N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Likewise, just because someone has failed in a previous position doesn’t mean that they might not end-up being a top performer for your company. I also believe that if HR is solely charged with the recruiting efforts for senior management and executive level positions you’ll end-up with a very weak management and leadership team.

Insurance 353

Insurance Bottom-up CEO Compliance 353

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While I could go on ad-nauseum with day-to-day operating examples of how a lack of KM discipline can adversely affect a business, I think I’ve probably dredged-up enough painful memories for now. Develop a mantra of “document, document and when in doubt, document&# and make this as painless as possible.

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Knowledge Management Management Leadership Document 388

Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. In 2022, he upped the ante, investing $10 billion in OpenAI to acquire just short of a majority stake. Innovation powerhouses don’t leave innovation up to chance. From top to bottom, everyone was expected to get on board.

Innovation 422

Innovation Engineering Incubator Bottom-up 422

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development. Bruce Watt of Development Dimensions International presents “ Who Would Really Want to be a Leader? ”

Leadership Development 185

Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

They were the born leaders we all grew up with. Leaders who rest on their laurels without making the effort to develop their skills will eventually be overtaken by those who view leadership as a professional skill to be developed and refined. If those three qualities are present, everything else can be developed.

Blog 413

Blog Brand Depreciation Consultative 413

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I’m just not a believer in attempting to label someone as a leader, and develop them as such when they are clearly not.

Leadership 419

Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. .&# the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

Many business leaders are perplexed by the task of leading in an ever-increasing technological world. Yes, we are leaders of people, and yet it feels as if technology and other digital demands keep us from investing in our most valuable resource, our people. Prioritize the Person, as Well as the Technology. “I Listen deeply.

How To 285

How To Mentor Technology Learning-by-Doing 285

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. Also, start-up companies in the Fujitsu technology accelerator program work in the satellite locations as well, creating a company-startup mashup. But what does this mean?

Company 428

Company Management Survey SWOT 428

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

Blog 366

Blog Politics Mission Statement Brand 366

Leading Blog

APRIL 17, 2019

If these are not defined, you cannot hire to them, and your people cannot develop toward them. How well does your company communicate and live up to its employee value proposition to its existing employees? Strong onboarding will shorten the time to effectiveness of a new hire which will impact on your bottom line.

Process 325

Process Tips Short-term Reputation 325

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Bottom line…personal responsibility and accountability have always been the ultimate leadership “hot potato&# in that everyone wants to be in charge, but few are willing to take ownership of the never-ending obligations that go along with the privilege of leadership. What say you??? 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

Bottom-up 366

Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 366

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

The achievement of current goals and objectives free up the time & create the resources to move on to bigger and better things…Trying to do too many things at once will impede progress, dilute effort & energy, add to chaos and lead to burn-out. Bottom line…success equals focus. I Think Not.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

Driven by technology, our interconnection and inter-dependence as individuals, as companies, and as countries are expanding exponentially. It used to be that strategy was the province of the top of the organization, and the bottom was responsible for execution. Developing leadership capacity. Developing leadership capacity.

Skills 245

Skills Leadership Succession Long-term 245

Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

In stressful circumstances, as leaders, we need “to be the person to pull others up, set the right tone, and keep everyone else on track.” Here’s the bottom line : We can’t—and shouldn’t—erase emotions from our lives. When you are in a position to make the lives of the people around you better, step up.

Agility 376

Agility Short-term COO Belief Systems 376

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Bottom line…Just because a business has a particular advantage doesn’t mean that it can disregard sound business logic. Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business. Thanks again for the comment Mark.

Blog 305

Blog Brand CEO Depreciation 305

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 7, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

Leadership Development 154

Leadership Development Blog Development Leadership 154

Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large. It speeds up in some sectors and slows down in others.

Books 321

Books Ryan Leadership Agility 321

Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

The consequences of this approach are far-reaching, impacting not only the bottom line but also the organization's overall health and growth trajectory. Downsizing, salary cuts, and underinvestment in employee development can decrease morale, productivity, and overall company performance, ultimately impacting the bottom line.

