N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. Operations are sound, professional and productive.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

I stated that I wasn’t interested in his projects and needed to end the call. I’ve learned the hard way the value of prioritizing time and focusing on the people and projects that matter. He challenged that it was my obligation to ‘make a difference,’ defined as me giving time and money to his pet causes.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. is who they are going to put in charge?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? a 12 month project. That is the question. I now own two small construction companies, I believe this industry could actually change to commission//Salary.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

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. I watch them to experience the magical energy of live performances. Many of us remember writing the college theme paper the night before it was due.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Experience Gathering – Circumstances within and outside your control caused the projects to fail. Learns constructively from trial and error. Visualizing patterns of failure… as barriers to success. Learns which external factors to trust and which cannot be controlled. Grooming – The team let you down.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This premise also holds true for each corporate operating unit and department. The whole of the business and each sub-set must always educate corporate opinion makers on how it functions and the skill with which the company operates. I should move on to other new projects.” Gaining confidence among stakeholders is crucial.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

No, he has the problem and is projecting it on the paying customers. How important is it to build an organization well, rather than constantly spend time in managing conflict? Do successful corporations operate without a strategy-vision? “Every one of them has a problem today.” He added that “every one of them has a problem.”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. I appreciate it.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The management that takes steps to “fix themselves” rather than always projecting problems upon other people will have a successful organization. These are my concluding pieces of leadership advice. Leadership and executive development skills are steadily learned and continually sharpened.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. Rob [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] }*/.feedback_prompt link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Thanks for the comment Joe.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. But the main challenge is not how to operate the machine. Learn more about the Advanced Leadership Initiative.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Finally comes Crisis Training.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The only exception is during a crisis or in the face of an impending deadline — when somehow the use of time magically shifts to match the short-term priority. You may also be invited to staff meetings and various project review meetings which may or may not be about your own priorities.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

In the subset of cases where the company’s condition was classified as “Crisis” or “Challenged,” a similar difference was also evident, moving the companies to the “Stable” or “Growth” category 92% of the time, versus 70% for non-management consultants.

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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. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. " Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell [link] Bob MacNeal Mike, Thanks for this helpful post.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. ” As with seeds tossed onto rocky soil, Van Wagenen accepts that not all projects will germinate and bear fruit.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

When Emma Cookson, the Chairman of the New York branch of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), an award-winning ad agency, and her team concocted an innovative marketing program called Homeless Hotspots , they genuinely had no sense of the furor that they'd be facing when the project launched. There's Real Value in Clear Leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

” He organized three cross-functional teams to go after operations and security, administration and fundraising, and the damage to the collection. As every effective storyteller does, he described what happened and projected what would follow while including himself in the drama. A crisis leader must be a storyteller.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives. Without integrity – there is no leadership.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

Continue fact-finding efforts, which will yield more good ideas for future projects. Interpret the results to management in terms that are easy to understand and support. Provide management with information that justifies their confidence. No business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? We have annual sales projections. What are you gonna do about it? There’s too much talk about planning. We’re just busy doing things. We have a Mission Statement. Money covers up a lot of ills. Good things happen to good people.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

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. I watch them to experience the magical energy of live performances. Many of us remember writing the college theme paper the night before it was due.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Here is an average priority ranking for companies-organizations: Revenue volume and its rewards (bonuses for key management). Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Productivity gained.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. Operational Statistics.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The burgeoning Ebola crisis hit home for Americans the other week with the death of a Liberian man in Dallas. These developments unraveled the projected confidence of leading physicians and officials of the Center for Disease Control that the disease was a low-risk threat to our country with its advanced medical systems.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Such companies should pay close attention to the different ways in which the Justice Department claims egregious BP behavior and prevent such actions in their own operations. In March, BP settled civil claims by private plaintiffs for $7.8 DoJ now says this is a highly relevant consideration.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Absentee leadership. Too many projects, too many priorities. Strategic and operational paralysis has become the norm. Too many operational changes. Project deadlines are seldom met. Revival is not too late, but whatever you do. remember, the steps you take must be transformational, not incremental. Lack of vision.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. While leadership doesn’t require being perfect, it does require doing what is needed and necessary.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

The unraveling of charismatic leadership often follows a familiar arc. It is demeanors such as his that worsen the public’s trust in leaders and fuel what has been called a global crisis of leadership. The very people who can quell the crisis, fix the damage, and renew the organization. Resignation.

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