N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. While values and ethics remain consistent, delivery models must change with time to in order to endure. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 3, 2010

Seward was a onetime political rival of Abraham Lincoln’s who became a member of Lincoln’s cabinet and one of Lincoln’s best friends. A couple summers ago, I shot the above photograph of the William Seward statue in New York City’s Madison Square Park knowing that one day I would write about him.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 4, 2009

are responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society. Benjamin Franklin “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.&# John Adams “The citizens of the U.S. We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government.&#

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

Political, social and economic cultures that have been sustained for long periods of time have these values and systems that don’t (i.e. Positive psychology has identified 24 character strengths that it believes — and a growing body of research shows — affect human flourishing. These character strengths are universal.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The end result is low morale and the consequent low standards of performance.&# – Koh Boon Hwee “The most important element in any relationship, business or personal, is trust and credibility.&# – Brian Tracy “Why are you reading the blurbs in this book?

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 1, 2009

Politics was a kind of ministry for him, and that kind of dedication makes a difference.&# A recent IBD article illustrates the important qualities of strength and courage that helped Adams not only endure but also succeed: “Samuel Adams’ success came from his willingness to work tirelessly for the cause of liberty.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

Sometimes it is asked in a more politically correct way. However, your values and ethics also impact your perspective. Not having ‘your’ work ethic doesn’t in and of itself make the other person ‘lazy.’ Sometimes it is asked as a curiosity.

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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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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2010

What is equally amazing is that is where much of the stuff is made too (so if their is pollution or a stretch in ethics of how something is made we might be able to turn a blind eye)! Often times where it ends up does not seem to matter that much to us, because it may be on another continent. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club. Be guided by appropriateness and tie into what the target values or needs most. Try new approaches.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance. Brown-Nosers are earnest, dutiful, conscientious, and loyal employees who will do whatever their leaders ask them to do. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. You make an excellent case for cultural innovation and leadership. Sounds like an interesting event and line up. How should leaders behave to suppress this natural behaviour ? link] mikemyatt Thanks for your suggestion, which by the way is an excellent one.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Branding has proliferated big time – we now have personal brands, country brands, political brands, cause-related brands, even cultural brands. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. This company lost $5 billion in 2012 and hasn’t made a profit since 2008.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. 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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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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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. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

One’s social standing was a key factor in this, as the image and self-esteem of many working class men is wrapped up in their hard work ethic, so being unemployed carries considerable stigma. This is often accompanied by marriage failure and a decline in civic or religious participation. Labor participation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader… It has been said that a politician is concerned with winning an election, and a statesman is concerned with future generations. Thanks again for this historical perspective.

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