N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Resist the temptation to just advance a broad number of disparate initiatives, and alternatively focus your efforts on the completion of a few high impact objectives. I Think Not.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. Live a culture of innovation. You cannot outspend the giant competitor.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Susan graduated from Penn State with a BS in Finance and International Business. She started out working in a very large accounting department facilitating the communication between the accountants and the IT professionals to develop and deploy new and innovative technologies. I think that this is even truer today.

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HR Digest

JUNE 18, 2023

The HR of the future needs to be more innovative and evolved to manage the future workforce. A knowledge of business strategy, finance and sharper leadership skills will be required for HR managers to continue contributing meaningfully. HR management is heading into a working environment that has drastically changed.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m always amazed at the number of organizations that charge sub-par leaders with mission critical tasks and then wonder why they failed to meet their objectives. The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? I really don’t have a problem with increasing efficiency so long as the tail doesn’t start wagging the dog. I Think Not.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Being able to effectively support entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs is increasingly important as more and more of us have taken the entrepreneurial career path during the pandemic. This helps both in terms of coming up with novel ideas for new businesses and also attracting the finance to help them to grow. Talent shortages.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Should bonuses come off the top-line, bottom-line, be based on contribution margin, be subjectively or objectively distributed, be paid in cash, stock, options, profit sharing, perks, or some other mechanism? I take away from your post that an objective in bonus pay should not create negative outcomes (us vs. them, entitlement, etc.),

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Innovate: Your brand will have at best a limited shelf life if a culture of innovation doesn’t pervade your business. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Moreover they know how to leverage information and resources to achieve their objectives. link] ATIG Dear Mike, To achieve the objective, need more educations. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. They understand the difference between raw data and useful information. Section V: Focus.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Put simply, true influence is nothing more than understanding how to work with and through others to achieve a stated objective while staying true to your core values and maintaining your integrity. Not only is true influence not difficult to acquire, but it is also sustainable when you understand the proper constructs. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Other than the obvious solution for dealing with difficult people (choosing not to deal with them at all), the best way to calm the perpetual storm is to help them achieve their objectives. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. 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. And what are your strategic goals?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My challenge to you is this…set the chinning bar very high for yourself by reevaluating your goals and objectives to insure that you are on a path towards significance. I really do think that people mix the two up on a very regular basis. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. 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?

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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. What are you so busy doing that you don’t have time to build better relationships with precisely those individuals and groups who can help you achieve your goals and objectives? I Think Not.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. I know I am still working on it.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. 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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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. She discussed the issue on LBC News with Martin Stanford.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. But I will listen. You have a decision maker with advisors.”

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. They define agility and offer leaders a roadmap for navigating change. Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In fact, when striving to come-up with this list I quickly came to the conclusion that while I attempted to use objective logic in making my assessments, the reality is that a list like this is mostly subjective based upon personal preference. Great question. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. How the most innovative providers are creating value. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

The idea that corporations need a single purpose is based not in law, but in economists' arguments that unless we have a single, objective, easily-observed metric to judge how well directors and executives are running firms, corporate "agents" will run amok. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.".

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

They want their teams to win this year, that is, to achieve their annual goals and objectives. At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

We genuinely believe we are gathering relevant information that will help us decide objectively whether the person is a good fit for the job. ” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

According to the first study, a survey of 1,195 executives, nearly half of those who had ascended to top-level positions in their firms said they were unable to align colleagues around the goals they set out in the new role, while more than a third admitted that they had failed to meet those initial objectives. Of course not.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

I started out in finance but then…”. As the senior vice president of Echoing Green , a global nonprofit responsible for seeding over 500 innovative social change organizations, I’ve reviewed thousands of resumes. We become expert at explaining job transitions, major career pivots, and even our school-to-career path.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Regardless of where you are in your life and your career, I can promise you one thing; you will consistently be faced with challenges and obstacles along the way. My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning? You will face physical, mental, financial, relational, and resource challenges among others. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Armed with the art of the possible, innovators are seeking to apply disruptive consumer technologies to enterprise class uses — call it the consumerization of IT in the enterprise. You know them as ERP, finance and accounting systems, or even payroll. Social scale requires constant feedback from networks of people and objects.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Again, I'm not arguing against equal opportunity, I'm arguing that in our zest to attain this objective we have taken a few steps back in some areas. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Witnessing the downward-spiral of Carla Sanders' career was painful — yet her experience offers an important commentary on the requirements of executive leadership in today's organizations. Shortly thereafter, the pace of her career progress began to stall. Carla's an actual executive whose name has been changed.).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder.

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