Archive April 2007
Creating a Passionate Workplace
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Creating a passionate workplace is not as simple as one would like to think. I’ve written often on the important role that passion plays in personal success and fulfillment (see “Passion equals Purpose“). However in today’s post I want to offer a bit of a different take on the value ...
Where Do You Seek Advice?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I believe that most reasonable people will concur with the following statement: The quality of the professionals you choose to surround yourself with will have a direct impact on the level of success that you achieve. So my question is this: Why do so many people surround themselves ...
Democratic Entertainment
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth In a time when we should all take ourselves a bit less seriously I question whether a man who spends $400 dollars on a haircut and maybe one of the most vain individuals in recent history is Presidential material. You watch the above video and draw your own ...
Dazed and Confused…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth You can run, but you cannot hide…as a C-level executive you can bob-and-weave, spin with the best of them, delude yourself by inhaling your own smoke or just hide out in the corner office. However it’s only a matter of time until your ruse is uncovered as you will ...
Tragedy and Business
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Regrettably we live in a time where tragedy strikes somewhere in the world on a daily basis. While certainly not to be minimized, most of us have developed the ability to come to grips with the earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters that impact our lives as we rightly categorize these events as ...
Making the Most of Talent
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I’ve written often on the subject of leadership development and talent management because very few things in business can catalyze change and create sustainable growth like leaders who understand how to leverage their talent and resources. It takes more than charisma and subject matter expertise to be a ...
Research & Benchmarking
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I had an overwhelming positive response to my post the other day entitled “Identifying Competitive Threats.” In fact so much so that today’s post is somewhat of a follow-on piece based upon some of the questions that were submitted. As I read the comments and e-mails it became ...
Media Gone Mad…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Since this blog frequently addresses the topics of accountability, leadership, media, and CEO practices I thought I’d take this opportunity to use recent events in the media to rant about all of the above. Does anyone remember the days when the media actually took responsibility for the content ...