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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 ...
Greatness & Tragedy
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Few things highlight great acts of selflessness and heroism more than tragedy. This weekend’s helicopter crash in Afghanistan was a horrific loss for the families of our fallen warriors, but also for our nation as a whole. The men who perished in the crash were in fact our nation’s best. ...
Managing Up? Use Caution.
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Managing Up” is a great catch phrase and an interesting concept – it’s also a practice that can get you in deep trouble rather quickly if misunderstood or misapplied. Many people would say the purpose of managing-up is to have the by-product of your efforts enhance the work of those you report ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-06-16
Diversity – 2 different perspectives: http://tinyurl.com/ok2fq5 and then my politically incorrect version: http://tinyurl.com/l4sxsy # @allanwhite and @fiveads thanks for the RTs # @chrislara thanks for the kind words Chris… # Do we really need decision engines (Hunch)? http://tinyurl.com/n4uc2b – how about plain old decision logic? http://tinyurl.com/aqdx8j # Liked: CEOs underpaid…the politically incorrect but true story: ...
My Philosophy on Valuations
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth While my philosophy on valuations hasn’t changed in years, my feeling as to their importance has. Valuations are always a dicey proposition, but even more so given today’s business climate. I can’t think of a time in recent history where having third party validation for your valuation metrics has been ...
CEO Surveys
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Do CEO Surveys constitute a reliable bellwether, or are they little more than well packaged corporate propaganda pieces? The answer is yes on both accounts. Not only does N2growth conduct CEO Surveys, but so do most other consultancies. It has been my experience that the determining factor in whether or not ...
Bailout or Train Wreck?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Will today’s meetings in Congress produce a Bailout, or will the end result be just another cobbled together train wreck in the making? Is the Bailout a prudent step forward for our nation, or is it just another band-aid solution forestalling the inevitable? So, will Congress agree to ...
The Economy…Getting Worse
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Intraday News Alert – Apparently the Economy is getting worse at a much more rapid rate than I thought. It is rare that I’ll make an intra-day post, but I felt it would be irresponsible not to report on some of today’s economic news. I have been stating for quite ...
My New Book
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Since today’s post contains a bit of self-promotion I’ll keep it very short and to the point…My new book, “Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual” was published this week and is available for sale in Hardcover at Amazon.com and various other online retailers and bookstores throughout the country. In today’s post ...
Making the Most of Talent
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I’ve written often on the subject of leadership development and talent management because very few things in business can catalyze change and create sustainable growth like leaders who understand how to leverage their talent and resources. It takes more than charisma and subject matter expertise to be a ...
Super Bowl Disaster!
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Okay, I’m a huge fan of “Da Bears” but their loss to the Colts is not the disaster I’m referring to. Actually even I can’t be too upset about solid leaders like Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy getting the win, but I digress…The disaster I’m referring to is that of Super Bowl ...
Interview with Phil Gerbyshak
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth One of the requests I’ve had of late is to begin conducting interviews with Authors, CEO’s and other business personalities that would be of interest our readers. Well, ask and you shall receive….I first stumbled across Phil Gerbyshak on the blogosphere by posting a comment on an article he ...