Mike Cardus

MARCH 3, 2011

They created a unified theme under which the agency would operate, key objectives that aligned to the theme, and operational objectives for each department that would enhance the theme. The Mentoring Program. The mentoring program was intended to create connection between generational staff.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Does anyone on your executive team have a coach or mentor? I have witnessed disruption occur at every level of corporate maturation and I believe it's important to note that disruption isn't necessarily reserved for the privileged or mature entity. Has your business embraced social media?

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This promotion has no or very limited training, skill development, mentoring, coaching, etc… The person at this level fails miserably because the lack of cognitive ability, requisite tasks, and ability to operate in a managerial level. This failure has detrimental effects on the organization and the staff that this person now manages.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Mentoring, creating and leading have become the primary emphasis for your career. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection. Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. Amplify upon philosophies of others.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 18, 2012

So throughout childhood, the outer layer of the brain, the cerebral cortex - where "programs" and "data" are stored - programs its "operating system." When adolescence is over and a person is a physically mature adult, he or she will end up with a brilliant mind or a dull, simple one - or somewhere in between. Post by Dennis E.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The project had been operational for a few months when I joined so the foundation had already been poured. At one point, I suggested that we revisit our project governance – the operational guide, how it was implemented, and whether the team followed it – but this was a mature team and the general consensus was that everyone knew what to do.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. 5) Teaching, Mentoring. (6) Learning, Growing, Mentoring. What is their maturity level?

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It talks about the 4 underlying key leadership styles and visionary, operator, processer, synergists that determine which stage an organization settles into. They tend to work very closely with what I call operators, that’s the second natural style. Operators are the symbolic opposite of visionaries. Same for the operator.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2014

After spending months homing in on an industry and business they believe in to identify the right fit (“the search”), they make the acquisition, relocate to headquarters, and become the new owner-operator. The incoming CEO steps right into the shoes of the departing one, supported by the existing management team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

They were more likely to operate based on black-and-white ideals, such as, “There is one best idea that should prevail” or “I am running a pure meritocracy.” This is consistent with classic lifespan literature that describes ongoing maturation during each decade of adulthood.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Sure, size can often be correlated to maturity, but we want to know that the service, curriculum, or product the organization is offering has a significant impact on the problem it aims to solve. It runs more than 600 sites that employ about 1500 Mentor Mothers who work with almost 250,000 HIV-positive clients. Conclusion?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. We came up with ' Global Enablement Teams ': we took the top people in mature markets and assigned them to help and mentor people in the growth markets. Fostered global teamwork.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I have always believed asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. The more partners, sympathizers, champions, allies, supporters, enablers, influencers, advisors, mentors, friends, and family you have helped you succeed, the faster you will achieve your goals. ” So my question is this – are you easy to help?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. The financial risk of a career in entrepreneurship is the chance of spending 20 years in startups with nothing to show for it — neither money nor an impact on the world.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Rather asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. The more partners, sympathizers, champions, allies, supporters, enablers, influencers, advisers, mentors, friends, and family you have helping you succeed, the faster you will achieve your goals. For sometime now believing in the power of mentor-ship.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

As someone who mentors entrepreneurs, I constantly hear the question from founders located across the United States or around the world: Should we move to Silicon Valley? Rehearse the pitch in your head, and please come share it with me at one of my Thursday morning free mentoring sessions. This is no idle question. Costs are low.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

A highly decorated member of the special operations community earning the Bronze Star with Valor for actions during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, Jim is a true American hero. James Hotaling : Call it maturity, but I would be lying if I said I haven’t learned from my mistakes and frustrations. He showed love.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2016

They devised a plan for homeless encampments that would operate more like cooperatives, and would include case managers, vocational schools, showers, wifi, a dining hall, and wellness programming while operating at a profit. Nobody can truly understand the ecosystem they operate in without getting out and wading in it.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 7, 2014

So, in a transparent world, where reputation is increasingly at risk, organizations need to prove they operate with a high level of integrity. It’s important you balance traditional roles of directing and organizing team activities with more listening, coaching, mentoring, developing, and advocacy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

in 2012 , the outlook is far healthier than in many mature markets of Europe and North America, fueling an ongoing war for talent. Companies can also foster vital connections between off-ramping women and designated mentors, with role models who have successfully on- and up-ramped, and through informal networks of colleagues.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Mature Company: The PM may have a more narrow scope, have co-workers who handle pricing, go-to-market strategies, etc. Running design sprints.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. They also worked with the CIO to help them to understand the business.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Mature confidence and informed judgment. Be glad for people who mentored you. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection. Learn more about Hank Moore and The Business Tree™ by visiting his website, www.HankMoore.com. These are the ingredients that make a legend: Significant business contributions.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2011

Building a clear, cohesive, operational Vision for the individual. Taking concepts (quality management, ethics, outside-the-box thinking) out of the esoteric and into daily operation. Be mentored by others. Act as a mentor to still others. ’ As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Critical topics include leadership development of executives, mindset changes in the evolution from manager to executive to leader, executive mentoring, insights into how top professionals evolve, plateaus of professional accomplishment, developing a winning work ethic, lifelong learning and the accrual of business wisdom. Change Agent.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 What is their maturity level? Also examine potential consultants regarding their own track record at mentoring other business professionals. 17 percent). What is their longevity?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Sure, in some cases I coach and mentor, but most of my clients simply view me as their closest personal advisor. I don’t really care whether the client is aided by mentoring, teaching, coaching, consulting or a mix of all the above – I just care that they receive real results. It’s just that simple.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Today we’re seeing a maturing of the industry, and entrepreneurs now want to build products as well. However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. They lack the experience or skills to mentor entrepreneurs and teach them what needs to be taught.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

They require human development, mentoring, knowledge enhancement and much more to be successful. Doing nothing causes much more organizational damage than making mistakes while operating in good faith. Maturity is a process. Too many ‘mature’ people have ceased to continue learning. Tapes alone are not enough.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations. Get a mentor with a solid track record. The mentors who serve this role in the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is an unmistakable element of wisdom borne of experience that they gladly share as they ‘mentor’ growth. In the end they learned valuable lessons that help them show leaders where the land mines are buried. I have several folks that fall into this latter category and I NEVER want them to leave my side.

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