N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance. I have witnessed on numerous occasions CEOs with average, or even sub-par performance histories fare well because they possessed great messaging skills.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The good news is that there is a cure for all four of the preceding problems: Items one through three can be solved with an emphasis on leadership development and talent management, and item four can be solved by holding the board of directors accountable for CEO performance and firing an apathetic CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The following six tips will help you successfully become skilled at managing board relations, which will lessen your burdens, extend your shelf-life, and improve your performance: Understand the Landscape : Regardless of make up, your board is likely composed of successful and influential people.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Looking past trust, and then expecting to be able to perform in its absence is wreckless at best. 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. Thanx [link] mikemyatt Hi Charles: Thanks for the astute observation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Employers promised work security and a steady progress up the hierarchy in return for employees fitting in, accepting lower wages, performing in prescribed ways and sticking around. Until recently, loyalty was the cornerstone of that relationship. Longevity was a sign of employer-employee relations; turnover was a sign of dysfunction.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Values based hiring increases performance, enhances collaboration, reduces turnover, increases morale, and creates a stable culture. You see, any of the traits identified in the 98 other answers absent character and integrity will eventually lead to some type of disconnect or debacle.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

If you find yourself within an organization that has a leadership vacuum you won’t fill it by drafting someone into a leadership role and hoping that they perform. You identify leaders by their actions and their performance. Beyond the character test, the first prerequisite for leadership is the willingness to lead.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

These are the drama queens/kings that when confronted about wrongdoing and/or lack of performance are quick to point the finger in another direction. Opposing positions, competitive tensions, power struggles, ego, pride, jealousy, performance discrepancies, compensation issues, just someone having a bad day, etc.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The complexity of the current business landscape, combined with ever increasing expectations of performance, and the speed at which decisions must be made, are a potential recipe for disaster for today’s executive unless a defined methodology for decisioning is put into place.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

When I look at top performing organizations, many of them rely on “smart talent&# and relatively complex business models. Also it strike me that the time it takes from you realize something is too complicated until you stop and come up with another way is always too long. link] Mark Vickers Do you have any data to support this?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Put simply; the most productive teams have the best leadership. To further my point, you can examine any organization and you’ll consistently find that the the best performing units have the best leadership, and the worst performing units have leadership challenges to overcome.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In a perfect world professionals would only be judged solely on their character, skill sets, competencies, and performance. In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Poor Performance : Leaders who have the respect of their team will outperform those that don’t. The sticking point of loyalty is you stand with someone because of their character not necessarily their performance. So, when they don't perform well, you stand with them. In this case it's expensive to be loyal.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. Leaders must clearly communicate to team members what their duties, roles, and responsibilities are, as well as setting forth a road map for performance expectations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Leadership is about performance…Intentions must be aligned with results for leaders to be effective. Someone who has consistently experienced success in leadership roles has a much better chance of success than someone who has not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Leaders can be extremely strong in any of the areas above, but if they are not leading effectively or productively, if they are not meeting performance expectations, then they have work to do. The proof of great leadership is ultimately found in the results being attained.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. " Saying no doesn't imply that your "team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par," or that "it means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading."

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

It is essential for organizational health and performance that conflict be accepted and addressed through effective conflict resolution processes. It is the foundation that supports high performance teams, partnerships, superior and subordinate relationships, and peer-to-peer relationships.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The pair was helped by other actors in the performance. link] Becky McCray When I was in high school, a pair of actors fell off the stage right into the space in front of the front row. The audience gasped, and then talked to each other. Not one person stood up to help. This happened in the late 1980's.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In the text that follows I’ll make my case for resting on your qualifications and performance not your ethnicity, gender, age, sexual preference, etc. I will not promote you based on your ethnicity, gender, age, etc, but I will promote you based upon your performance. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

They might well be negative events or prospects that elicit extraordinary performance. WSC then rose to become one of the great leaders of history, spurring many others to extraordinary performance. Things that are game changers are often visible but not comprehended. An extreme example: the rise of Hitler.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Oarabile hello Mike Its good to have high performers and when measure brings good challenge to those who are learing from the advanced ones. but you’ll not find that here. I was in awe of both his heroism and his humility as I first heard his story. My admiration for his example has only grown with time. Thanks for sharing Dan.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

A generic thought, ambivalence, attempting to fly under the radar, and mediocre performance will place you squarely in my cross hairs and may cost you your job. If you don’t make waves and challenge the status quo you won’t work for me for very long.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

You can deal with difficulties properly and leverage your experience (or better yet the experience of others) to enhance your confidence, or you can deal with them incorrectly and let them seriously damage your confidence, performance and ultimately your reputation. Don’t hide from the reality of the situation at hand.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

“My way or the highway&# thinking, and/or positional dictatorships rarely create the culture and performance demonstrated by winning organizations. “My way or the highway” thinking, and/or positional dictatorships rarely create the culture and performance demonstrated by winning organizations.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

An executive team that actually embraces the concept of collaboration will substantially out perform a silo-centric executive team focused on empire building. What will be the key performance indicators for this? Does this effectively and efficiently support our values, vision, and strategy? What motivates >?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since you can’t please all the people please the people that matter – those that perform. Great people with the right training and opportunity will become better than you – hire great people. Great leaders create a culture of ownership. Charlene covered the basics with clarity.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

When this happens performance shoots through the roof! link] Una Doyle I completely agree – and further to what you've said, it is only possible to work to your strengths when you truly collaborate with others from a place of trust and integrity.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Much like you have performance reviews for your employees you should conduct an analysis of how your customers are performing. I am constantly looking to upgrade the bottom tier of my clientele either by improving account performance or by releasing the client and replacing that business with a better quality account.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

CEOs with bad attitudes will not only fail to engage their workforce, but they will quickly find themselves shown the door as their attitude’s impact on performance becomes visible to the board. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work. I think you’re half right. Sadly this is no isolated example.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In music, it produces exact but unemotional performances; in sales it produces a transactional existence. link] mikemyatt Hi David: Thank you for the kind words, and let me offer my congratulations for the huge increase in performance. Thanks for sharing your perspective Scott. Thanks again for stopping by Tom.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Focus on Performance. Immediately cease and desist from majoring in minors, learn to harness your passion, leverage your resources, be disciplined in your approach, and always focus on performance. If you want to stand apart from the masses, develop a reputation for delivering a certainty of execution.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The pursuit of perfection is one of great adversaries of speed, performance, and execution. Patton said it best: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” In fact, at the risk of being controversial I’m going to take the position that perfection does not exist.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Setting those aside, it usually boils down to trust and performance. link] mikemyatt Ahh…the million dollar question…How does an executive effectively shift the culture? There are obviously contextually and environmentally specific issues that would apply to any given situation.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Having been trained by one of the best companies in the world on Leadership Development, (GE), in one of the best action learning environments in the world (a high performance culture), I frown on textbook practitioners. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them.

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