N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The politician makes speeches and promises motivated by pride, ego, notoriety, power, position, stature, and personal success. Contrast this with a statesman who keeps commitments, is motivated by service above and beyond self, and by making a lasting positive difference. However, I have recently changes my tune. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Over the years I’ve met more than a few CEOs who paid little or no attention to their board of directors, only to find themselves wondering what went wrong as they were being ushered out the door prior to the expiration of their employment agreement. As a CEO, your board can be one of your greatest allies.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Pat Teague, who leads USAA’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the company’s leadership development programs that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. The HR Digest: How is USAA responding to COVID-19? How are you coping?

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

The finance department is your business foundation so you need it to be one that you can trust. You as the Leader and CEO. One of the issues that tech innovators find is the mad-genius paradox. If your CFO is doing something financially shady, SOX says that he is either doing it with you or to you. Customer Service Rep.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 30, 2013

Madison writes for various outlets on finance and management.]. Innovative. Whether you’re CEO of a company, a team manager or a hard-working employee, adopting and possessing leadership qualities can enhance your professional trajectory and even personal life. [Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Madison Davis.

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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? Bottom line…check your motivations. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

I have spent my life studying people and have conducted exhaustive amounts of research which supports my belief that anyone is capable of changing if they have the intrinsic motivation to do so. Eric Shinseki, former Army Chief of Staff, Alan Mulally, CEO of the Ford Motor Company, and Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Those team members who share a commonality of core values will automatically assume “best intentions” in one another vs. assuming “worst intentions” or “motives/agendas.” Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels. From my perspective there is no such thing as a toxic asset.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Great CEOs realize the importance of being consistently, purposefully and intensely engaged with their CXOs.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. As a CEO, how can you expect to inspire, motivate, engender confidence, and to lead with a lousy attitude? Leaders are not perfect, and as CEO, trust me when I tell you that you’re going to have your fair share of bad days.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 26, 2021

For instance, the celebrity-status professors at elite universities and the highly-motivated peer group might have been expected to produce more motivated students, but graduates from lower-ranked universities were just as motivated and hard-working as their peers. The impact was rather muted in many areas, however.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And I agree 100% that leaders everywhere need to find ways to motivate people that go beyond money and benefits. 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? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. This is the antithesis of true leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., Mike Myatt : How has social media impacted you as a CEO? This has motivated me to live my life intentionally in every sphere. (I It all starts in my head.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Sure it is…but it is much, much more difficult, rarely sustainable, and leaders who lack humility are always called into question with regard to motives and agendas. When you think of a true leader do you envision someone who displays a quiet confidence or a blatant arrogance? Is it possible to be a leader without being humble?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

The truth of the matter is that few things have inspired and motivated me over the years like the quiet confidence and humility of great leaders. I would much rather listen to the self-deprecating humor of a confident person making fun of themselves than the mean spirited attacks of an arrogant person waged at someone else’s expense.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Alan Mulally – Former CEO, Ford and Boeing Commercial Aircraft. CEO Magazine – CEO of the Year. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

What's funny is that it really doesn't matter what the motivations are for doing so, the outcomes are rarely good. It will be interesting to see if the next round of Google innovation will be as successful as the beauty of their initial simplicity. Thanks for sharing Todd. I Think Not.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

They were masters of motivation. Andrew Cravenho is the CEO of CBAC Funding, an innovative invoice finance company. The common thread connecting these names is passion, others might call it charisma. They were capable of riveting your attention and they did so by revealing their emotional commitment to their vision.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Oh, and by the way…if you’re a CEO you better have a very clear understanding of what your customers are experiencing at every level of interaction across your enterprise. Great CEOs personally experience their business as a consistent consumer of its services. Richard Branson is a frequent passenger on Virgin flights.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Ask yourself the following question: If your employees held an election today, would you be re-elected as CEO by a landslide, or would you be voted out?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. They are the ones that inspire, motivate and challenge others. 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

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The best leaders humble themselves to others on a frequent basis to be challenged, motivated, and to avail themselves of a full array of options. Oarabile Surfhawk The CEO's and C-level executives that are members of Vistage International understand these principles well. Thanks again for your comment. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Moreover, building rapport is easily achieved assuming your motivations for doing so are sincere. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in. 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? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mike Myatt: Today is the launch day of your new book Defying Gravity, what motivated you to write the book and what do you hope to accomplish with it? The CEO has all of that intellectual property and those secrets in his arsenal to guide the business forward. No one wanted to change the IBM status quo. And guess what? I Think Not.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It is also the only company in the finance industry to have bucked the trend of bringing gender parity in the boardroom. Resilient leadership is all about motivating teams, sustaining energy levels, and maintaining a growth orientation. Without a doubt, leadership resilience.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] bosxs Thanks for this [link] CEO Success…It’s not Random | N2 Growth Blog [.] Serves people. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It was an event packed with prominent people who work (or worked) in finance, but seem to come from a different, more genteel world than the bulk of modern Wall Street: Bogle, Swensen, former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, former TIAA-CREF CEO John Biggs. The profit motive is generally a good thing. somebody asked Tuesday.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

An example of the importance of flexibility would be that when staff are highly motivated and competent, a combination of highly delegatory and moderate participative styles of leadership would be most appropriate. Leaders must employ a combination of leadership styles depending on the situation. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Watching the EOD graduates stand at attention in front of the Memorial Wall there was no doubt that these were motivated, committed, passionate, honorable individuals with a clear sense of duty, and who hold in high regard the principle of service above self. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Exclusivity vs. Inclusivity : Do you use your intelligence to intimidate and stifle others or to encourage, inspire and motivate others? If any of these issues describe situations that hit too close to home then you may want to take a step back and do some self-evaluation. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

I listened to esteemed business school professors, two Nobel laureates, bestselling authors, and some of the world’s most successful CEOs. If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it?

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