N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

I couldn’t disagree more…In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on what I refer to as the fallacy of no. While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative. The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

People also self-select, meaning they are ready to move forward with us when they contact us, either because someone else referred them, they like what they see on our site, or they’ve come to our business from one of the other channels we use like our blogs, Twitter accounts, or Facebook profiles.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. I liked your reference to fallacy that the truth can somehow be hidden – it cannot. How sad is this? Are these extreme statements?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of all three leaders cited in your comment and appreciate your reference. In fact, you might be interested in reading a previous post that I authored on this topic: [link]. Thanks for the suggestion Dan.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

Others have referred to the workplace meeting as the “black hole.&# For most, it’s one to eight hours, but a hardy 11 percent of men (men are far more meeting-prone than women) somehow survive 13 or more hours of meetings a week.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Unless an untreated psychological, neurological or psychiatric condition exists, an inability to change is likely self-inflicted by one or all of the following: no recognition of needed change; no desire to change, or lack of work ethic needed to cause the change.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As the senior manager of a large technology firm said to one of my colleagues: "If you work hard and get good results here, you'll be rewarded; and if you don't work hard and get mediocre results, you'll also be rewarded.". The first is the complexity of your organization's structure.

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