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Affordable Employee Benefits

May 19, 2008 in Myatt on Mondays, Operations & Strategy, Talent Management with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s Myatt on Monday’s question was posed by a CFO who asked: “What is the best way to manage the rising cost of employee benefits?” While the escalating cost of benefits is something that all companies deal with, for small and middle market entities the prices and complexities are nothing short of staggering. In today’s post I’ll address one of the best and most often overlooked option for minimizing HR related expenses and maximizing HR opportunities…  

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Keyword Analysis 101

March 3, 2008 in Branding & Identity, Mediums & Markets, Myatt on Mondays with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s Myatt on Monday’s question comes from a marketing executive who asks: I hear a lot about keyword optimization, but what is this specifically, and how important is it really?” If you want to be successful on the Internet, understanding how to leverage Keyword and Keyword phrases is imperative. While understanding the art and science behind keyword analysis is only one part of search engine optimization, it is nonetheless a critical component. In today’s post, I’ll provide an overview that will help readers understand how keywords impact search engine marketing…

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Columbia University…Round 2

September 25, 2007 in Myatt on Mondays, Rants with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s post is a follow-up to Friday’s blog regarding Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s invitation to speak at Columbia University (If you didn’t read the original piece start here).  I hadn’t intended to follow-up on Ahmadinejad’s speech yesterday, but the combination of inquiries and post debate fall-out has inspired me to do just exactly that.

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The Declining US Dollar

September 24, 2007 in Myatt on Mondays with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s Myatt on Monday’s question was posed by a business school professor who asked: “Do you think we should be worried about the devaluation of the US Dollar?” While the short answer is yes, the reasons underlying the answer are both far reaching and complex. In today’s post I’ll not only give you my thinking on the US Dollar, but also its relationship to more macro economic concerns that left unchecked could give way to the potential for a US recession…

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Why You Need A War Room

September 3, 2007 in Leadership, Myatt on Mondays, Operations & Strategy with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

The modern war roomToday’s Myatt on Monday’s question was posed by a CEO who asked: “I’ve heard reference to executive teams that utilize ‘war rooms’ for strategy development. Is this beneficial?” Let me begin by stating that any tools or techniques that bring executive teams together for the purposes of consistent and focused strategy development and refinement are marvelous things. Furthermore, any company that I have run has had at least one war room for the executive team, and often times war rooms have been assigned to each business unit or department. In today’s post I’ll cover the benefits associated with war rooms, or what I like to refer to as the place where good things happen…

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Should I Use A Recruiter?

July 30, 2007 in Myatt on Mondays, Talent Management with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

I recently received an email from a CEO asking the following question: “My HR department isn’t producing the quality of applicants we need. Should I use outside recruiting firms?” Since N2growth has a talent management practice which includes a practice group that provides retained search services, in order to be transparent I must disclose my bias before answering today’s question. While I clearly have a strong bias favoring an outsourced recruiting model, the question merits a bit of exploration in order to provide a fair answer. In the text that follows I’ll do my best to manage my bias and provide a transparent and authentic answer to a question I’m sure most of our readers have asked themselves at some point in time.

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The Truth about MLM

December 18, 2006 in Miscellaneous, Myatt on Mondays with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth 

Today’s Myatt on Mondays question comes from a CEO who asks: “I’m evaluating using multi-level marketing to accelerate my distribution Is there anything truly wrong with MLM?” Let me begin by disclosing that I am not involved in multi-level marketing (MLM) and/or network marketing. Let me also be quick to state that in my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with the business model. In fact, the business model in-and-of-itself is rather brilliant. In today’s post I’ll share with you where I believe the MLM industry misses the mark, as well as what it is that makes most of us shiver when we hear the term MLM

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The Importance of Building Rapport

August 21, 2006 in Miscellaneous, Myatt on Mondays with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s Myatt on Mondays question: “How do you create rapport with people?” comes from a noted author, educator and leadership coach. At first glance you may be thinking that today’s question may not induce the most stimulating or thought provoking discussion and analysis, and if this is what you are thinking you couldn’t be more inacurrate in your evaluation.

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Is Podcasting a Viable Medium?

August 14, 2006 in Blogging & Social Media, Branding & Identity, Mediums & Markets, Myatt on Mondays, Public Relations, Technology with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Today’s Myatt on Mondays question comes from a Chief Marketing Officer of a professional services firm who asks: “Is Podcasting a Viable Medium?” I have answered questions like this each time a new medium comes to market. Over the years I’ve commented on fax machines, infomercials, e-mail, e-mercials, CD-ROM’s and DVD’s, Internet Yellow Pages (IYP), Instant Messaging (IM), Webinars, Blogging, and now in this post, Podcasting…

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Private Equity vs. Venture Capital

July 24, 2006 in Financing - M&A, Myatt on Mondays, Operations & Strategy with 0 Comments

By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth

Based upon numerous requests from N2growth Blog readers and subscribers I will be publishing my advice and opinions in answer to your questions each Monday in a new series creatively named: “Myatt on Mondays“. Any questions related to the topic of business in general (Branding, Finance, Leadership, Talent Management, Marketing, Sales, PR, Strategy, etc.) are fair game. While I will do my best to accommodate as many requests as possible, the reality is that not all submissions will be accepted. Furthermore, because I am only going to publish an answer to one question each week it may be sometime before your answer is published (assuming your request is accepted). Therefore if you need immediate response, please mark your inquiry accordingly and I will attempt to contact you directly. Now that the ground rules are out of the way the first question I’ll answer is: “What is the difference between Venture Capital and Private Equity?”

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