N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2020

Many suppliers will be willing to slash off prices for customers who have a long-term business relationship with their company. With the rise of the internet revolution and digital marketing, business owners have the means to cut down their costs of traditional adverts. Also, do not tie yourself to one local supplier.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2024

Finance digital transformation involves leveraging cutting-edge technologies for better operational efficiency and enhanced strategic decision-making. Aside from improving employee morale, streamlined business processes are critical for maintaining a competitive edge. FinTech companies are putting a new twist on financial concepts.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

If gossip pervades your organization and you are not aware of it, then you clearly don’t have the pulse of your organization, your public statements about the importance of culture and morale will seem disingenuous, and you’re likely guilty of being what I refer to as a disconnected leader. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

At this moment, most organizations are focused on helping their customers and employees with immediate safety and security needs, recognizing the immediate short-term financial impact on their end goals. According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

At this moment, most organizations are focused on helping their customers and employees with immediate safety and security needs, recognizing the immediate short-term financial impact on their end goals. According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Thanks for sharing Todd.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2017

The sad fact of the matter is that no business is guaranteed long-term success. Often, these difficult periods are caused by bad business conditions such as low sales, a lack of morale, low funds, and the loss of innovation and dedication. Focus on finance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

per year in long-run stock returns – 89% to 184% cumulative – even after controlling for other factors that drive returns. I thus decided to tackle the causality issue by measuring performance using long-run stock returns. The same issue arises when studying firm value (e.g.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinates…game over. Only those leaders who can quickly recognize and adapt their methods to the situation at hand will be successful over the long haul. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The days where you could create business plans a year ahead of time and expect to be able to stick to them with nothing changing are long gone. While planning is a necessity to succeed in business, particularly for long-term vision , short-term activity and flexibility are just as important. Be Flexible With Flexibility.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It is not uncommon to see both vision and mission statements change over time to reflect differences in market conditions.

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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. Long-term investments plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Finance charges are negotiated. About the Author.

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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. Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. How sad is this?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. This is not just good for individuals; it’s good for business. In 2008, TURCK’s health care claim costs were $280.52 per member per month.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Investors who have significant money tied up in the fossil fuel industry — every pension and market fund, essentially — are facing a massive risk. Bloomberg New Energy Finance has estimated that between now and 2030, around 70% of the power generation the world will add will be renewables. The Guilt or Enlightenment: Moral Suasion .

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In his Theory of Moral Sentiments , Adam Smith argues that duty and sympathy are part of our very nature, and that because of our innate morality, we can live collaboratively in a just and harmonious society. We believe the answer is yes.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. Neither school of thought, though, has it quite right.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

A favorite slogan among students and faculty at Texas A&M University , a long-established school with a one-of-a-kind culture, sums it up: “From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. But the reality of competition today is that long-term success is virtually impossible without short-term stumbles.

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HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. Even the most well-intended employee retention strategies can be limited, doing little to increase employee engagement and morale. The strategic shift towards the incorporation of data and analytics is long over for HR.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Hayek , economists have emphasized the central role that price signals play in markets. Municipal governments seek to plan development in terms of decades, while insurance companies are reticent to move beyond an annual time scale when assessing property risk. Better Data Can Help Insurers More Accurately Price Climate Risk.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

How it could end, badly, with a bank run through the European bond market or the collapse of confidence around Greece, Spain or Italy, is well understood. If you ask financial market participants rather than academics, or academics rather than politicians, you get rather different diagnoses. Trust is not an optional extra.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If your attitude is impeding your relationships, your talent, or your health, it might be time to consider making some changes…If you have any great stories about how attitudes impact leadership and morale please share them in the comments section below. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] William Powell So nice to see this being addressed.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. A stuffed monkey was placed on top of the cube of the worker who had collected the most revenue, to keep morale high. This is also true of executives. Metrics emphasized speed. Related Video.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

The moral of my story continues to be that in order to be a great leader, you absolutely must be a great reader. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Teddy Roosevelt was rumored to actually read two books a day.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

When Kenneth Jennings, the CEO of Mr. Rekey Locksmith, a residential and commercial locksmith service, found out that his top finance person — we’ll call her Louise — had accepted a new job, his mind reeled. Case Study #2: Preserve professional relationships — even long after the resignation.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Or, do we now see the need and importance to embrace longer-term approaches? The term CEO has recently been held in disfavor. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. How far will we go to excel?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

The potential benefits of workplace variability are numerous — increased morale, motivation, and the ability to attract and retain talent — yet many managers don’t know where to start. A marketing research specialist, for example, needs to collaborate with colleagues and clients.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But what these groups should be doing longer-term — what value they should be providing their members, how their leaders should steer and contribute to the effort, and what types of events and services they should offer — is frustratingly hard to see, or agree on. Use resources on hand.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Whether you’re a mentor to a medical resident or marketing manager, the same principles apply. The exclusive, one-on-one relationship of mentor and mentee, long the norm, was ideal for a time when both parties stayed put in one institution or devoted to a single mission. Establish a Mentorship Team. That time has passed.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Oarabile Hello Mike Good blog and i think its the responsibility of every leader or business person to develop corporate culture that suites them and is also morally right and not those that are offensive. I agree that a corporate culture not built upon a foundation of solid corporate values will not thrive over the long-haul.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

While I encourage my team to do their best to make sure we have covered everything before we launch a new product, I would rather get the product to market and make a few small "improvements" than get beat to the punch. And you sure as heck won't be leading anyone for very long, much less a company of any size.

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