N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. Leaders who attempt to use command and control tactics without the necessary underpinnings of real leadership principles will simply not do well. Loyalty matters… What say you?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. Thanks, Sami [link] mikemyatt Thanks Sami – Good luck with the new business and thanks again for stopping by Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

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. Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. Thanks for the comment Patricia.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Continuity should flow from values to vision, mission to strategy, and objectives to tactics to process. Put simply, if you’re going to spend your time and money do it where you get the biggest bang for the buck. Be consistent: Consistency in all things throughout the value chain is critical.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. Thanks, Sami impassioned Hi Mike.

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HR Digest

APRIL 15, 2020

Similarly, if a company operates in a particular geographical location, the agreement can restrict the employee from carrying on any competing business activity in that vicinity. Send off an acknowledgment in the most polite terms assuring of stopping any inadvertent breach of conduct. Defense against NCA.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But sometimes war tactics really can help in business. Among these tactics is CARVER, a system for assessing and ranking threats and opportunities. Beginning with Criticality, they might ask, “How critical is the oil pipeline in Abuja, Nigeria, to the company’s overall operations?” David Crockett/Getty Images.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Anything other than this fosters unhealthy dependencies that bring out the worst in people and not the best they have to offer. “Diversity&# has never been an issue for me simply because I don’t make business decisions based upon social mandates or politically correct thinking. of virtually every diversity segment.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. With knowledge and practice, associates gain confidence. With confidence, they become passionate performers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

This week, Facebook took advantage of this asset for political purposes. Leading technology companies are increasingly soliciting their users to take political action on their behalf to defend controversial business models from regulation, support new programs, and promote their moral values in active political battles.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2011

By filing a complaint with the European Commission last Thursday, Microsoft has taken its battle with Google into the ' nonmarket' domain — the social, political, and regulatory space where the rules governing market competition are set and enforced. That's a tough sell in light of their more than 90 percent market share in Europe.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Shipment volumes through North American ports, which fell 20% in 2009 from a record peak in 2007, are now higher than they were in 2007, and port-expansion plans from Vancouver to Los Angeles/Long Beach are bogged down by political wrangling. The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. With knowledge and practice, associates gain confidence. With confidence, they become passionate performers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2014

In the software industry, giants like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and IBM have all invested heavily in the cloud technologies that are disrupting software. In car rentals, firms like Hertz and Enterprise are making bets on car-sharing operations. He used economic theory to explain trends he saw in both business and politics.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

But as economic, political, social, and technological change continue to accelerate, and competitive pressure grows more intense, leaders can't afford those odds. At the same time, he created a "not-to-do" list including projects that were driven by technology rather than customer needs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2014

They’re focused on defeating you so they have educated themselves about your products and sales tactics. The first and foremost principle is that the indirect strategy is a psychological operation (“psy-op” in military jargon) based upon understanding, predicting, and influencing human nature. Employ psychology. Know your enemies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Spare me the sanitized, politically correct rhetoric and just tell me what’s on your mind. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. What’s the ROI on a handshake?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The real-time feedback means we will learn very rapidly how communications or engagement tactics have been received, thus optimizing our actions in days rather than weeks, as might be the case with traditional approaches. Along these lines, California startup LEDR Technologies is pioneering techniques to predict team performance.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

While I might spend a bit of time evaluating the most efficient strategy for getting to the other side of said wall, it will ultimately be my focus on the tactical execution of conquering the challenge that will determine my success. A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

They should be incorporated into integrated solutions that eliminate redundancies, and build in tactical leverage points. It must be actionable through tactical implementation. Evolving : Ideas should contain a road-map for versioning and evolution that is in alignment with other strategic initiatives and the overall corporate mission.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

In many organisations influence is a function of previously proven experience (earned stripes so to speak) and people who are fresh to the organisation, with different ideals and approaches and who are less politically connected may find their ideas sqeezed out by institutional knowledge and cultural dominance. Let me expand.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

GE has been a green leader for a number of years now with its ecomagination products and growth strategy through clean technology. On income taxes, the latest 10-K has this to say: "Income taxes (benefit) on consolidated earnings from continuing operations were 7.4% billion over the last five fiscal years.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It means they want a polite conversation, and polite interviews do not work in your favor. Useful Interview Tactics. The operation I worked in, however, was different from the rest of the company. If they fail to bring up the issue, consider it a bad sign. What might she say about me if we part company?".

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Some executives may be reluctant to admit – perhaps for sentimental or political reasons — that their brand is sucking out more value from the company than it creates. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Always operate from the belief that you can always grow and get better as a leader and as a person. John Maxwell : You never arrive. Leaders are learners. If you want to be a good leader, whether you’re just starting out or the CEO of an organization, do not have an arrival mindset. Mike Myatt : What’s next for John?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While it is sometimes necessary to “Shock and Awe” this tactic should be reserved as a last resort. Use great questions, humor, stories, analogies, relevant data, and where needed, bold statements to help connect and engender the confidence and trust that it takes for people to want to engage.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A middle manager at a global technology organization — let’s call her “Denise” — had a problem. Luckily, Denise, who was an executive MBA student of mine, took the time to understand the politics of innovation at play, and followed a series of steps to harness these dynamics to her benefit.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. So I listened to their advice and secured both – only to find that they wanted to change a lot of things about Defy Gravity that I didn’t like. I could write that but, it wasn’t my passion. So I drew the line – and they fired me. Wow, that was a shock.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

When our usual tactics fail and we are forced to seek out new ones, it can be uncomfortable. You can also use technology to begin "experiencing" the new culture while still at home. In the 1990s, he was transferred to an operations position in the Middle East. Acknowledge differences. "I

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Welcome to the paradigms that many of us have operated under for some time. When customers ask for non-paid service (politeness, consideration, follow-up, manners), that’s a totally different situation, and they are often disappointed.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore. That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. That technology is the most important driving force in business and society.

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