Archive February 2011
Are You a Hero Leader?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Are you a “hero leader?” Do you like to swoop-in and save the day? Do you see yourself as the white knight who can solve any problem or challenge? If you do, you have what I refer to as ”hero leader syndrome.” Any leader’s belief that he or she can do everything ...
Leadership and Knowledge Management
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth It’s one thing to possess knowledge, but it’s quite another thing to leverage it. Leaders who don’t understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities, but they’re also building huge contingent operating liabilities. One of great challenges for any leader is to break down cultural ...
Generational Leadership
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth A leader’s biggest struggle is not the routine of the familiar, but the journey of the unknown. It’s getting from where they are to where they want to be strategically, tactically, organizationally, developmentally, and most importantly relationally. It’s been said that the best way to impact your future is to ...
Leadership & Mental Models
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth When was the last time you conducted an honest evaluation of your thought life? Does the integrity and quality of your thinking position you for success, or does your tendency toward intellectually dishonest rationalizations and justifications doom you to a life of chaos and failure? Few things in life are as ...
Smart Leaders Do More Than Talk About Talent
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Those of you familiar with my work know how much I detest politically correct sound-bites. Even worse - when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements which embolden a corporate position that doesn’t really exist to begin with. Just because something is written in a vision or ...
Leadership – No Talent Required
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth While not all leaders will develop their talents and abilities to the same level, all successful leaders more or less begin with the same foundation. Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they ...
Lessons from Ronald Reagan
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth While scrutiny of any two-term president will reveal mistakes and flaws, the simple fact is that there are great lessons to be learned from Ronald Reagan. Few would argue that Presdient Reagan was a true statesman, and most would also concur he was one of the greatest U.S. Presidents of ...
Should CEOs Have Term Limits?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion. You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a ...