Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

To do that, we had to lean into a “brand renegade” mindset and apply it to our daily operations. As we built our business, we realized that we had a unique opportunity to reset common perceptions of the industry and take our brand to a national level. How it’s always been done” was never our standard.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2024

In many countries, even if there are laws about dads getting time off when a baby is born, the way workplaces operate and traditional views on who takes care of kids can be old-fashioned. A recent study from the John Molson School of Business looked at how guys working in French accounting firms felt about taking paternity leave.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

You’ll rarely encounter the words leadership and surrender used together in complementary fashion. A leader simply operates at their best when they understand their ability to influence is much more fruitful than their ability to control. Surrender fosters collaboration, encourages innovation and enables possibility.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

COVID-19 has changed virtually everything, including the way electronics manufacturers operate. It operates simply and efficiently without the need for WiFi, yet its sophisticated inner workings enable it to take stock of its environment and easily move and manipulate items. THE PANDEMIC PRESENTS UNIQUE CHALLENGES.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

They are unusually smart (Ralph Lauren looked for people with a kind of fashion sense), creative (people who see things differently), extremely flexible (people who can do more than one thing). They ‘carve out’ time for innovation rather than living and breathing it every minute. They look for people who are drivers of change.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2011

You will find that the best leaders, communicators, teachers, and innovators have a true knack for taking extremely complex, dense or intricate content and making it engaging and easy to understand. I would suggest that you break down every key area of your business (operations, administration, marketing, branding, sales, finance, IT, etc.)

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2023

Indeed, with the majority of data qualifying more as noise than signal, there are clear operational costs involved in accumulating endless reams of data, but there are also considerable environmental and financial costs of storing a neverending trove of data. When we do look to upgrade, we should look for devices with low energy consumption.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

Furthermore, you are likely just as familiar with my position that a static business, which doesn’t constantly innovate around the changing needs of the marketplace is the same thing as a dying business. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

One key finding of the study is that CEOs with high levels of self-assessment (or CSE) pursue risks in a differential fashion that depends on their particular market’s characteristics,” the researchers explain. By contrast, when these bosses operate in environments that are not dynamic, they’re more likely to follow the pack.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In the realm of knowledge work, rookies tend to outperform those with experience, especially when it comes to innovation and speed. They insisted that there was no room for learning when someone is flatlining on the operating table. Because they aren’t encumbered with previous knowledge and resources. And, they are hungry.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Along the way, the leaders of these organizations turned their backs on the tenets of great branding, defined as carving out unique brand positions and adding to that strategic advantage with innovations that thrill customers. Maybe it’s because the leaders of these enterprises didn’t believe they could succeed the old fashioned way.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

Most people tend to look at acquisitions from a rather myopic and traditional M&A perspective: making a strategic or synergistic purchase of an operating entity on an accretive basis. However restricting your view of acquisitions to operating companies is like playing a football game with only one play in your playbook.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors? And what are your strategic goals?

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

And finally, business model innovation is getting the recognition it deserves. That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. For many, this is frightening.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion. Innovate more: Employees who know the boss has their back think outside the box without fear of failure or retribution. He called it carefrontation.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Whether you are a potential new business owner or someone who has been in the game for years, you knew how your industry operated before, and you at least had an idea of how to navigate within that system. Some of the most successful companies don’t just change how they operate within an industry but switch industries altogether.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Be Innovative and engaging, not flat and uninspired – countless management consultants employ the same old, tired planning processes that generate little interest or energy. We believe company culture is something that should be designed in a deliberate fashion as a part of any strategic planning program.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Do your R&D and innovation programs evaluate the competitive landscape?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2017

With Mother’s Day approaching, my wife and I treated my mother to lunch at an old-fashioned barbeque restaurant in a nearby town that sported one traffic light, two gas stations, and five churches. . Steve, take this money to the CVS at the end of the block and buy us a big battery operated wall clock to put on the wall right there.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

They also believe that a greater role exists for fact checking services, and urge social media platforms to be more transparent in how they operate. This, in turn, has made it easy for them to carry on with fashioning themselves as nothing less than pioneering explorers shaping the frontierlands of digital politics. ”

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HR Digest

JANUARY 31, 2021

Come to work some days a week; rest operate from home as far as possible. That seems very old-fashioned now.” There are concerns about how mentoring and innovation and teamwork will get affected once people start working remotely. At best, companies will be offering a hybrid culture.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip. If someone comes to you about a problem with another person, immediately redirect that individual back to the person in question. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

With the huge menu of communication technologies available to companies, messages should be delivered in person, electronically in written, audio, and video, as well as the old fashioned way, printed hard copy. And for innovative ideas on moving away from the traditional performance review feedback, read an article from Daniel Pink: [link].

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

For instance, if you are ready to expand or operate a small business, you must decide when to purchase and plant the container. You can hold art exhibitions, display your fashion line, and even a perfume line. You should see a shipping container for yourself and decide what type you want to work with.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

Many business analysts attribute a great deal of Virgins success to the innovative leadership style of its chairman, Sir Richard Branson, who has demonstrated a marked ability to inspire his people to innovate and grow.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

And yet despite his high profile in the fashion industry, few outside the sector seem to even know who he is. Slimane made people — especially young people — fall in love with fashion again. Because the truth is that a lot of young people today disdain and sneer at high fashion. The fashion world was shocked.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion. 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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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Experience, while a great teacher, can nonetheless result in a very costly education that rarely occurs in a timely fashion. 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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve addressed this topic before, but perhaps not in this fashion…True leadership is dedication to something beyond self. The act of operating in the truest best interest of others is the issue. Thanks for the astute observations Mark. Mike Henry Sr. Thanks for the great post. You're right on regarding love.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’re still on the fence, I would request you try and answer the following question: If you can engage those with whom you conduct business, or otherwise desire to interact with in a meaningful and value added fashion why wouldn’t you do so? Thoughts? Also, It seems like a ton of time needs to be devoted to it all.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Let me explain.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict, and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion, you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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