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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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

having fewer options to assess based upon the new found time constraint. My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.) Speed is your friend and should be leveraged to your advantage.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

And if you’re an employee, don’t underestimate the value of leadership skills in your career. But it’s not just about the immediate impact on day-to-day operations. Anticipates potential time constraints and takes proactive steps to manage them effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. reduced due to time constraints, but if you wanted to get a head start on finding the best ones, check out this list by Mike Myatt, and this one by Jurgen on [.]

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

A bachelor's degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. And it's not only white-collar, college-driven careers that will suffer rapid skills obsolescence. Time and cost constraints limited these options. The key takeaway? Increase peer-to-peer learning.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

That''s why Elizabeth started out one notch lower, with the office of the Chief Operating Officer, "because that secretary knows everybody," she says. Instead, it was to get their imprimatur: "You can say, I know the COO is probably not the right person to talk to, but who is your best salesperson, or your rock star marketing person?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Performing market assessments. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Running design sprints. Feature prioritization and roadmap planning.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 28, 2018

Even the most dynamic and driven entrepreneurs and professionals can find themselves falling into something of a professional slump at some point in their career. What beside-the-scenes constraints affect the performance of your key suppliers? The main thing is that you begin expanding your understanding of market forces per se.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. And they faced big constraints. Harness your internal sales data to show people that smart collaboration is not just a nice-to-have — it’s a strategic advantage for capturing market share.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. All the parts of the organization have to come together and build a common language to discuss their markets and their enterprise. One is the concept of alignment.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 6, 2015

This means that even those on the lowest rung of the corporate ladder are thinking about the vision or direction of their own careers (self-leadership) while executing their day-to-day tasks in order to remain employed (self-management). There are many methodologies on the market to improve organizational performance.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

For instance, CEOs might have come from the advertising or marketing side of the company, so they may be very well the best person to put together a new ad campaign, in terms of skill set. Now there aren’t any constraints on the amount of information you can be sent or the number of people who contact you, or where you can go quickly.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 25, 2012

After leaving the C-Suite almost twenty years ago, I pursued a career as a strategy consultant. In a consumer and corporate world that values branding, it may seem surprising that fresh fruit and vegetable growers have failed to embrace or leverage this proven marketing concept. There are the three main reasons for this. Trouble is.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

The fact that giant companies don’t operate this way opens the door for the smaller competitor. I spent an entire career espousing the power of creativity, and the companies I touched did very well by it. Whining about the economy, budget constraints, and low-cost competition does nothing to improve a company’s well-being.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market. Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would suggest that rather than seeking what cannot in most cases ever be achieved, that it makes more sense to seek the highest standard of quality that can be delivered in the shortest period of time, and that is economically balanced relative to the constraints of an ever shifting marketplace. I completely agree with General Patton.

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