions as a ‘PDR of business,’ a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Apart from nicer offices and bigger paychecks, the perceived difference is that leadership usually stays hands-off on the execution side of things and focuses mostly on strategy. There are five levels of leadership: Strategy. This indicates whether success is in reach or whether a shift in strategy or execution is required.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

But is simply enjoying stamp collecting enough to translate your hobby into a successful, thriving, and sustainable career? In my view, social media is still a relatively untapped resource—and it’s one tool every hobbyist already has at their disposal to do the most basic market research. Differentiate From Day One. Your own website?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.” Systems and Processes. Culture and Mission. Philosophy.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Presidents.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

But first, ask yourself why you want to make a career out of your hobby? And because technology now enables work to be a thing you do rather than a place you go, the opportunity to identify and develop unique career pathways is greater than ever! Boil down the essence of your purpose because it will drive you to success.

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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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