Archive September 2011
Training Isn’t Dead – But it Should Be
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth In the text that follows I’m going to poke holes in a process generally accepted as productive, when it rarely is. I’ll likely take some heat over this, and while this post works off some broad generalizations, in my experience having worked with literally thousands of leaders, they are largely ...
Leadership Basics – 5 Keys to Success
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives either confuse or misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas. As much as some won’t want to admit this, there is no one-size fits all formula for leadership. Leadership means different things to different people, and ...
Contingency Planning
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth The best leaders always have a back-up plan, so my question to you is: what’s your Plan B? My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is they are totally committed to and focused on success. As a result, many of them tend to have a major blind-spot (translation: weakness) when ...
Leadership is NOT Dodgeball
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leadership today seems to be all too often confused with playing a game of dodgeball. It’s as if many leaders show-up for work each day with a freshly applied coat of Teflon, ready to duck and dodge anything that comes their way. Let me be clear – I appreciate savvy ...
How To Make Great Leadership Decisions
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Why do leaders fail? They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. Put simply, the outcome of a leader’s decisions can, and usually will, make or break ...
Workplace Gossip
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Allowing gossip in the workplace is like encouraging your employees to swim with sharks. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. Gossip destroys trust, undermines credibility, and is one of the greatest adversaries ...