Archive November 2008
15 Seconds of Fame…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “15 Seconds of Fame” – It’s been said that at some point in everyone’s life they’ll have their 15 seconds of fame…Your 15 seconds of fame may come to you in good times or in bad, it may happen as a result of tremendous diligence and hard work ...
Employee Retention
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Employee retention discussions are often reserved for burgeoning economic times when competition for talent is high. Therefore it holds true that during tough economic times, when unemployment is high, employee retention quite frequently just gets ignored. Today’s Myatt on Monday’s question comes from a CEO who asks: “In a post earlier this month ...
Kudos to Goldman Sachs…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Kudos to the top 7 C-level executives at Goldman Sachs for agreeing to forego their bonuses this year…Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Presidents and co-Chief Operating Officers Jon Winkelried and Gary Cohn, CFO David Viniar, and three vice chairmen: J Michael Evans, Michael Sherwood and John Weinberg all voluntarily refused their annual ...
Is Starbucks an Economic Bellwether?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Is Starbucks and economic bellwether, have they just been mismanaged, or are consumers simply becoming more savvy? Why do I ask, or perhaps more to the point, why do I care? Whenever an industry giant stumbles there are lessons to be learned. If you couple Starbucks recent earnings announcements, with ...
Veteran’s Day
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth In celebrating Veteran’s Day each year it is virtually impossible not to think of our founding fathers and the sacrifices they made when they fought to establish our country’s independence. Those thoughts of respect and admiration in turn always lead me to think about of our troops currently fighting ...
Managing Outlook
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Managing Outlook is nothing short of a pain in the *** if you don’t pay attention to it. In coaching top CEOs and entrepreneurs I find that one thing they all have in common is an over abundance of e-mail. When e-mail was originally labeled as the “Killer ...
It’s Bonus Time Baby…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth It’s bonus time again baby…Let the games begin. Some things never change, but just once it would be nice to see fiscal responsibility take precedence over the blatant greed and disregard displayed by the likes of Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. Some of the recent bonuses doled out ...
It’s A New Day…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth What a ride…but as with all rides they must inevitably come to an end. With any political race, as is the case in any competitive endeavor, there must be winners and losers. While I know that most of you who frequent this blog were not overly enamored with the candidate Barack ...
CEO Branding
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “CEO Branding” has never been a more important or relevant topic than it is in today’s highly charged business and economic climate. Working with some of the top CEOs in the country I can tell you from first hand experience that to the one, chief executives at the top of their ...
Transitioning the CEO
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Today’s Myatt on Monday’s question comes from a board member who asks: ”Our current CEO is underperforming against expectations…How does the board know when it is time to transition the CEO?” While it is refreshing to hear a board member paying attention to CEO performance, the decision to replace a CEO not only requires ...