N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 15, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. In the world of leadership where the traits of accountability and personal responsibility are so highly regarded, I have one question? What’s with all the finger pointing? One of my pet peeves is coming across leaders who think they’re always right, and that any problem or challenge that arises must clearly be the fault of someone else.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 4, 2011
Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans.
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Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 7, 2011
For many leaders out there (myself included), sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in a day. Work piles up, deadlines loom, milestones are passing, folks are tugging at you from all different directions- and guess what suffers. Our leadership. Unless we give ourselves enough time to climb back up to 10,000 feet from ground level, all those things we’ve learned about great leadership can get pushed into the recesses of our conscious mind, and thus, we become very task orientated,
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 16, 2011
An experienced change leader, Supriya Desai landed an exciting new ‘dream’ job – implementing change across a global function undergoing major transformation – only to be gone less than 6 months later. Listen to hear her story – plus the warning signs and lessons she learned so you can benefit from her experience. 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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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 1, 2011
With a shout out to the folks at SmartBrief on Leadership for pointing it out, I recommend to you a deeply reported article in Fortune magazine about how and why Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler was pushed. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 24, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Does perception matter? We’ve all heard the saying “perception is reality,” but is it true? Does perception never, rarely, sometimes, or always equal reality? While I long ago reached the conclusion that perception does in fact matter, it may not be for the reasons that you might think. I have found that the majority of people tend to be myopic with regard to perception…they understand their own perceptions, but are quite often either ignorant o
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 4, 2011
Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans.
Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 17, 2011
My first real “boss&# was a cantankerous 75-year old man who happened to be worth many hundreds of millions of dollars, all earned from a starting base of zero. In other words, they guy knew how to make a business successful. And yet, of all the lessons he gave me, it was a simple little story he used to tell me about every month or so that has left the biggest mark on me.
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 18, 2011
Anyone who has implemented change in an organization has encountered it: the feeling that you are dragging a heavy weight, or pushing a boulder uphill, or swimming upstream, or banging your head against the wall. The label we put on the sense of being slowed down or stuck is resistance. Taking the resistance label at face value causes us to blame others for not immediately changing, and gives the impression that there are people in the organization who are either rising up or using subversive m
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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 22, 2011
For the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity each Fall to talk leadership with the newly promoted admirals of the U.S. Coast Guard and their Senior Executive Service counterparts from the. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
The Recovering Engineer
AUGUST 27, 2011
A little over a week ago, my wife and I drove my daughter from Indiana to Texas to begin her freshman year of college. On the return trip, we drove through Oklahoma. As is common this time of year, we encountered road construction marked with a sign similar to the one above, and I felt frustrated as I thought about the coming delay. We then saw another sign with additional information.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 8, 2011
By Mike Myat t , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Few things highlight great acts of selflessness and heroism more than tragedy. This weekend’s helicopter crash in Afghanistan was a horrific loss for the families of our fallen warriors, but also for our nation as a whole. The men who perished in the crash were in fact our nation’s best.
Women on Business
AUGUST 17, 2011
Guest Post by Natalie Peace. Personal style and business savvy: it can be tough to walk the line between both. If your own style is bold, flashy and unique, the last thing you want to do is break out the grey polyester 2-piece skirt suit and sensible low-heeled pumps. Unfortunately, this is exactly what many women do, advised by people who say you need to dress like a female version of a bland male executive, if you want to succeed in the business world.
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Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 10, 2011
Somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, I had a rare chance to chat with Yoda, who, it can now be revealed, has been one of my favorite Social Media mentors. It’s a little known fact that in addition to his important duties as a Jedi Master, Yoda has been behind the scenes training many of us in the ways of Social Media. It’s a treat to be able to share with you just a little of his wisdom here.
