N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Obsolescence of intellectual property, products, services, solutions, or competitive value propositions. If your company is in products, services, or businesses that you wouldn’t enter into if you weren’t in that particular arena today…GET OUT! The bottom line is this…Bleeding is not a healthy thing.

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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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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike. As an up-and-coming preparing for management, I'm working to grasp these core concepts.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think. Many good people in the organization choose the latter course, and both morale and productivity tend to spiral downward. Thanks for your characteristic thoughtfulness.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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JULY 2, 2010

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. Linked-In Linked-In is larger than ecademy, and perhaps a bit more polished, and while still valuable it is not nearly as productive a community as ecademy. Inc.com Inc. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

This is because most CRM platforms measure customer interactions solely upon product purchase history and preferences. As should be obvious, this set of metrics is biased not only to product centric data, but also toward historical data, and does not take into account experience or forward looking trends & preferences.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice. HP Has Decreasing Product Quality. HP used to be synonymous with great products, but lately quality is not the immediate adjective you would jump to when you describe HP Products.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service. must all reflect high standards of quality.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

and ATIG, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Brand Exposure: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Do you understand the difference b… [link] [.] Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Tweets that mention Brand Exposure | N2Growth Blog — Topsy.com [.]

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. What I want you to recognize is that sometimes the least efficient thing can be lead to the most productive outcome. So much so, that I have really come to cringe every time I hear the word efficiency.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

and Mike Myatt, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Looking For Leadership: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? The trick is to separate the wheat from the chaff and then to put the valuable items to productive use. Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point?

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MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. Even their advertising model is simplistically brilliant.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

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AUGUST 11, 2010

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. Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

It takes a blending of approach to craft the right message and this will not happen when operating in a vacuum. When someone asks me about an operational matter in the corridor and I haven’t got the key points mentally articulated, I am all over the place.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The most productive leaders I know have the ability to be extremely nice, very civil and always polite while maintaining the ability to be direct, focused, and candid. Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Leaders can be extremely strong in any of the areas above, but if they are not leading effectively or productively, if they are not meeting performance expectations, then they have work to do. Both of these traits are covered in the exam above as either a by-product or a sub-component thereof. Want to find out?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. Influence is built upon a foundation of trust : If a person is not trusted there is a firm limit on their ability to create and use influence.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

In other words, make the meeting meaningful, productive, and if possible enjoyable. The Environment : What should be obvious, but what is often overlooked, is the importance of having your board members look forward to the meeting. If your board members dread attending your meeting, they will be predisposed to show up with a bad attitude.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

In 140 characters or less, elections are influenced, news is being broken, relationships are being created and expanded, brands are being built, trust is being build, influence is being generated, and products & services are being sold. Don’t underestimate the power of brevity.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce. link] mikemyatt Great thoughts Mark – A leader who fails to transfer their vision has failed to understand the value of a vision. Thanks for sharing Mark.

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JULY 26, 2010

I think not. While confidence can be mistaken for arrogance, and vice-versa, they are clearly not interchangeable terms.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

“My way or the highway&# leadership styles don’t play well in today’s world, will result in a fractured culture, and ultimately a non-productive organization. Without them, not only is there no one to lead, but in many cases there would not be a product to sell or a service to offer.

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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? That is the question.

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JULY 6, 2010

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s as if it has become more acceptable to bash users of buzzwords than to actually listen to what’s being said – this in my opinion is not healthy, nor is it productive.

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