Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Filled with strategies you will use again and again, The Good Fight is an essential field guide for leaders at all levels. Big organizations require a different set of management practices and approaches—a discipline focused on the strategies, systems and culture for taking their companies to the next level. instead of adversaries.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But, actually, their lack of robust security strategy and resources make them easier to penetrate. CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. has grown stealthier and more sinister.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills. They make bad decisions.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning? With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. Author or editor of 29 books.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? but to focus on compensation strategy that builds on performance. That is the question.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The blog is authored and moderated by Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. ** N2′s Top Pick for business blogs (Okay…we’re prejudiced). N2 is a proud member of Squidoo Blog Write for CEOs Debbie Weil offer a great service to CEOs and senior executives that want to learn how to blog.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. is who they are going to put in charge? What say you???

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. However while most anyone can cobble together a high level strategic plan, very few can author a strategy that can be successfully implemented. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2019

To be a frugal CEO , here are three approaches you could take. These fees can eat out of your finances if they aren’t carefully managed. In some cases, you may even find that it’s better to pay on a per project instead of an hourly basis. Devise a Strong Strategy. Have a Growth Strategy.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

The companies that employed me were generally the underdogs in battles against bigger, better-financed organizations. By concentrating on proactive projects within your control, you can force the enemy to follow you. With 100% share of market, our strategy was market growth and we managed to double sales in four years.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. On with the interview… Mike Myatt: For our readers not familiar with your background, could you give us a brief Bio?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion. In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Annual revenue projections (sales results). Annual marketing strategy (marketing tactics). Monthly revenue projections. Monthly marketing strategy. Monthly projects (if any). Similarly, you can set goals in areas such as your personal finances, health, relationships, and spiritual development.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to our reports, you have made zero contributions to your team’s project that lasted for seven months. Kindly visit the finance department to discuss further details. We regret to inform you that your services won’t be needed at the company anymore as your performance has greatly declined in the past few months. John Baddock.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

is the Editior-In-Chief, CEO and President of the Huffington Post, one of the most influential and popular online news outlets, recently acquired. citizen journalism site, GroundReport, and Upward Strategy, a digital media consultancy company for start-ups. Here current projects include. Sterne founded the. Her advice?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Alexa Rank : 115,618 Google Page Rank : 6 PostRank Leadership Score : 26 Number of Posts in last 30 days : 16 TwitterGrader Score : 100 Leading With Purpose : Michael Hyatt’s leadership blog is an exceptional read by a great CEO. I know, I know - another list? You can follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelHyatt.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you. However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Thirty years ago, strategy was the CEO’s job. Since then, as the composition of top executive teams has changed, responsibility for leading strategy development has been shared by more members of the C-suite. Ensuring that strategy has money behind it. There are two reasons for this. There are two reasons for this.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Only the CEO has the power to provide this kind of direction across the entire enterprise.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

My CEO, Rex Hammond. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy). He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. Broadcast this message loud and clear from the CEO and sales leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The goal of strategy is profitable growth, meaning economic value above the firm’s cost of capital. In my experience, most CEOs, CFOs, and other C-suite executives involved in strategy formulation know these finance basics. (Or, Your real “strategy” is the collection of investments made via this ad hoc process.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

As the CEO you have final say, but your employees can provide thoughts that you may have overlooked, which can actually add to your business plans. They will feel like you value their input, and take it into consideration when making decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. If the CEO doesnt play this role, process improvement stays comfortably within functional boundaries. He wasnt a process manager.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

They are on top of the latest trends in SEO, SEM and copywriting strategies. Neil Patel Neil provides constant value to his readers through amazing long-form content with tons of strategy built into every post. Growth Tools Their current strategy of tackling a sought-after topic and adding new sections weekly is pretty unique.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

For example, the executive team of Think Finance , a developer of financial products and one of the nation's fastest-growing private companies , gets together every day to review performance. CEO Ken Rees wrote to me that, "in an environment that's changing as quickly as ours, there are so many things to be worried about.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it. In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague. Because they distance themselves from IT, CEOs don''t grasp its subtleties. Move Beyond Enterprise IT to an API Strategy. Accountability.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

If you don't have consistent data and results to prove your expertise, and I don't mean one project, but multiple for many years, then don't practice. While there are many reasons for this, there is no arguing the fact that the average tenure for CEOs has been plummeting for the last decade.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

of Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs, and while there is incremental progress — there are 32 female CEOs this year, the highest percentage ever, compared with only 21 last year — the rate of change can feel excruciatingly slow. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2018

But have they produced a plan with a strategy? At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. Sorry folks, but not even one of these responses is a strategy. Why this confusion?

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. Examples: A project leader believes their team can complete a complex project in two months, whereas realistic estimates suggest six.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

What’s the best way to get your passion project moving? Create a strategy. ” Next, make a timeline based on what you think you can reasonably accomplish toward your project in the time you have. As you chip away on your project, continue to give your job the attention it needs. So, where should you start?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

“We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. Strategies for staying ahead. CEO Kenneth Samet, along with Wagner and the six other executives on the leadership team, set a long-term goal of building a major growth business from these new areas.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

Brand councils are comprised of senior executives from a range of company functions: key business unit leaders, influential staff leaders from human resources, marketing, legal, and finance, and sometimes even the CEO. Brand councils usually devote the most attention to three areas of the organization.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Yesterday’s strategies simply do not work anymore. The term CEO has recently been held in disfavor. We decry CEOs for the same reasons that we formerly sainted and canonized them.

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