N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Put rather simplistically, a business model is the system that defines what creates value, generates growth, and increases revenue and profit within your organization. The primary advantage that a business model has over any number of other strategic frameworks lies in the fluidity of its inherently dynamic nature.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Employees are a business’ biggest resource – they help you plan out processes, make sales, perform the function of marketing, handle finances, and whatnot. Essentially, anything that needs to get done is handled by your employees – they are your team, your support system and your biggest assets.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you’re managing a smaller company that’s on a growth strategy, you need to ensure that you’re working with the right tools to help you manage and understand your finances.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. The mechanistic world of the industrial age continues to have a grip on our belief system. If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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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? That is the question.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2018

Workers want easy access to their payroll information, so implementing an online system should be a priority for your business. Many simple queries can easily be resolved through an online portal instead of spending time on the phone to an HR or finance worker whose time could be spent doing more important things.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity. Thanks for stopping by Steve… Rob Mike- Systems thinking can be of high value to leaders. I'll be sure and check it out.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Discipline requires a systemic approach. To make good decisions, we need to understand how the system works. The most productive leaders I know have the ability to be extremely nice, very civil and always polite while maintaining the ability to be direct, focused, and candid. It takes some work, but don't settle for anything less.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

I find that it's rarely this bolt of lighting epiphany and rather a collective result of thinking systemically about solving a key problem. Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Vision is often misunderstood.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The leader has failed to communicate with those around him of what their system does, its current and future capabilities, and the group or individual's vision for the future. You assume that the person asking the question is always right. But are they?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Former Managing Director and Partner, Goldman Sachs. Tony Marx – President and CEO, New York Public Library – the nation’s largest library system. Previously Kevin was a leader in Electronic Data Systems and Ford. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Or if they do-more times than not, it’s impersonal and relies on a rating system-not the feedback itself. The best source is the customer and yet companies would rather do anything but ask a customer their opinion.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Visit [link] to learn more about the leadership system. Leaders need to have a passion for what their company does or creates, not just a passion for the money it can make. Leaders need to have an profound appreciation for all the people working for them and the skills they bring to the table.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

"False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. What I was able to take away from your comment was insightful if viewed with perspective.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Have they been fudging their research for years?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Then we look for tools and systems to manage those relationships and expand our capacity for more relationships, and they can add an additional layer of complexity. So, now throw on top of that a few hundred Facebook friends and hundreds or potentially thousands of twitter followers and things start getting complicated.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. AAPL) the iPod, iPad & iPhone are cherished as innovative and beautiful products. But Apple does not manufacture them. Apple truly defines next practice in all of these areas. But manufacturing?

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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. In response, companies are building people analytics teams, rapidly replacing legacy systems, and combining separate analytics groups within HR into one strategic function.”. Talent Management. Hiring Efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

As the talent ecosystem evolves to offer more options, talent systems have not kept pace. ” Contingent workers are more engaged when they perceive a social connection and sense of continuity , but uncoordinated work systems can alienate them. Why are typical work systems uncoordinated?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

As growth became a competitive imperative, business leaders began seeing the firm as a system of investment rather than a system of production. These days, the scarcity impeding firms’ growth is not of capital — it’s of talent. Just as financial management became increasingly sophisticated, so can talent management.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. So, people management is applying common sense on common people. Your blog certainly deserves to be at the top, in my opinion. I’m not an MBA.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

working with one of our business partners was installing an electronic security system in the Pentagon window that was struck. Of particular note, I remember receiving the call that a young technician (Allen Bandy – sp?) He left behind a lovely wife and 3 small children.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

In HR (or finance or IT), 20% of the professionals are exceptional, adding value that helps organizations move forward, 20% of HR folks are locked into a fixed mindset and lack either competence or commitment to deliver real value, and 60% are in the middle. Human resources Strategy Talent management' We can do better than this.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

As you point out though we are now faced with a culture of political correctness> It no longer comes just from the "top" but is deeply ingrained in our belief system, especially when it comes to work environments. I don't think you are in the minority in your view.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

•Manage sales force automation and CRM systems and processes. The job requires knowledge of a range of sales force decision areas, spanning across categories that include strategy, organization design, talent management, incentive compensation, and sales force automation. Can one person really handle all this?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Sam Mead, co-founder of London-based start-up, Saberr, which specializes in workforce science, reiterates this problem with CVs – and by extension, the now ubiquitous application systems. These game-changers are helping organizations embrace talent wherever it surges, transforming the way companies recruit and source the workforce.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. To gain more insights into a specific firm, investors have shown more interest in intangibles like strategy, brand, innovation, systems integration, collaboration, and so on.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The difficulty with these suggestions is that, as mentioned above, banks must pay competitively or lose top talented people. Compensation Finance Organizational culture' Restricting stock sales could push their thinking and actions in a more long-term direction.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

It helps to have people that like and know how to lead (like is the born part), but born leaders without knowledge, goals and belief system are leaders for leaders sake and often end up creating a lot of trouble for themselves and those they lead. link] mikemyatt We are in agreement on all points Dan.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I love the comment by Sally Kempton when she said…"It's hard to fight an enemy that has outposts in our heads" As we encounter challenges we are afforded invaluable opportunities to reshape our mental filters and personal belief systems. M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: You point about chosen beliefs is an astute one.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Frankly, I'm all for letting the system be overrun by those who deserve to be there. Our educational system, family, societal status, etc indoctrinates biases). We all experience it, and both the introduction and experience are better when it occurs naturally and not via contrived mandates.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I started out as a sales rep selling big systems against IBM- which provided me with an early, first-hand perspective on Gravity. I’m also creating a broad range of turnkey systems for small business and entrepreneurial endeavors to help them apply the lessons on their own. No one wanted to change the IBM status quo.

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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. These stats were reviewed by managers every week. Despite all of these systems encouraging tactical performance, productivity was trending downward and customer satisfaction had dropped off a cliff.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word. Elite MBAs (Management by Algorithm) are the new normal. But that future’s already arrived.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Integrated : Ideas need to be incorporated into strategic initiatives and not constitute disparate systems. Timing : It must be detailed and deliverable on a schedule. The initiative should have a beginning, middle and end.

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