N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure. Thanks for stopping by Drew.

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. Futurism: developing thinking and reasoning skills, rather than dwelling just upon techniques and processes. Quotes on The Future.

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Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 73

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. I am a firm believer that even when certain traits are not present they can be acquired, developed and refined so long as one thing is present – the desire to do so. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Those vital employees in the business world might include the IT guy, the receptionist, the mailroom manager, the ethics adviser and the secretary to the Board of Directors. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Learn from failures, reframing them as opportunities. Behave as a gracious winner.

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Rogers Henderson Mentor Learning-by-Doing 62

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? Why would you ever want the person in charge of corporate leadership, vision and strategy to be a lame duck right from the get go?

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CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 305

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Business Development. You develop-champion the tools to change. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Culture and Mission. Philosophy. The Big Picture.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise. Development of core business supplier relationships. Business development.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” Great leaders help people get to a yes - in other words, they teach them how not to receive a no.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Brand 385

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure. When an organization stops learning they begin dying. Great insights Susan.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. Amplify discussions on community standards and ethics. Exemplifying ethical behavior. Communicating and developing people skills. Inspire new dimensions to corporate philanthropy.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Marketing’s importance was fully embraced in the 1960′s. Marketing departments deal most often and immediately with the side effects of poor quality. Access to global markets.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The sharing of trust and ideas leads to developing business philosophies. The management that takes steps to “fix themselves” rather than always projecting problems upon other people will have a successful organization. Develop, update and maintain a career growth document. The mentor opens doors for the mentee.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Welcome to the February 2013 Leadership Development Carnival. Sharlyn Lauby, also know as the HR Bartender on the importance of developing your people in Coaching Employees to the Next Level. Linda Fisher Thorton of Leading in Context asks and answers the question How is Ethical Leadership a Strategic Advantage?

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 167

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues. These ethical questions arise in the whole range of corporate activity from technology and manufacturing to marketing and sales.

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CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct. Are these extreme statements?

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We can dispense with all that employee training and professional development. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. In reality, no single market shift speaks completely for itself. Learn to manage change, rather than become a victim of it. We make a good product… that should be enough. About the Author.

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Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 74

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.&# - General Colin Powell “Develop success from failures. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends.

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Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

Business development. I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. About the Author.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Business development. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters. Training and development of people. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. The Big Picture.

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Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 79

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. How much further should we extend ethics?

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Business development. Ethics and integrity. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in.

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Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 69

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. In fact, you might be interested in reading a previous post that I authored on this topic: [link]. – I'd be interested in your thoughts. Thanks for the suggestion Dan. I am not specialist but I try to learn.

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 359

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Business development. How do you handle crisis management and preparedness? Supply chain management should be implemented. Quality management should be implemented. Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Running the business.

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Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 66

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Business development. Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Unsuccessful marketing.

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Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple truth is that people strongly desire to work with and for great leaders. Great CEOs are talent magnets…people want to be led by those who have much to offer.

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

This is the distinction between what he terms the 'Character Ethic' vs the 'Personality Ethic' The prior depends on deep changes within each of us including our view of creating a legacy for future generations. Another key distinction is one highlighted by Stephen Covey in his 7-Habits books.

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Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415