N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Design will impact your messaging, positioning, business modeling, team building, resourcing, branding, and virtually every functional aspect of what you do. You are absolutely correct that design influences perception, and perception impacts brand. link] mikemyatt Hi Deni: Thanks for the comment and the keen observations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors. Section IX: Team Building. Great leaders create great teams throughout the entire value chain. They tend to almost be addicted to increasing their knowledge base and sphere of influence. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. One of the first things you need to understand as a CEO is what your time is worth relative to others in the organization. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. If you’re a CEO who doesn’t leverage conflict for team building and leadership development purposes you’re missing a great opportunity. It is however essential that you have the respect of those you lead.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help avoid conflicts. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development. I Think Not.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things. Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. What other roles are important for success in product management?

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 17, 2010

I’ve noticed that the same can be said for leaders who find themselves in particularly “high influence” leadership roles. If you’re heading up any team that makes big purchase decisions, chances are you have vendors who are treating you like long-lost cousins. Suddenly, you become the person that everyone’s trying to schmooze.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Using materials provided by our colleagues at Coaching Ourselves , our lively group of mid-career leaders explored the topic of politics in organizations and reinforced my own view that “playing the game” is a daily reality in organizations… and may even spill over into your personal life.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When you ask leaders how they build a strong management team, the answers are revealing. Many managers proudly describe the team-building initiatives they've pursued to create a sense of staff cohesion and morale.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? My personal and professional network are far more important to my success than my individual competencies.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. The simple truth is that people strongly desire to work with and for great leaders. People with bad attitudes have a 50% higher divorce rate. I Think Not.

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MAY 17, 2010

" It involves team-building — finding the right people and placing them in the right jobs doing the right work. Once that is known, the next step — in any organization — is for the leader(s) to keep the Vision in front of the members in every possible way. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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