Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Catch up here. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

I was in my junior year of undergraduate school and I was thinking about going to law school when a professor asked me to be his teaching assistant in a communications class. Beverly got quiet for a moment as she went to that gentle memory place where past happenings create the present reality. “I

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Many of my medical group clients, assume “expensive advertising” when they hear the term “marketing.” When asked “how do you market your practice?” Take a class, attend a seminar, learn a new skill or volunteer for a favorite cause. Use lingo with which they identify. Ask yourself, “How do I want people to think about me?”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class). Twitter Marketing [link] mikemyatt Perhaps in some cases, but not in every instance…This is a very fluid topic that is heavily influenced by individual personalities, environmental context, and situational nuances.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

In fact, if you examine failed leaders as a class you’ll find that a lack of love, misplaced love, or misguided love were a contributing cause of said failures, if not the root cause. 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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Over the years I have come to believe that “ having class &# is synonymous with demonstrating a penchant for humility over bravado. In today’ post I’ll share my thoughts on the value of learning to become a humble leader… It’s been said that life is a long lesson in humility. I Think Not.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Offering loans of $10 to $300 to anyone who had a job, Giannini convinced those in the working class that they should turn their tin cans of savings over to his bank. Bank of America has a lot more to clean up than any other servicer or lender,” says Guy Cecala, publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance, a trade publication.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

link] Becky Robinson Mike, the first thought that came to my mind is social media. Leaders who leverage social media successfully for their organizations can bring about great change. Interacting through social media is simple, meaningful, actionable, relational, transformational, and scalable. Wonderfully stated. Thanks Bret.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

This weekend I had the honor of attending his graduation from EOD school where he was recognized as the Honor Graduate in his class (see above picture). As many of you know, my son is an active duty officer in the US Air Force. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith Blog : Marshall Goldsmith is a class act, a competitor of mine (one of only two or three CEO coaches that I would recommend), and a deep thinker on the topic of leadership. 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.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 27, 2014

It allows you to: - Access the “best in class” thought leaders. The executive of the future will readily access thought leaders who are the experts on almost any relevant issue through a variety of print, audio, video, and electronic media. The global mind provides a fantastic opportunity for leaders.

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360-Degree Feedback Long-term Globalization Tools 121

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Watching how she instructs and interacts with the children in her class, I am reminded of many of the important skills a leader needs to demonstrate. A community in which little girls are either abandoned or murdered because they are viewed 2nd class citizens simply because they are girls. but you’ll not find that here. I Think Not.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

What really occurred was a financial commodities bubble caused by a complicated set of games-playing in the commodities markets by banks operating with secret and unfair federal exemptions to bring investment money into a place it was never supposed to be. 

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Banking Price Politics Letter 110

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I believe that if you want to build and sustain a truly world-class team, everyone needs a voice – but not everyone’s voice is equal. However, what that person could potentially bring to a class is very different and top level if digital videos were allowed to express those ideas. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Unless you live on an isolated mountain top, without access to other people or the media at large, it would be difficult to get through the day without being impacted by issues of ethnicity, race, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, physical appearance, mental and physical challenges, etc. Perception sets the stage for cognition.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Moreover, small firms are core to Americas middle class and part of the fabric of Main Streets across our country. Even though we cannot say for certain the extent to which new businesses generate middle class jobs, we do know that company founders come from the middle class themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. population ; they’re a big part of many companies’ market base, and pretty soon they will be the part that counts most. The New Tools of Marketing. Many of the classes have been sold-out. Where do they shop? The internet. Being pitched to.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

During the financial crisis, the world came to the apparently shocking realization that debt financing entails risks. There is a great deal of confusion in the popular media about the level of the current budget deficit and outstanding debt. To illustrate, most press reports peg the current U.S. deficit at $1.5

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GDP Net Present Value Crisis Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Since the term was coined in 2007 , impact investing — the idea that private capital can be deployed to alleviate pressing social needs like access to clean water, affordable housing or preventative healthcare while returning a financial profit — has attracted significant public and media attention. These opinions matter.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

They were your class presidents, team captains, club leaders, and the people who held virtually all the available leadership positions you can imagine early in life. They were those unflappable individuals that seemed to just have that “it&# factor. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Craftsmen allied themselves to essentially create firewalls around their primary competitive offering in the market. Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise.

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Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

And if America’s media and cultural elite choose scorn over engagement, the whole economy will suffer. By this logic, there’s no reason to applaud the growing number of graduates from top universities opting for jobs in startups and tech rather than finance. Startups are an engine of prosperity, albeit a highly imperfect one.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

For my company, I focused on a big market and found a profitable and attractive niche. Plan for a realistic amount of sales and interest so you can conservatively manage your finances. Find your niche in a sizable market. Travel is a good market for entrepreneurs, but it''s not the place for copycats.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

link] mikemyatt Thanks David…John is a class act and I'm sure he appreciates being acknowledged as one of your favorites. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] davidburkus Great interview Mike. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. Yet this narrative is breaking apart as the structure of our capital markets continues to change. Index funds own large stakes in companies.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. You can sell essential oils, teach paint classes or even help people plan their vacations. Networking and marketing are vital parts of building a business, so make sure you have a plan to tackle both.

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Voices against dual-class shares, which violate the principles of corporate democracy and the precept of “one share one vote,” have increased over time. An influential 50-member Investor Stewardship Group (ISG) , overseeing $22 trillion in assets, demands a total elimination of dual-class stock. Who is right?

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses. Buybacks are a major cause of U.S.

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Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

"Create a social media presence that highlights your expertise," I told a room full of entrepreneurs. I talk to a lot of business audiences about how they can use social media to build their reputation, and there's always someone who wonders if that strategy is really viable in their market, their field, their budget.

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Media Strategy Supply Chain Audience 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We, in fact, are living in an era of Peak Globalization as the costs and benefits of globalization begin to diverge according to country, class, and constituency. The benefits of globalization are increasingly going to corporations and banks and a small number of elite beneficiaries, while the middle class gains little.

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Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Whether Google Demo Slam or Sprint's App Competition , digital media has become an innovation battleground for customers, clients, prospective partners, and young talent. Devices of all kinds have gone from advertising, branding, and marketing media to promotional platforms. Contestification. Who's running it? Who's judging it?

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Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The academic study of strategy took a big leap forward in the 1970s when Michael Porter of HBS looked at earlier economic research on industry structure and noticed that market power — which economists wanted to minimize — was the same thing as sustained profitability, which corporate executives wanted to maximize. Corporate finance?

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Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Coaching is about delivering what the client needs - it is not about a cute set of questions you picked-up during a certification class. We all "buy" consulting so if coaches just want to transact they just need to market and burnish their brand. It’s not about definitions, it’s about people.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

They have given their social media staff a clear mission and a great deal of autonomy; the account’s managers chat with customers, offer up front to solve problems, and empathize with frustrated travelers. But the worst have exported their old tricks to new media. How do you measure empathy on social media? This matters.

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