N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Over the next 90 days, you can build not only your business but also your personal leadership beyond what you may have thought possible. Create a personal mission statement. As a leader is it important to have a personal sense of mission crafted into something you can reflect on daily and measure your performance against.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 2, 2012

We’re constantly focusing on innovating. We believe we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in deep collaboration and cross pollination in order to innovate in a way others cannot.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

 Today I would like to highlight an exciting daily leadership resource that will keep you abreast of the latest news and happenings you need to know to be the best leader possible. In their own words, SmartBrief describes itself as follows: SmartBrief is a media company on a mission to save you time and keep you smart.

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. What is missing and how can you scale up to ensure consistency of delivery? Thanks for sharing.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.  I cannot recommend highly enough that you head over and check it out for yourself!

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Uncover Effective, Expert Personal Brand Statement Examples​ What do Rand Fishkin, Charlie Puth, and Martha Stewart all have in common? While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. They are all killer personal brand examples.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Even worse is when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements which embolden a corporate position that doesn’t really even exist to begin with. It has been my consistent experience that talent is one of the most often discussed, and least effectively actioned issues at executive leadership meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Yet I’ve seen so many companies with lofty-sounding “mission statements” and “core values” that have the most toxic workplaces imaginable. Leadership scholar John Gardner calls this outlook “tough-minded optimism,” and it’s a hallmark of cultures that can move and morph with the times.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

To define the "how," we used the Campbell Leadership Model , which highlighted six expectations we had for every employee. Lisa, a VP who led an innovation team, was struggling in her attempts to influence some of her peers. As George realized, the lofty slogan and mission statement posted on a company's wall isn't enough.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Actions speak louder than mission statements. That is, platform providers and innovation ecosystems are rethinking how they really make money from, and with, their customers and partners. The leadership challenge around customer centricity will become sharper and starker both inside the enterprise and outside.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Elite undergraduate business schools like Babson College have changed their mission statement s to explicitly include social value. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. Leadership Social enterprise' The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

We live in a world in which amplified individuals — people empowered by technologies and the collective intelligence of their social networks — can do things that previously only a large organization could. Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.".

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Check out these healthy habits of #leadership experts @MichaelHyatt, @MarkTimm, and @48DaysTeam Click To Tweet.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. That leadership style is effective as long as you’re always one step ahead of rivals, and know what’s best for your team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. That leadership style is effective as long as you’re always one step ahead of rivals, and know what’s best for your team.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Becca has also acted as the product marketing manager for a wide array of technology solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. In a recent Physician Leadership and Engagement Survey conducted by athenahealth with 2,000 doctors, we found that only 20% of doctors surveyed reported high levels of engagement in their jobs. Support the Patient through Network-Enabled Technology. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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