N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Finance is the backbone of any business. As such, ensuring that your business’s finance department is up to par is important. Here are the top ways to enhance your company’s finance department: Implement Financial Software. It’s important to offer good remuneration and benefits to your finance employees.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 15, 2020

The following are some of the key skills of the future workforce that employees across a broad range of organizations will need to develop. Having a strong understanding of how to analyze reports will help professionals in departments from finance to HR to help steer their organization in the right direction. Critical thinking ability.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In the list that follows I’m going to share with you 6 leadership characteristics that require absolutely no talent or ability, but that must be present in order to succeed over the long-haul as a leader. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. I don’t ever remember dogging-it again.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you’re still asking these questions WAKE-UP – get your head out of the sand, and stop broadcasting your ignorance. Anybody can amass tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of followers just by following as many people as they can and waiting for them to reciprocate. News Flash: you can’t.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In the end, we are leaders only if others choose to follow. Make sure your walk is heading to a great place; a place worthy of being followed to. link] Meredith Bell I had the opportunity to meet Kevin recently at a conference and had a follow-up phone conversation with him. How does your walk prove it? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Great leaders don’t major in the minors and understand that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing…Great leaders are committed to not losing focus and not giving-up.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

That said, I have little use for social networking junkies who collect friends/followers/contacts just for the sake of watching the numbers go up, while adding little or no value to their network. All those followers and connections don't really have meaning except to make one feel important and/or popular. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Following are a few links to other posts that deal with these topics in greater detail. maybe sincerity [link] Taariq Lewis Mike, as always, a great follow-up with great insight and additional resources. Many times some followers look for reasons to judge or excuse their lack of honor. Thanks for sharing Taariq: [link].

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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. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

While you may find it hard to believe, I don’t have anything against buzzwords, techno-jargon, colloquialisms, acronyms and other forms of business-speak with the following caveat…that they are used in context, and by someone who possesses an underlying knowledge of what the phrase de jure actually means. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

These CEOs can often go undiscovered for great lengths of time before their poorly constructed vision bubbles-up to the surface, by which time it is often too late to repair the damage. It is seen my the followers ABOUT the followers. However worse than the CEO with no vision, is a CEO with the wrong vision. Thank Bridget.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the text that follows you’ll find the truth about toxic cultures… A toxic work environment thrives off of everything that great leadership stands in opposition to. It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

I have known many entrepreneurs that are exceptional CEO’s, but I have known many more that don’t measure-up and shouldn’t be fulfilling the role of CEO. I’ve heard it said that the role of a leader is to create and manage good followers. Original post by leadershipcoach [.] I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

If the individuals placed in charge of executing key objectives, deliverables & results are not excellent leaders, you are simply setting yourself up for failure. And many young leaders lose focus on the team goal and focus on either being popular with their team or following the rules. What say you???

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

If you’re not tracking with me yet, ask yourself the following questions: Do you send an email when you should make a phone call, or worse, do you hide behind the phone when you should be face-to-face? You brought up what is in my opinion one of the most dangerous statements in business: "that's what we've always done."

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is best accomplished by leveraging individual talents not stiffling them. I would be less than candid if I didn’t admit that leading those inclined to follow is significantly less of a challenge than leading those who don’t want to be led. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and follow-through on your commitments.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Like the generations preceding them, Millennials are products of the major events and technologies that became widespread during their formative years. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine. Millennials must feel significant in their role.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. So, now throw on top of that a few hundred Facebook friends and hundreds or potentially thousands of twitter followers and things start getting complicated.

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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. You’ll also notice that when intelligent people do speak-up it’s not to ramble-on incoherently or incessantly, but usually to ask a question so that they can elicit even more information.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The hierarchy of knowledge is as follows: Gut Instincts : This is an experiential and/or emotional filter that may often times have no current underpinning of hard analytical support. One thing we were taught was that making a decision and following it is very important. Is the source reliable and credible? Thanks for stopping by Joe.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

In the text that follows, I’ll take a closer look at the value of contingency planning… The reality surrounding the success of any implementation is found by understanding that no matter how smart you are, things rarely go as planned. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you take what follows to heart, it might just change your world. In the text that follows I’ll examine the softer sides of leadership – love, compassion, humility, kindness and empathy. Form this action habit, the leaders heart will eventually melt and the feeling is sure to follow. Starting to get my drift?

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Leading Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Nothing great or noble is accomplished without giving up something else. Before jumping into the action, take time to set a clear goal. * * * Jeff Skipper is an international change leadership consultant for organizations in energy, finance, technology, and other industries. He and his family live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. It's sad that many potential leaders look past this and end up frustrated when they can't get people to act, little do they know they haven't developed trust.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.)

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Instead of beating yourself up or giving in, it is critical that you develop the ability to learn from setbacks. Following are 4 things to consider when setbacks do occur: Be honest enough to acknowledge what has happened. You will face physical, mental, financial, relational, and resource challenges among others. I Think Not.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

So, following a successful program, during a break in the agenda, after leaving the stage and talking with many with conference attendees, I often find myself standing beside the organizer. And your conference’s impact will extend well beyond their session.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

With the continued rapid development of technology taking the concept of globalization and turning it into hard reality facing businesses of all sizes, it is time for executives and entrepreneurs to examine their current business models from a disruptive perspective. Ask yourself the following questions: Why should anyone be led by you?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

In fact, I would go so far as to say that CEOs who are not consistently reengineering elements of their business fall into one of the following two camps; 1) They have a perfect business, or; 2) They are an ineffective CEO. This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

If you don’t believe me consider the following 7 points: The Initial Churn : First you have the $2,000 dollar lifetime value loss attributed to churning the account itself. 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.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Once you have their card, you control the follow up. 5. We don’t follow up. What’s the point of going to events to meet new people and then not following up? Following up is how you begin to build relationships that will bring you business. Marketing – It’s Simple!

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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?

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HR Digest

JULY 22, 2024

Very often, it occurs because the business has to reorganize its finances in order to continue making a profit and meeting targets, and employees are let go as a result to cut down on business expenses. This allows employers to reorganize their finances and find funding before they can have employees work for their wages again.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so confident, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of humility as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. He said that servant leader will consider the priorities of his "followers" or team, first. Be grateful.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a valid reason for supporting such a regressive concept. Then follow-up your great hiring decision by providing the CEO with the tools and resources necessary to get the job done.

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