N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Don’t be shy – jump right in… Related Post : Vision vs. Mission Share and Enjoy: View Comments Oarabile Thats a gud advice Mike and keep the good work up and empower you generation Mark Oakes Good post, Mike Ah… the 'Vision' Thing … the underpinning of great things to come. I Think Not.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Remember that no one likes to be publicly embarrassed, and that your statements, actions, and overall performance are an indirect reflection on their personal brand and professional reputation. As such, they make better friends than adversaries. If you inherit your board, seek to build strong relationships as quickly as possible.

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JULY 6, 2010

Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be? 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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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

My advice is to actually work at becoming very discerning. My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity. The big take away here is that intuitive decisioning can be refined and improved.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand. While they shouldn’t, the reality is that they most certainly do.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. If your employees cannot simply and effectively explain what you do you have problems.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. Take your listening skills online, and don’t just push out Tweets and Facebook messages, but ask questions and elicit feedback. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

They also seek the advice and counsel of their board and executive team in addition to a plethora of outside advisers. My recommendation is not to hand-cuff or bridle your CEO, rather give the CEO room to lead, maneuver, innovate and succeed. Great CEOs are the glue that provides continuity between vision and strategy. If not why not?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Lack of Interaction : Along the lines of number one above, if executives, management, and staff don’t proactively seek your advice and input then you have a respect problem. Respect | [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Your article and your advice are very applicable for our churches as much as they are for the business world. I truly appreciate your advice. I believe that conflict is one of the reasons that churches in the United States are in decline. link] mikemyatt Hi Dale: Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you found this post helpful.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Blogs can clearly be accretive, and will continue to add brand equity to those companies and individuals who grasp the value of social media and understand how to incorporate blogging into their social media efforts. Your advice is helpful. It seems like a lot of work to be writing to yourself.

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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 21, 2010

What I shared in this post was not advice asking readers to fool themselves, but I was asking them to check their motivations and assess their aspirations. "False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. Doing anything for the wrong reasons is not likely to turn out well. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. My advice is simple…stop rationalizing and justifying doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons, stop whining & complaining and get in the game - do the right thing.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Interacting through social media is simple, meaningful, actionable, relational, transformational, and scalable. If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it? Focus on value creation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Mello OK, I'd swear that I thanked you for this here before but… So I'm taking advice from Wally Bock's mom who said we should write three thank you notes every day. I have gone through most of these (Thanks for making it easy Mike). Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog (n2growth.com) [.] I Think Not.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

My advice is simple – don’t identify yourself based on diversity segment, identify yourself by your accomplishments and your character. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I think Winston Churchill said it best when he noted, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.&# Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] robpetersen Great advice, Mike. Mark Oakes Mike Exceptional Advice that all, including myself, should remember on a daily basis.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

I’m going to peel back the layers on your personal brand, question your priorities, and quite possibly put a big dent in your carefully crafted professional facade. If you’re struggling with the family balance thing my advice is simple: don’t attempt to balance your family – make them your priority.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Mike Myatt : If you could give our readers one piece of advice on leadership, what would that be? Love John Maxwell's advice. I can see how you would love John's advice – what's not too love? Leaders are always connected to the vision. And then they connect the people to the vision. Leaders are learners.

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JANUARY 9, 2011

link] mikemyatt Thanks for the advice Rick…I probably should have made it an even dozen:). I appreciate you sharing your link which also contains some great advice. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mike Henry Sr., Executive Oasis Intl, charleneobille and others. Thanks for stopping by. Thanks again for stopping by Skip.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share some thoughts on the importance of social media influence in the building of personal and corporate brand equity. Can you generate an increase in revenue and brand equity with social media? Is social media right for business? How does social media compare with other mediums?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

So I listened to their advice and secured both – only to find that they wanted to change a lot of things about Defy Gravity that I didn’t like. Mike Myatt: If you could give our readers one piece of advice on leadership, what would that be? They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing.

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JULY 1, 2010

Mike Myatt : If you could give our readers one piece of advice on leadership, what would that be? 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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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Therefore the following tips were designed to help you get the most out of your reading while maintaining efficiency in your reading efforts: Books : My first piece of advice is that if you don’t own a Kindle or other e-reader, go get one. Here's my advice – if Oakes is reading these books, then so should you be as well.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Negative Brand Impact : If it isn’t bad enough already, a lost account can easily have a negative impact on future sales due to spreading the news of their bad experience with your company. This will not only impact your revenue, but can also taint your brand equity.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Mike Myatt : If you could give our readers one piece of advice on leadership, what would that be? Advice from Michael Hyatt, Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, from an interview by Mike Myatt of N2Growth ( [link] ). [.] Humble, authentic leaders who really understand their craft are equally scarce.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Do people seek your input, advice, and counsel ? link] Mike Myatt Hi Kathy: I agree – My experience is that many CEOs don’t have a trusted community from which they can seek unbiased advice and counsel – sad, but true. If people see you coming and quickly run the other way, you have an attitude problem. I Think Not.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

If you want to create revenue, increase customer satisfaction, and drive brand equity, stop selling and start adding value. The bottom line is that the most important factor in creating revenue and building brand equity is the client/customer/end-user. The process of finding out and offering the advice on the fix is still selling.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Seek out people who can offer helpful suggestions, support, and advice. The information you have to offer could be historical, such as advice on navigating the particulars of a longtime client contract, or relational, like insight into how Bob in the sales department thinks. Don’t buy into stereotypes.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The biggest bonus is that these 65 experts also shared their greatest content marketing tips and advice, including some common myths. From winning more customers or donors to elevating your brand’s identity and prominence as a true expert, there are loads of content marketing benefits, chief among them are these 8.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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