N2Growth Blog
APRIL 17, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. One of the most effective ways to order your world is to simplify everything you encounter. However the problem is that keeping it simple often becomes very difficult when our basic human nature is to over-complicate everything we touch. In thinking about the people I respect the most, to the one, they possess the uncanny ability to take the most complicated of issues and simplify them.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 24, 2011
It’s almost May now, and you’re starting to feel a little restless. A little stale, maybe. You’ve had your head down and your team focused for 120 days straight, and with the days now getting longer and the temptation to start “coasting&# getting even stronger, you’ve hit a critical time of the year. It’s time to do a little spring cleaning.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 27, 2011
Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need. There's a lot on my blog already around this topic.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 6, 2011
Last month, I did a customized webinar for about 70 managers in a client company on “How to Build Executive Presence.” To prep the content for the session, we asked about a dozen C suite and direct. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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The Recovering Engineer
APRIL 4, 2011
Two questions I often get in workshops, from coaching clients, and in consulting engagements is: How do I work with an unmotivated person? and. How do I motivate someone to work harder? Here are the quick answers: There is no such thing as an unmotivated person. Everyone is motivated to do something. Therefore, everyone is motivated. You cannot motivate someone else to work harder.
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N2Growth Blog
APRIL 12, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Courage is a trait possessed by all great leaders. So much so, that leadership absent courage is nothing short of a farce. Let me be very clear – I’m not advocating for bravado, arrogance, or an overabundance of hubris, but the courage necessary to stay the course and to do the right things.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 20, 2011
I’ve seen a lot of books out there lately that have taken a lot of pages to explain how to get and keep customers, but it’s really pretty simple: Thank your customers for their business, preferably with a smile. Follow the Golden Rule in all your communications with customers, no matter the form. If you mess up with a customer, own up to it and apologize.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 27, 2011
Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need. There's a lot on my blog already around this topic.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 18, 2011
One of the most e-mailed articles on the New York Times website the past couple of days has been an article by David Carr on how it seems to be acceptable behavior to text someone else while you’re. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Steve Farber
APRIL 26, 2011
Yesterday, I had a long talk with my old friend (and constant source of leadership inspiration), Dick Nettell. Dick had a long and storied career at Bank of America where his results and style were legendary. I mentioned in an earlier post that he’s in the process of writing a book, and he’s told me that I’ll be getting the rough draft, soon.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 19, 2011
Today on The Change Agent’s Dilemma, my guest was Paige Lillard, VP of Business Excellence at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., who implements the Malcolm Baldrige framework to execute strategy for Turner’s many business units. In today’s episode, Paige tells her unique story of becoming a change agent, including specific steps she took to build the initial buy-in to start implementing quality principles at the company.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 24, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. How difficult is it for you to change your mind? When was the last time you changed your mind? Do you consistently challenge your own thinking, or do you wait for others to bring the challenge to you? When your thinking is confronted, how do you react? I’ve often said the rigidity of a closed mind is the first step in limiting opportunity.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 17, 2011
I was presenting our quarterly operations review to the executive team at my cable TV company. It had been a particularly good quarter for all of our operating metrics, and I was pumped. It was time to lay it all out there, and gather up the kudos. Because after all, who doesn’t like to be praised? The slides kept going up on the overhead screen, one after another, all showing improvement.
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Women on Business
APRIL 4, 2011
While gathering definitions for the word “GUTSY&# , to be used in my new book being released soon. I had an epiphany. Maybe there are times to just be still, not show your confident, brash, exuberant, irreverent side. I sat with this for most of a day, letting it roll around in my mind like a chocolate drop that did not melt quickly. What happens if a gutsy woman stays quiet?
Next Level Blog
APRIL 27, 2011
Well, after many years in the job, Michael Scott has left the office at Dunder Mifflin to pursue other dreams. It remains to be seen how things are going to go for the team with the new boss. You. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
Steve Farber
APRIL 18, 2011
WordPress guru, Jesse Petersen , has been working behind the scenes at stevefarber.com to update, refresh, optimize, and otherwise goose this site into a sparkling re-birth. Among other things, you’ll find new free audio resources (look at the top of the page), a few new videos , a new calendar of my upcoming events , a twitter feed, and…drum roll please… The Extreme Leadership Store.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 14, 2011
You have gained leadership support, started implementing your project, and people are actually participating! The project is really humming along, getting some results, but you still have a nagging feeling that if you let go, everything would go back to the way it was. The organization still sees the initiative as something special, an exception to the normal operation.
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Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 3, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . What is a key employee, and who is worthy of such a title? Much has been written on the subject of key employees, and in my opinion most of it flat misses the mark. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that what most people refer to as key employees are not really assets, but rather large contingent liabilities.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 3, 2011
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me&#. Aretha Franklin is one of the best singers ever. So when she sings, I listen. Especially to her biggest hit. I love the conviction behind the lyric – it’s respect that she wants, and it’s respect that she’ll get. Or she’ll walk. And within the meaning of that song is an extremely valuable leadership lesson.
Women on Business
APRIL 7, 2011
I remember when I picked up my first project management book. I was working as a low-level retail manager and thought it would be helpful. I picked it up, glanced through the table of contents, got terrified and immediately put it back on the shelf. The book was full of technical jargon, extensive charts and graphs, and appeared to be designed for someone who had a Ph.D and was working on a NASA space shuttle launch.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 15, 2011
It seems like I talk with clients about the challenge of taming their calendars at least two or three times a week. In the age of interconnected scheduling systems like Outlook and the continuous. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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Steve Farber
APRIL 20, 2011
A few years back, I was invited to speak to the senior management team of a multi-billion dollar company. Before I went up to the stage, the CEO pulled me aside and said, “I’m the reason you’re here to speak to us today. I invited you.&#. “Well, thank you,&# I said. “I’m honored that you did.&#. “You’re welcome,&# he went on. “But I want you to know why I invited you.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 26, 2011
It’s no surprise my 5-year-old son is a picky eater. My general approach to getting him to eat is what I learned from my own mother. She had a rule that you had to eat at least one bite of each item on your plate before you could be excused from the table. You didn’t have to clean your plate, but you did have to try a little of everything.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 21, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. 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.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 28, 2011
I’m in Chicago today to prepare for my labor of love with my biz partner Liz Strauss, SOBCon Chicago 2011 , which starts tomorrow ( check out our website for more information, and here is the livestream of the event ). Yesterday I was in Milwaukee visiting family, and while I was there I stopped at a Starbucks on a particular street corner. It was a corner that brought back two specific memories.
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Women on Business
APRIL 25, 2011
She was a precocious, spunky, creative little girl who roamed the halls of an exotic Manhattan hotel and learned about management at the young age of six and could become the CEO of just about any multi-national company. Her name was Eloise and she delighted kids and parents with her antics to the point that people would visit the Plaza hoping to catch of glimpse of her.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 4, 2011
Today is my 50th birthday. It’s a little strange to write that down. When I think of 50th birthdays, I think of those films you see sometimes about the 50th birthday of Disneyland. You know the ones. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
Lead on Purpose
APRIL 3, 2011
By Lauren Bailey. The vast majority of leadership advice — whether it’s relayed in leadership books, management conferences or discussed casually in blogs — focuses on the qualities of individual leaders. From examining the lives of different noted leaders to distilling specific personality traits that researchers think constitute sound leadership, the emphasis is always on the individual.
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