Archive October 2008
Measuring Innovation
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Measuring innovation is where the rubber meets the road. While it’s very easy to wax eloquent about innovation, I’ve found that for most companies, measuring innovation is quite a tall order. Moreover, even for those organizations that do measure innovation, are they measuring the right metrics, for the right reasons? […]
Bill Clinton Gets It Wrong
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bill Clinton gets it wrong again…During a campaign rally in Orlando last night in which Bill Clinton was introducing Barack Obama, he built his warm-up speech around what he called “the four things that really matter in a president.” According to Bill Clinton, the four things it takes to be a great president […]
Increasing Sales in a Down Economy
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Increasing sales in a down economy should be a subject near and dear to the heart of all those that read this blog. Few things are as important in today’s economy as building your sales funnel and increasing revenue. It is no wonder that amongst the most frequent […]
Effective Compensation Plans
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Can you provide any tips for modeling a winning compensation plan?” is today’s Myatt on Mondays question which was asked by a CFO of an Internet marketing company. While certainly a great question, I must admit that I have been reluctant to address the topic of compensation in previous posts […]
Are CEOs Getting a Bad Rap
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Are CEOs getting a bad rap? In a word, yes. As a top ceo coach, I can tell you that CEOs are under siege…in fact, I would go so far as to say that CEOs as an occupational class are in a state of crisis. I understand that Americans […]
Deal Transparency
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth If deal transparency isn’t at the forefront of your M&A strategy, you might want to stop and do a bit of thinking. In some ways the world of corporate M&A is much the same as it was 20 years ago, and in other ways the events of the last […]
Increase Employee Engagement With More Fast FACE Time
While the majority of our readers are CEOs, savvy senior execs, and seasoned entrepreneurs, I’ve noticed that we’ve been experiencing a rapid growth of late in readership falling within the ranks of developing leaders. So when Phil Gerbyshack was kind enough to offer to do a guest post I was estatic! Phil has established himself as a prolific writer and […]
Dealing with Tough Times
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Few would disagree that we’re in tough economic times…however it’s not the tough times, but how you choose to deal with them that’s important. There has been no shortage of unsettling news over the last few weeks. With disequilibrium in the capital and credit markets, tough times for the […]