Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 10, 2020

Until recently, very few CEOs, IT, or marketing professionals would have put ‘data optimization’ high on the list of agenda items that keep them up at night. Bottom line: Your products and services should be where your clients are. These days — and by my estimation — this notion has become a top priority for the majority of businesses.

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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. The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.)

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

As the old saying goes “you only get one chance to make a first impression,&# and often times it is the perception of appearance that determines whether or not you are even afforded the opportunity to get up to bat. The truth is most people when first meeting someone will quickly attempt to size them up.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always. That got everyone’s attention!

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

My uncle pushes engineering. Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

My uncle pushes engineering. Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

Decisions are made often in a bottoms-up, organic fashion. Who can pass this up? You have struggle conform to any type of strategic planning process. You are unsure of your desired competitive position and/or social impact. The external environment of your business is constantly changing.

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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. Keep up the good work Mark [link] mikemyatt Brilliant commentary Mark.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Every action, every gesture and every word out of a leader’s mouth can influence in a positive or a negative way; either way impacts the bottom line. Patrick, Mom’s are so full of leadership wisdom. Keep it up, bub.&# Yours seemed to have it right. Glad yours helped with your success. Mike Henry Sr. Thanks for sharing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

A recent trend which demonstrates that corporations have recognized the need for specific domain expertise in pricing is the emergence of a bevy of C-level positions charged with direct leadership over strategic pricing. At this stage of my career I tend to look at the nature of the engagement more than I do my rate schedule.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2011

Everspark Interactive (ESI) is a full-service, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Agency specialized in getting their clients’ websites to rank in the top position on Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Configure Your YouTube Channel for Optimal SEO – The 2nd biggest search engine on the internet deserves special attention when it comes to SEO.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The premise of his piece is that the landscape of the Blogosphere is changing radically, and that as such many “A-Listers” have either quit, or are contemplating giving-up their blogging endeavors. The bottom line is that the numbers do in fact speak for themselves. Blogging is much more than the latest trend and is here to stay.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Everspark Interactive (ESI) is a full-service, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Agency specialized in getting their clients’ websites to rank in the top position on Google, Bing, and Yahoo. About the Authors Jason Hennessey is an internationally-known Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert. million agency in only three months.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Presidents. Click here to cancel reply.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

A lot of people are worried about the career choices of today’s most talented science and engineering students. That’s 25% more grads than went into computer and information technology, the most popular industry in the science and engineering category. And not just their parents. more likely to enter finance.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

When employees are busy and disengaged, businesses are missing out on cost-saving ideas and innovations that could be developed from the bottom up. We believe that one of the ways managers can tap into this discretionary effort is the practice of service-based leadership.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 15, 2009

Suck it up and start asking questions Feeling uncomfortable is sometimes a trigger that needs to be pulled to create deeper understanding between and among people. Our brains are difference engines, trained to find and deal with patterns and their disruption.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

Now it’s much more bottom-up because you have to experiment, you have to do things that are relevant in the field. But for a generation of senior managers and functional heads raised on a steady diet of “visionary leadership,” this more adaptive approach does not always come naturally.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Sony was unable to come up with its version of iPod/iTunes because divisions competed with one another. Daimler's engineers in Germany could not work with their Chrysler counterparts in Detroit , leading to the sale of the latter at a loss of some $35 billion. Massive failures abound in the business world.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

As someone who had spent most of his career working in and cofounding startups, it was big, heady stuff. During my second year, when it became utterly apparent that the new products were not going to hit their targets, the Times shifted to growth-minded leadership. It was also a resounding failure. Open the doors.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

One of the most common efforts has been to create affinity groups within the company for people sharing a specific identity (a “Women’s Leadership Network” for example) so that participants can mentor each other and discuss ways to overcome the shared challenges they face.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In early April, following the news of faulty ignition switches and recall of more than 6 million cars, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a “Speak Up for Safety” program. “GM This is “not because people screw up, but because of the immense complexity of what we do,” she told The Washington Post.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you’re still asking these questions WAKE-UP – get your head out of the sand, and stop broadcasting your ignorance. Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

The Resource:    LinkUp Monthly Jobs Report What It Is:   LinkUp is a job search engine that finds and displays employment openings directly from the career section of employer websites for companies of all sizes.  Enjoy!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The enterprise sales folks and key accounts reps sit atop the food chain, followed by inside sales reps, and at the bottom of the latter you’ll find the customer service reps. Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In a recent strategy meeting we attended with the leaders of a Fortune-500 company, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. In this article, we address each of these to show how leaders can engineer high-performing organizational cultures — and measure their impact on the bottom line.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet. Or, “Where does the process start to back up?” Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

These products are all held up as legendary examples of the power of intrapreneurship — entrepreneurial creativity and innovation within large, established organizations. Companies need to create innovation careers rather than just innovation jobs. xefstock2/Getty Images. The Post-It note. The Sony PlayStation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? The bottom line is this…the gift of intellect is an asset to be thankful for, and put to good and productive use.

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