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 31, 2011
Last week, I hosted a Q&A session in which participants could ask any question they wanted about change and together we would come up with options for solutions. One of the attendees, a manager for a large retail chain, is in the loop when it comes to changes coming down the pike, but has not been given the go ahead to provide the details. Employees know that changes are coming and are asking questions.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 11, 2011
When Jim Highsmith graciously invited me to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Agile Executive Forum in Salt Lake City this week, I had to really sit down and think about what I’ve been working on the last few years, namely social business , as compared the conference theme, agility and business. While agile methods have had many separate and distinct threads within the business and technical worlds over the last 20 years, one of the most active areas has been in software developmen
Next Level Blog
AUGUST 11, 2011
If you’re a sports fan (guilty as charged), you’ve likely heard by now about golf caddie Stevie Williams’ interview after his new boss, Adam Scott, won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational last weekend. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 28, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Creating a talent advantage begins with smart hiring. That said, it never ceases to amaze me at the number of people who are charged with hiring who possess absolutely no skill at doing so. While I rarely meet a CEO who is completely comfortable with turning the hiring process over to HR, most of them still seem to acquiesce and do exactly that…&# Who should do the hiring?
Women on Business
AUGUST 7, 2011
While I haven’t read the book, an article on Reuters suggests that the book Aligning Technology with Strategy by Harvard Business Review advises companies evaluate their IT costs to prevent overinvesting. Specifically, companies should: “Spend less. Evaluate expected returns from IT investments. What’s essential spending versus discretionary or unnecessary?
Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 31, 2011
I was 27 when I got a call from an executive search company about a job in Los Angeles. “Would you be interested in the chief operating job for a cable company with 400,000 customers?&#. Huh? I was an Audit Manager at a public accounting firm. I managed several jobs, and oversaw 5-10 staff accountants, but that was the extent of my leadership experience.
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 23, 2011
This past weekend, I chaired a meeting of Organization Change Alliance, a local group of change practitioners which hosts presentations every month in Atlanta. The speaker was Jackie Sherman, and the topic was “Working With the Brain in Mind.&# (I also interviewed Jackie on The Change Agent’s Dilemma last year.). One of the key takeaways was that our brains are wired to process threats automatically.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Steve Farber
AUGUST 1, 2011
UBM TechWeb CEO, Tony Uphoff , has a must-read blog called Uphoff On Media: Dispatches from the front lines of Media, Marketing, and Technology. I’m an on-going contributor to his site, and this post first appeared over there: The idea that love is “just damn good business” (as I suggested in my previous post ) is equally easy to embrace or dismiss, depending on your personal bias or point of view.
Next Level Blog
AUGUST 30, 2011
The turmoil and damage caused in the Northeast last weekend by Hurricane Irene is just the latest reminder of how much we rely on first responders like the U.S. Coast Guard in times of emergencies. Please click the headline to read the whole story.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 30, 2011
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. If you’ve ever watched an episode of NBC’s “The Office” you know exactly what unproductive meetings look like. The tragic news is many real world meetings too closely resemble a fictional Michael Scott get together. Stories of “death by meeting&# are a well represented part of corporate folklore for good reason – unplanned, unnecessary, uninspired, or otherwise unproductive meetings are a colossal waste of time and resources.
Women on Business
AUGUST 26, 2011
Leadership is an elusive quality and few people ever really get it, but as the figurehead of a company you are supposed to know what it means to be a leader and a motivator even if it wasn’t taught to you. In my industry I see a lot of individuals who were really good at their chosen profession and that skill got them thrust into the management arena.
Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University
You know that sinking feeling. You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic! It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar, and it exemplifies one of the biggest struggles with individual product strategies.
Terry Starbucker
AUGUST 21, 2011
Before you start reading this post, I’d like you to listen to one of your favorite uplifting songs, one that, in your estimation, was a great marriage of lyric, melody, tone, and rhythm. (Go ahead, I’ll wait… ). Let’s think about what you just heard for a second or two – how did it make you feel uplifted? Were you, like I do so often, mouthing or singing the words out loud, especially the chorus?
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 9, 2011
Facing challenges as you implement change in your organization? Feeling a little bit stuck? Sometimes all it takes is a new insight that you didn’t see before. Or one more thing to try. Or even a little reassurance that what you think you should do really will work. Join me for an Open Q&A Session on Tuesday, August 23 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern and get an outside perspective and fresh ideas to move your change initiative forward.
Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 6, 2011
One of the key traits of great leaders is their ability to move forward despite the difficulties they face. They not only find ways for their own progress, but also find ways to help others along the way. Enduring success happens over time, bit by bit, day by day. The true definition of success is duration. Finding the will and the inner strength to keep going is crucial to progress.
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