Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. This team was featured in the recent movie Forever Strong. During this conversation Larry shares the strategies that have made his teams successful through the years. Where is your loyalty?

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 26, 2010

In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit , author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with their primary focus at the CEO level. The first section of the book focuses on finding executives who “fit&# the organization.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2010

Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust.

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CloudSphere

MAY 26, 2023

From celebratory lunches and holiday parties to off-site team building retreats, there were a lot of things companies could do to build rapport and engage with one another. The COVID-19 pandemic changed all that. In 2020, employees around the world began working from home.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 14, 2010

The book helped me understand more clearly how the Internet has changed the way we interact and get information. — The Product Management Perspective: What can you say when your boss walks in and throws a new book on your desk? Shirky’s book is an excellent read for product managers.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

This book is especially pertinent to those seeking to grow their leadership skills and capabilities, but feel they are so far behind that it’s not worth the effort to even try. I recommend you read this book to learn more about the science of future-based language; it will help you hone your skills as a forward-looking market expert.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 8, 2009

According to Rodney Johnson , author of Without Warning: Breakthrough strategies for solving the silent problems taking aim at your organization , silent problems are one of the greatest challenges facing every organization, every business, and even public institutions.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

This powerful statement comes from Tommy Spaulding in his new book It’s Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life (and Your Organization) by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships. According to Spaulding, success — in business and in life — is tied directly to relationships.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In the book THE PURSUIT OF SOMETHING BETTER: How an Underdog Company Defied the Odds, Won Customers’ Hearts, and Grew Its Employees Into Better People , the authors Dave Esler and Myra Kruger detail how Jack Rooney turned US Cellular into a company known for great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 6, 2009

Michael Bungay Stanier offers excellent tidbits of wisdom in his book Find Your Great Work. The book is written in an accessible format to illustrate that many great ideas were born on a napkin; it is about the size of a common napkin and has notes and illustrations drawn on napkins. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The fuel for toxicity is conflict not resolution, ego not humility, self-interest not service above self, gossip & innuendo not truth, social & corporate climbing not team-building, and the list could go on. While these articles tended to stir the pot a bit, they were in my opinion mostly missing the mark.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Ideas need development to become strategies. Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz has shown the need to drive ideas to strategies from the highest levels of the company. So how do you go from idea to strategy ? I’ll leave the deeper discussion to the many books and blogs written on the subject. One step at a time.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Section III: Strategy. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. Section IX: Team Building.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help avoid conflicts. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Weak Development Team Leadership Fashion Coaching 167

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. Great leaders model the behaviors they expect of others.

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Weak Development Team Leadership Insurance Strategy 139

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In the business world, as a chief executive officer or entrepreneur, corporate messaging is the key to both your personal and professional positioning strategy. Do you ever find yourself sitting back and marveling at those leaders who always seem to have the right thing to say? Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging [.]

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust.

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Weak Development Team Leadership Strategy Coaching 167

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes. Thank you for your insight.

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Leadership Technical Review Product Management Systems Review 80

Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

Product Management 95

Product Management Leadership Exercises Marketing 95

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Be innovative. You’ll be seen as an innovator and not just someone who goes along with the group. 4: Being innovative ties closely with understanding your markets; be the market expert for your product line. #9: Build relationships of trust. Be true to yourself and present your own ideas confidently.

Leadership 98

Leadership Product Management Innovation Groups 98

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 11, 2010

This is an excellent book that lays out simple steps to become a person other people trust, especially online. I will write more about the book here soon. I will continue to learn and share and identify blogs, books and people who are doing great things in leadership and product management. Listening to Tribes by Seth Godin.

Product Management 56

Product Management Leadership Marketing Energy 56

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 30, 2010

Building trust is not something that happens overnight. As Warren Buffet said: “It takes twenty years to build your reputation and five minutes to ruin it.&# Study Covey’s book and practice the principles he so eloquently teaches. Study these principles, then master them. Every aspect of your life will improve.

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Weak Development Team Product Management Leadership Study 106

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Covey is the abundance of leadership quotes he has included in the book. They give excellent insight into the importance trust plays in your success. The following quote points out the importance of trust in business: You can’t have success without trust. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Leadership Product Management Marketing Team Building 53

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 8, 2010

You read books, magazines and other resources that provide relevant information. Markets change quickly. User interests come on speedily and then change overnight. How can you — the product manager — keep up? You have to be a learner. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Leadership Product Management Technical Review Marketing 66

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 8, 2010

Innovative engineers are recognized for their inventions. The best way to start to learn about product management is to read books, magazines and blogs. CEOs are praised for their vision. Top salespeople are rewarded with high commissions. The rewards for applied skill and hard work come quickly after the work is complete.

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Product Management Leadership Innovation Marketing 58

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | influence , people , results « Embrace, then apply Book Review: It’s Not Just Who You Know » Like Be the first to like this post. The theme for this post came from a talk by David A. Binary works…the beauty is in the simplicity. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Leadership Product Management Marketing Organization 68

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2010

The principles of trust and credibility are tightly linked and build on each other. In his book The Speed of Trust , Stephen M.R. Trust is a two-way street: product managers need to carry out their tasks in such a way that the team members can trust them. Without them, effective leadership becomes to be a near impossible task.

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Product Management Leadership Marketing Organization 74

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Team Building , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | language « Lucky breaks Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title » Like Be the first to like this post. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

Product Management 61

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 10, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | success , value , expectations , April Dunford « Leadership and persistence Creating value » Like Be the first to like this post. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 19, 2010

Filed under: Trust , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | requirements , change , flexibility « Book Review: Trust Agents Lucky breaks » Like Be the first to like this post. – The Product Management Perspective: See above (and, of course, don’t get set in your ways or the change will be painful).

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

I had listened to a podcast and read positive reviews about the book, so I was happy to receive a copy. I say “receive&# because a friend of mine gave me the book with a personalized autograph from the author. As I began reading them it didn’t take me long to realize the power of this book. Trust is the glue.

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Leadership Product Management Marketing Energy 61

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 4, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Trust Tagged: | corporate trust , Dan McCarthy , engagement , Leadership Development Carnival « Five myths about leadership Book Review: The Right Leader » Like Be the first to like this post. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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