N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning? Instead of beating yourself up or giving in, it is critical that you develop the ability to learn from setbacks. So, do you have the skills and perspective to thrive under pressure and to succeed, or will you implode when faced with a challenge?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Leaders who do not possess a bias toward action, or who cannot deliver on their obligations will not be successful. Frequent readers of this blog can find a veritable plethora of tips on becoming a better and more effective leader. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. What good can I do as a person, an organization, and a society?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

These relationships are critical if an organization needs to adapt to changes in the external environment, as many organizations and their supply chain leaders have had to do amidst recent global events. This pivotal role requires strategic thinking, impeccable decision-making abilities, and exceptional leadership skills.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Transforming Legacy Organizations : Turn your Established Business into an Innovation Champion to Win the Future by Kris Østergaard. Conventional business wisdom views innovation as the biggest advantage startups have over large, established organizations, often referred to as legacy organizations. Everyone has insecurities.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? While there is a very simple answer to this question, most people are so entrenched in their beliefs that no amount of reason or logic will alter their opinions.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. The best leaders are proactive, strategic listeners. They recognize that knowledge and wisdom are not gained by talking, but by listening. Talk less and listen more. Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have great vision? Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Are you a master of strategy?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In today’ post I’ll share my thoughts on the value of learning to become a humble leader… It’s been said that life is a long lesson in humility. As a leader, the sooner you come to grips with your humility the better leader you’ll become.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Trevor wanted his people to be pillars of innovation and creativity. When he came to me for coaching around innovation, he mentioned how fearful his team was in taking risks and possibly touching failure. I asked him, “What are you doing to celebrate failures?” Like many leaders, he had no answer. Here’s some ideas for you.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. What do leaders dop to provide a safe environment for people to explore, test, try, fail, learn, review, try again etc. Sounds like an interesting event and line up. How should leaders behave to suppress this natural behaviour ?

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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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group , a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. What do I mean? Do you say mistakes are important and necessary?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Do I have your attention yet? While there are certainly numerous ways to learn (observation, experience, classroom instruction, relational interactions, etc.), To be blunt, I have little patience for those leaders who are “too busy&# or “too smart&# or “too important&# to learn.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Karin and David share: “ You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Bernd Geropp provided How I learned to delegate. In this post, I’ll talk about how I learned to delegate. Marcella Bremer of Positive Culture contributed The fearless, learning culture.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. There is really only one sure fire method for identifying leaders – Do they have the character and integrity to do the right thing, for the right reason, at the right time. Give them responsibility and see what they do with it. Identifying leaders?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

When you think of yourself as a leader do you view yourself as having the quiet confidence of David or the boastful arrogance of Goliath? While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost. I think not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. In the text that follows I’m going to ask you to do some soul searching – up for the challenge?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For instance, a study from KU Leuven University and the European Central Bank found that large companies do understandably innovate more often and more successfully than SMEs. Obstacles to overcome As with any innovator, those that were identified as innovative nonetheless had various obstacles to overcome.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

I certainly do…but fear not; the lost art of brevity is making a comeback. If you want to become a better writer and refine your sense of brevity, all you have to do is to start Tweeting. So, how do you know if you’re guilty of contributing to the destruction of brevity?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. Today, the digital chiefs portfolio extends to orchestrating data-driven strategies, leveraging cloud computing to scale innovation, and architecting robust cybersecurity protocols.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. Let me ask you a few simple questions: How do you feel when you’re told no? Moreover, when those conversations do occur they tend to be focused on admonishment rather than teachable moments.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I learned to listen more and talk less. It has provided me with a personal platform and a way to teach and learn. Michael Hyatt : I hope it informs everything I do. I have learned so much about leadership from reading the Gospels. Mike Myatt : What do you see as the primary role of a leader? They humbled me.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The ability to recognize conflict, understand the nature of conflict, and to be able to bring swift and fair resolution to conflict will serve you well as a leader – the inability to do so may well be your downfall. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance? When people describe you do they talk about what you have achieved for yourself or what you’ve accomplished for the benefit of others?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it? If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. A lesson that I learned long ago is that you simply cannot experience sustainable improvement without transformation. Focus on value creation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

On with the inteview… Mike Myatt : How would you describe your business and what do you do? Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. but everything to do with helping people.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The fact of the matter is that senior executives who rise to the C-suite do so largely based upon their ability to consistently make sound decisions. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. The truth is that even leaders who don’t fail make bad decisions from time-to-time.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors? 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. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

“The modern CFO is not just a finance expert—they’re a strategic partner, playing a critical role in driving innovation, digital transformation, and growth. The best CFOs today are those who can bridge the gap between finance and technology, turning data into actionable insights that steer the company forward.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Brand Exposure: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Do you understand the difference b… [link] [.] For what it's worth, I think you do a great job of both. I'm a big fan of what you do. Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Even if you don’t find yourself having to frequently deal with extreme situations, it is often nothing more than normal dealings in the ordinary course of business that can place you at a nexus…Do you make your decision based upon the facts at hand and sound decisioning metrics, or do you let your emotions drive your decisions?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Think about it…do you make it easy for others to want to help you, or is your demeanor such that most people won’t lift a finger to assist you in a time of need? I don’t see asking for help as a sign of weakness, rather I see it as a very smart thing to do, and I therefore tend to seek out help wherever I can find it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He is the Senior Pastor at CrossPoint Church , one of the fastest growing churches in the country, is the author of the bestselling book Plan B , and is one of the the most candid, insightful and humble leaders you’ll ever have the opportunity to listen to – we all have a lot to learn from Pete Wilson.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While I don’t mean to belittle these things as they’re important to learn, it’s the more subtle elements of communication that are rarely taught in the classroom (the elements that focus on others) that leaders desperately need to learn. Communicate more effectively. In other words, we are taught to focus on ourselves.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Do me a favor and conduct a brief gut check and see if this resonates with you – How many truly great leaders have you encountered during your lifetime? People who attempt to lead out of obligation do so out of burden not love only to eventually become weary and jaded.

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