Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” It’s much easier to encourage someone to think like an entrepreneur if they have a track record of innovation and problem-solving. Hire for courage and innovation and be clear from the very first day of new-hire orientation that you really want your new employees to share ideas. What did you learn? ” Your Turn.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 13, 2025

But when it comes to groundbreaking technological innovation, a recent study from the WHUOtto Beisheim School of Management shows that overconfident CEOs need to be balanced by a strong, knowledgeable board of directors. Corporate boards often consist of bold personalities who help push new products and initiatives. ” .

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Although digitization has a significant catalytic effect on these processes, a successful diversification strategy would still need a solid basis and a set of scalable growth patterns that could apply to target markets. It will most likely overcome cross-cultural barriers as it expands into new markets.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Think Outside the Building : How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (PublicAffairs, 2020) One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world’s complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? The last sentance in your comment is sage advice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Exploring the Key Principles and Strategies for Success In today’s dynamic business landscape, success is no longer solely determined by traditional profitability and market share metrics. This entails fostering a culture that embraces learning, innovation, and adaptability.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Given that the global biotechnology market was valued at USD 1.55 My advice is not to simply store a list in your memory and pull certain items out when needed. The opportunities for bioentrepreneurs can be more exciting and impactful than ever in today's accelerated market. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. Or else, you took on the hard work of growing the entire market. It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. I’ve learned this is not always true.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

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. link] Diploma in Digital Marketing Qualification – MMC Learning | Digital Marketing [.] link] mikemyatt One of my favorite Churchill quotes (of which I have many).

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. Jettisoned employees are finding that their hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I think Winston Churchill said it best when he noted, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.&# Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] robpetersen Great advice, Mike. Mark Oakes Mike Exceptional Advice that all, including myself, should remember on a daily basis.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

She says, “I translated his sage advice to mean put your focus on followership, not politics.” When moments of reinvention arrive, innovating the “how” can be overlooked in favor of focusing on the “what.” When CEO Sam Palmisano stepped down at the end of 2011, there were several qualified replacements, including Rometty.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

AI is increasingly being used in robotrading, yet despite the growth in artificial trading, a recent study from Griffith University explains that bank customers are still reluctant to receive financial advice from artificial entities. The post We Don’t Trust AI To Give Us Financial Advice first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In fact, it is my opinion that the worst form of gossip is conducted under the guise of seeking advice or counsel. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 19, 2012

That’s the basis of my conversation with author and renowned marketing CEO Shama Kabani in this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Shama is an international speaker, best-selling author and the award-winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group – a global online marketing and PR firm. for Canadian readers).

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

My advice is to actually work at becoming very discerning. 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. The big take away here is that intuitive decisioning can be refined and improved. I Think Not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 30, 2023

shares practical advice you can use as a sales manager, to keep your sales team focused and productive. Steve and I had a blast facilitating the sales and marketing “fishbowl.” Learn more about how you can use one of our strategic and team innovation programs for you offsite, kick-off, conference, or end-of-year meeting.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg is how Google created its innovative and productive culture. Second, they have to have an idea for a solution that is radically different from anything currently in the market. You won’t find debates about social issues, but then that’s not what this book is about.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. There is always room for new thinking and innovation, or at least there should be. Put simply; don’t copy – create.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

royatkinson Thanks for including that last piece of advice, Mike. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? You are definitely not alone…Thanks for sharing Ron.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

My motive is nothing more than to share my experience with today’s business community in the hope they might put an old warrior’s advice to good use. And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Rometty's "memoir with purpose" combines the experiences that defined her life—personal hurdles, high-stakes decisions, passionate advocacy—with the actionable advice of a coaching session to highlight lessons that shape authentic leadership. But often there is a conflict between what we say and what we do in response to these incentives.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be? Among the many things that make leadership more challenging today is the global market in which leaders must compete. Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2019

Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different—they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist. Perhaps innovative thinking among your management team has stalled.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For years now, huge corporations such as British Aerospace Engineering and Raytheon have completely dominated the market and swooped in to poach promising innovators. The asymmetrical aspects of America’s security, as well as the growing threat of flashpoints with China and Russia , require constant innovation at a quick pace.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

So far in our Career Advice series we’ve touched on looking for intersections in your work , and how it can fuel innovation, the strength that comes with asking for help and why work is personal. I hope you’ve found some insights that have resonated with you so far.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2025

But beyond these definitions, we know that character is manifested in leadership, innovation, resilience, change, courage, loyalty, breaking barriers, and more, explains Robert (Bob), Character drives the best traits in our society, such as honesty, integrity, leadership, and transparency, and it drives others to exhibit those qualities.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

I actually prefer to play to the middle in that I am neither understated nor overstated, but I am comfortable with who I am and my approach to the market. The advice I give to my clients is to be true to yourself, and authentic in your approach to creating a great first impression. I Think Not.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

We all know that to be successful in today’s global market we need a web presence and I have uncovered the best kept secret in web design. Puzl’s Customer support is also there to provide advice 24/7. There seems to be a never ending mantra “I know I need it, but I just can’t afford it right now”. Well ladies the wait is over.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I had a background in marketing and brand management, and working with concepts and ideas was my passion. Our business relationship started with email and phone conversations: she was incredibly forthcoming with franchise and business advice. That woman was Nancy Bigley, who would become my business partner less than four months later.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2025

With a clear strategy, inspiring leadership, and aligned sales, powerful leaders understand that true competitive advantage doesn't come from innovation alone but belongs to companies that use their sales organization to add and create value. Question: What is the first step a business leader can take to start applying your advice tomorrow?

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