Short-term 195

Short-term Long-term Decentralization Incentives 195

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The bottom line is that I really like him, I just wished he had more new material to share. Leaders get too caught up in trivial things and don’t pay enough attention to leadership development. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic. Up next was Calos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence. Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think.

Environment 419

Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

They also flatten compensation structures so the difference in pay-scale between the top and bottom is not astronomical. They ask good questions that open up possibilities and that help people find their own solutions. They flatten the traditional hierarchical chain of command and create networks. Allow leadership to emerge.

Diversity 277

Diversity Creativity Bottom-up Long-term 277

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Senior Vice President, Development Dimensions International (DDI): In the past year, innovation has risen to the top of the business agenda. China, for example, is pouring a ton of state funds into programs, investments, and technology that foster innovation. He is leading the charge on zero emission technology.

Innovation 230

Innovation Competitive Advantage Brainstorming Bottom-up 230

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me?

Blog 385

Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Brand 385

Lead from Within

JANUARY 12, 2023

The world of leadership is constantly evolving, and new trends and developments are shaping the future of leadership. Experts predict that AI will create new leadership roles and moreover, require leaders to adapt to new technologies. AI is already being used to improve decision-making, productivity, and communication.

Trends 218

Trends Leadership Agility Diversity 218

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Lost Ancillary Revenue : On average, a single account is good for a 30 -40% cross-sell and up-sell revenue increase over time as new products, services, joint ventures etc. Over a 10 year period of time, assuming only 2 annual referrals, without any cross-sell or up-sell value being added-in, you just lost another $200,000 dollars.

Blog 345

Blog Brand Cost Bottom-up 345

Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

The most important job for startups is to focus on their (probably one) product and to subsequently scale up. Optimizing innovation makes up the majority of what established organizations already do today. They require great technological conversions. But technology may, in fact, be a minor part of the task.

Innovation 275

Innovation Organization Bottom-up Open-book 275

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

From my perspective, the issues surrounding conflict resolution can be best summed-up in three words…&# Deal With It. &# While you can try and avoid conflict (bad idea), you cannot escape conflict…The fact of the matter is that conflict in the workplace is unavoidable.

Blog 419

Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Bottom line…don’t be the CEO who causes your management team to continually say “the boss won’t go for that one.&# Keep up the good work Mark [link] mikemyatt Brilliant commentary Mark.

Business Model 361

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. Several years ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a PhRMA Fellow.

Decentralization 285

Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 285

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 25, 2012

Some of us remember the days when we were excited about the possibilities for technology to save us time. Have you noticed that when a co-worker is up against problems outside of work, it often influences their ability to do be at their best at work? We really believed that that all of this connectivity would make us more efficient.

Tips 240

Tips Bottom-up Stress Efficiency 240

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2022

More than 40% of products are delayed in launching due to various setbacks like development issues, quality concerns, and supply. For this reason, CAD technology has come up to eliminate such hiccups and ensure the product is launched as planned. Remember, product development includes several stages. Final Takeaways.

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Productivity Products Development Software 102

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Insurance executives face unique challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies, including AI, evolving regulatory environments, and global economic uncertainties. Moreover, companies should have effective onboarding and development programs to support executives in their transition and ensure long-term success.

Insurance 243

Insurance Execution Long-term Diversity 243

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 24, 2011

The position of Product Manager is the single most important individual contributor role at any technology (product-focused) company. Develop trust: I’ve written a lot about trust lately. Become adept at leading product vision from the ground up. The opposite is also true.

Productivity 198

Productivity Products Leadership Bottom-up 198

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Technologies eventually become obsolete and so do methodologies. What happens when the people in a company fail to live up to its values? In those situations it is important to break the rules and lead by example by living up to those values yourself. Don’t follow up on concerns. It’s how we’ve always done it.

Company 217

Company Bottom-up Follow-up Execution 217

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. Bottom line…check your motivations. With the proper perspective and focus it is quite possible to be both efficient and effective. Effective (N2Growth) [.]

Efficiency 400

Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 400

N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. First is the time pressure for our attention. People simply don’t have the time to listen to, or read, unnecessarily long forms of communication. Emails, voicemails, instant messages, text messages, blogs, Tweets, Facebook updates, etc., I Think Not.

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Blog Brand Influence Trends 382