Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The truth is that great companies are those which can thrive and prosper in the absence of sophistication.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

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? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 400

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time.

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities.

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 305

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Business Model Blog Brand Depreciation 269

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure.

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. First is the time pressure for our attention. simply don’t lend themselves to the indulgence of pompous grandeur.

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Blog Brand Influence Trends 382

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

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Blog Survey Talent Management Brand 326

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe.

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Blog Collins Efficiency Brand 360

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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Brand Blog Reputation Parcell 267

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

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. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] " Thanks for adding to the conversation Jennifer.

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Contingency Plans Planning Blog Ryan 360

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. " Thanks again for your contribution to the leadership community. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed. one mouth.

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Blog Brand Consultative Depreciation 420

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

Blog 419

Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Commitment means you will persist with the process long before it appears to be working. While listening to 1 of ur awesome LLR leadership cds yesterday, we were eagerly awaiting our Emv/autoship delivery~ 1 of our 4 yr old twins asked, "Is Chris Brady going 2 bring our emv here yet? Deliberate practice over time - Wow!

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Process EVA Letter Blog 73

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

Blog 420

Blog Meyer Short-term Learning-by-Doing 420

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Consequently ownership of any delegated task is a necessary, ongoing and never ending process where we also take ownership of the persons results as a product of our teaching. 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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CEO Blog Delegation Covey 349

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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Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles.

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Case Study Training Development Leadership 228

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

New business models, new ways of working, cooler tools and technologies. Striving for excellence” should be a call to action for us to renew our focus on developing a culture of excellence, great leadership, adopting best practices, making them work in our context, continual improvement and superior service to our customers/peers.

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Goal Directory Quality Blog 146

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Never sacrifice quality: Your products, services, leadership, management, culture, customer service, communication, etc. Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. must all reflect high standards of quality. Mixed messaging or practices has killed many a brand.

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Brand Blog How To Public Relations 271

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

There is lots of conflicting research about what really matters in the process to educate children. Related posts: 5 Lessons I’ve Learned about Leadership The economic waves have settled a bit and my company. Women Leadership and Mad Men Some revolutions are bloody, and some are flash-in-the-pan moments.

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Education Press Release Leadership Development Development 170

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). There was far too much rehashing of old ideas spun as new.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

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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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. Based on my experience in implementing organizational change through processes and people, here are a few key lessons I have derived: Change is difficult because it pulls us out of our comfort. Don’t Kill It!

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Management Blog Directory Open-book 130

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Systems and Processes. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2010

Do you have right set of processes, people and technology that will help you deliver up to customer’s expectations consistently? Does it solve their problems? To what extent? Do you have a method to accurately identify customer’s real/unique expectations? Their unique context? Don’t Kill It!

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Quality Blog Management Mission Statement 153

QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

They use technology to cook more food in less time. Tags: akshaya patra , entrepreneurship , Innovation , Quality , social entrepreneurship Leadership , Quality | Tanmay August 23, 2010 3 Comments By ajay, August 23, 2010 @ 12:29 pm excellent post !! I wondered too, till I visited one of their kitchens in Ahmedabad recently.

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Quality Innovation NGO Supply Chain 155

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. Here's link to a post of mine a couple of years ago: Dan Nigro, Rick Rescorla and the Leadership Lessons of 9/11 [link]. We owe deep debts of honor to so many people for their service on that horrendous day, and in the years afterward.

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Blog Hotels Follow-up Brand 404

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

 Today I have a great quarterly leadership journal for you to check out.  Today I have a great quarterly leadership journal for you to check out. As the academic publications of today have become increasingly focused and fragmented by the many lenses that leadership can be viewed through (i.e.  Enjoy!

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Peer Review Leadership Human Resources White Paper 124

QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Starting project without 102% clarity (100% clarity on scope/technology and 2% knowledge of how you can add value). Ignoring the basic discipline involved in following the processes. The purpose of these posts is simple - to extract rules of thumb for better management and leadership. Not learning from your past mistakes.

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