N2Growth Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . Are you guilty of having a failure to communicate? Here’s the thing - who cares if you possess excellent communication skills if you don’t use them properly. If your command of vocabulary and the elocution of your presentation are impeccable, but they don’t advance your vision, develop your team, or otherwise add value to your stakeholders, then I would suggest your well honed skills are not as refined as you may think.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 22, 2011

Your way isn’t the only way. That’s a tough one. Because even when we realize it, AND we know that perspective must be a part of great leadership, we still find it very difficult to practice it. I know, because I “learned&# it way back in my teenage years, when I was the editor-in-chief of our high school newspaper. I knew EXACTLY what I wanted in that paper, and when I couldn’t convince the other staff to agree with me, I took matters into my own hands, and practically d

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. However, funny enough, I don't see the job search and showing you who you know at the company as being particularly well done.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 30, 2011

So, let me first assure you that the picture that comes with this post has not been Photoshopped. That is me in my business clothes standing on my head alongside Melissa, one of my good buddies from. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 13, 2011

Sometimes, life gets messy — as shown by the picture of the living area in my home this morning. When I first walked through this area on my way to get a cup of coffee and some breakfast, I felt a bit stressed. My family was still asleep, and I had a full day of work planned in my home office. The mess felt a bit overwhelming and out of control. If you look carefully by the rocking chair near the middle of the picture, you will see an insulated coffee cup.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Leadership and mentoring go hand-in-hand. In fact, this is so much the case that I don’t believe a person qualifies as a leader unless they are a mentor. If you accept this premise as correct, then why is it that so many in positions of leadership fall woefully short in successfully transferring the benefits of their wisdom and experience to others?

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 5, 2011

What’s a “ 21st Century Leader “? A pretty good question, no doubt. The definition and nature of great leadership in today’s digital age is an ever-evolving thing, since business models and paradigms seem to change like the weather these days (and wow, the weather has been crazy this year!). However, in my experiences and observations over the last 11+ years of this young century I’ve found that there are some clear and enduring lessons that if followed, will clearl

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Yo

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

One of the things I do on a regular basis is speak to groups of new and high potential executives about what they can do to succeed in bigger jobs. In the run-up to those sessions, I often ask them. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 8, 2011

There are two musical instruments I would like to play. One is the saxophone and the other is the guitar. When I was in the fifth grade, my parents placed an order to rent a saxophone for the following school year so that I could join the band and learn to play. Over the summer, we moved to a different city where band started in fifth grade. I was out of sequence with the school system, and I wasn’t able to take private lessons.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 21, 2011

This morning on The Change Agent’s Dilemma, my guest was Faith Fuqua-Purvis, founder of Synergetic Solutions. In this episode, Faith shares what it means to start a Revolution of One, and shows where to find the courage needed to drive change. Don’t miss this emboldening message for all change agents! Listen to the show here (30 minutes): Be sure to visit the radio show page to listen to past episodes and subscribe to the show.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Many people discuss transformational leadership, but few can point to a modern day CEO who is an example of a transformative leader. Douglas R. Conant is the President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and he epitomizes just such a leader. When Doug took the helm at Campbell’s 10 years ago, he reversed the trend of declining earnings and employee engagement.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 12, 2011

“I want the truth!&#. “You can’t handle the truth!&#. Remember that memorable courtroom exchange in the movie “ A Few Good Men “? Tom Cruise, playing a military lawyer, is questioning a long-time Army Colonel (brilliantly played by Jack Nicholson) about whether he ordered a “Code Red&# (an illegal hazing) on one of his charges.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. The purpose of Branchout is helping people to network their way to jobs. However, funny enough, I don't see the job search and showing you who you know at the company as being particularly well done.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 22, 2011

Today's post is short and sweet as I have about 10 minutes before they shut the door on my plane. Which raises the question, "What can you do with a 10 minute break?" That question is on my mind. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Steve Farber

JUNE 25, 2011

Track coach, Mark Tremayne , of Hilliard Darby High School in Hilliard, Ohio has created a team that Leaps. Not just literally, as all track teams are wont to do, but in the way they approach the sport, the team, and each other. It turns out that Coach Tremayne isn’t just in the business of developing athletes; he’s in the business of developing Extreme Leaders.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 14, 2011

As a change agent, once the change initiative expands beyond your own span of influence, you need to rely on leaders in the organization to carry the change forward. Without their full support, the change fizzles. The trouble is, leaders often don’t properly support change even when they agree that it should happen. The following are four things leaders do that indicate they may not fully support your change: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. If you’re a frequent reader of this blog you know from time-to-time I’ll take aim at a sacred cow and pull the trigger. I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. Given the legions of those who have drunk the Good to Great Kool-Aid, I realize today’s post might be akin to spitting into the wind.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 1, 2011

“Thank you for your business – we really appreciate it&#. That is a very valuable string of words. That is, if you say them to your customers. How do I know they are valuable? I did a little experiment at my company a few years ago. We called folks 7 days after a transaction and said those words (from a real human being, not a robo-caller).

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Women on Business

JUNE 16, 2011

Unedited guest post by Alina Popescu (learn more about Alina at the end of this post). For most women running a small business, constantly growing it also means cutting all unnecessary costs and trying to save whenever possible. If a fee seems a bit much for a certain service they might want to contract, they turn to the Do it Yourself/DIY approach.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 17, 2011

The title of this post reminds me of the “I’m a Mac. I’m a PC” TV commercials from a couple of years ago. The question, “Are you an IBM or a Dell?” was inspired by an article I read this. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 15, 2011

A few months ago, I bought a guitar and started the process of learning to play. A few days ago, I wrote a post about what my motivation to purchase a guitar can teach leaders of all kinds. Today, I have another lesson drawn from my recent guitar playing endeavor for people of all ages and roles. First, the story behind the lesson. As my daughters and a friend of mine patiently teach me scales, chords, chord progressions, hand positions, and strumming patterns; I have learned to struggle through

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 7, 2011

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Competition is only to be feared if not understood. If understood, competition is not only healthy, but it can also be very prosperous. If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. 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, constit

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 15, 2011

What if you could get in a room with 150 other like-minded people, and interact with them in a highly charged atmosphere of trust, heart, and openness? What if you could get a chance to talk about YOUR business and YOUR dreams with these 150 people, and get meaningful and actionable feedback from virtually all of them? What if you could have an opportunity to make a bunch of new friends, forge new partnerships, and enjoy a weekend in a fabulous and fun setting?

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Women on Business

JUNE 23, 2011

In a new ranking of public companies without women in top leadership from Bloomberg Businessweek.com, it was revealed that 5.8% of the companies in the S&P 500, “remain all male in decision-making roles, with no women on the board of directors or among the company’s top five highest-paid officers.&#. Perhaps the most surprising company on this list is Discovery Communications, the company that produces Animal Planet and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 15, 2011

This is the time of year when commencement addresses are given at high schools and colleges across the country. The speech that’s getting a lot of buzz this year is the one that late night TV comic. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 22, 2011

Back in 2006, I posted about the Promise of Web 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic and pointed out that Visual Basic was a huge innovation that allowed many new developers to build applications. We've been using Google Apps as the basis for developing some very interesting online applications. The announcement today Building UI in Apps Script just got a whole lot easier that shows how you can use a drag and drop - Visual Basic like.

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