N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? What does a CEO really do anyway? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Unlike finance, sales, or product development, these objectives met in organizations aren’t something you can hold in your hand or enter into a spreadsheet. These results are human; as such, CEOs need to be human-centric leaders who can see the shifts in organizational culture as massive success led by their CPOs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer is a key member of the executive team, collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and COO to steer the organization’s overall growth strategy. Outstanding CROs demonstrate a talent for innovation, change management, and strategic decision-making.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 4, 2024

Since the beginning of 2024, there has been a consistent stream of CEO departures from leading CX tech firms, including AWS, NICE, Freshworks, Twilio, Vonage, Medallia, Calabrio, and Luware. This trend raises questions about what might be unsettling the leadership in these companies.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. Doesn’t much of a CEO’s job consist of being on the receiving end of ever-increasing floods of data that can now be gleaned in real time from inputs around the globe? CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. The second is to lead innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency. A well-rounded and comprehensive set of leadership requirements can be defined by involving stakeholders from finance, operations, and other relevant areas.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

It’s no surprise that just 12% of CEOs are from working-class backgrounds. Cracking the boardroom The researchers analyzed over 1,500 German firms (and their CEO) to explore whether different industries had different social classes in the boardroom.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. Examples: A CEO assumes that their enthusiasm for a new corporate strategy is shared by all employees.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Jon Mertz of Thin Difference shared CEO activism needs a modern-day blueprint. Through time, we understand the political power of business leaders, and now CEO activism is a modern take on it. Jon writes: “ The “Backroom” (your finance and accounting department) has always been a vital piece of a company’s’ framework.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 10, 2019

Guest post by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George: Truly creative leaders tap ideas from all ranks, and are typically skillful at fostering innovation. In the words of IDEO founder and CEO Dave Kelly, “If you go into a culture and there's a bunch of stiffs going around, I can guarantee they're not likely to invent anything.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds. Willingness to fail.

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HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. Innovation in talent management and workforce panning strategies is required to help companies make profits again. Corporate Innovation. Increasing innovation is tied to strategic goals. Quality Hires. Talent Management.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

. “It’s clear that leaders struggle with culture…Consider the fact that many CEOs say culture is their top priority, but admit they don’t understand it.” Lou Gerstner, the former IBM CEO, once said, “Culture is everything.” Finance is different from sales, R&D is different from quality, and so on.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. My question is this…since when have fear and avoidance become prerequisites for success as a CEO? What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment?

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. Examples: A CEO assumes that their enthusiasm for a new corporate strategy is shared by all employees.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision. But hey…you hear that from me on a fairly consistent basis.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. They will believe what they want to believe regardless of what they hear or what they observe.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

If I only had a nickel for each time a CEO has told me “We have the best talent in the industry.&# If CEOs spent half as much time on talent initiatives as they do complaining about talent, their companies would see significant improvement thus obviating the need for all the complaining. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Savvy CEOs simply aren’t in a rush to close the deal and secure the funding if it means sacrificing knowledge, experience and influence. The bottom line is this; I view one of the primary obligations of venture capital and private equity firms to be to drive collaboration and innovation across their portfolio companies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? But early on, CEO Scott Cook and his leadership team kept hearing that small businesses were using the product. Danny Meyer, famed New York restaurateur, told OpenTable’s CEO, “Look, I don’t need more business.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2012

But I wasn’t as keen on the business side of things – finances, bookkeeping, and other nitty-gritty that keeps a business flowing smoothly. I was perfectly capable of handling finances, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting or interesting to me as the creative side. Although I knew I needed someone, I had no idea where to look.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grounded in solid research and three decades of entrepreneurial experience, this book has one purpose: to teach you how to be both the boss everyone wants to work for and the high achiever every CEO wants to hire—all without drama, stress, or endless hours in the office. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Over the years I’ve met more than a few CEOs who paid little or no attention to their board of directors, only to find themselves wondering what went wrong as they were being ushered out the door prior to the expiration of their employment agreement. As a CEO, your board can be one of your greatest allies.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions. How well do your leaders perform in these critically important areas?

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

CRN received a statement from a spokesperson from the company stating that it was “simplifying structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities while reducing bureaucracy and layers.” Why Are Google Job Relocations Taking Place? According to Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

CEO Interview: Sam Walsh. This edition of the CEO interview features Sam Walsh, the recently retired CEO, of Rio Tinto. Since taking up the CEO seat at Rio Tinto Sam has steered the business through a torrid industry downturn and firmly positioned them for new growth. (as featured in mining.com).

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“CEOs prone to the sunshine priming effect convey biased information to the capital market, which makes it difficult for investors to make investment decisions on the firm. This increases firm information risk and raises the financing costs of that company,” the researchers explain.

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