N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Proactive Succession Planning Proactive succession planning is pivotal for an organization’s sustainability and long-term growth. It ensures that companies are prepared for any unforeseen changes in leadership due to retirement, emergencies, or sudden departures. Carefully cultivating a pool of able leaders within the organization drastically reduces the risks associated with unexpected vacancies.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. It came up with a client again as recently as this month. With a few modifications, here’s the quick outline I offered him on five ways to build your strategic muscles.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 15, 2024

Taking perspective is more important than giving perspective when leading. But many leaders run around spouting their perspective without learning how others see the world. Perspective taking increases influence, energizes others, and builds trust. Here are three actionable approaches to the art of perspective taking.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

Effective leadership isn’t just about guiding a team or achieving organizational goals; it’s also about personal growth and development. Exceptional leaders understand that to lead others successfully, they must first lead themselves toward continuous improvement. Setting personal development goals is a powerful way for leaders to enhance their skills, mindset, and overall effectiveness.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 9, 2024

Making Hybrid Work for you and your Team Managers can face challenges when implementing effective hybrid working. CMI partnered with Timewise to conduct research, delving into hybrid working dynamics. The research highlights the crucial role that management skills play in overcoming the obstacles to making hybrid work and the impact of targeted training.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 31, 2024

As the CEO of a company, successfully juggling the diverse responsibilities of executive leadership and project management can seem like a daunting task. This guide is designed to provide insights and strategies to help you strike a productive balance. In the upcoming sections, we will explore: The challenges of managing both roles In Which Scenario […] The post Effectively Balancing CEO Duties and Project Management – A Practical Guide appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent research from Nottingham University Business School just found something surprising about company mergers. Usually, people think mergers are bad because they reduce competition and hurt innovation. But this new study challenges that idea. People who watch over mergers, called antitrust authorities, have been against them because of past research saying they’re bad for innovation and competition.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 10, 2024

A scout leader was trying to lift a fallen tree from the path. His pack gathered around to watch him struggle. “Are you using all your strength?” one of the scouts asked. “Yes!” was the exhausted and exasperated response. “No. You are not using all your strength,” the scout replied. “You haven’t asked us to help you.” Weak managers don’t leverage the strengths of their teams.

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Kate Nasser

APRIL 2, 2024

Leaders, turn these 8 common people skills mistakes into brilliance in leadership, employee engagement, & customer experience. by Kate Nasser The People Skills Coach™. The post Leaders, Avoid 8 Common Causes of People Skills Mistakes #LeadMorale appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Finding Light in Leadership Billy Joel’s music is a constant backdrop to my childhood memories. Visiting family, I can remember how my Aunt Dawn would play “I’m Moving Out!” at full volume, a way of sending a clear but playful message. My mind can conjure up the distinctive sound of shattering glass opening the “Glass Houses” album and put me back in time.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Understanding the Evolution of the IT Industry Over the past few decades, the IT industry has undergone several remarkable transformations. From the era of large mainframes, command line interfaces, and backing up data on tape to the modern world of cloud computing, user-friendly interfaces, and low-code/no-code software development, technology has continued to change rapidly and has significantly shaped our lives and businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2024

The ability to develop crisp mental models around the problems you want to solve and understanding the why before you start working on the how is an increasingly critical skill, especially in the age of AI. Coding is one of the things AI does best and its capabilities are quickly improving. However, there’s a catch: Code created by an AI can be syntactically and semantically correct but not functionally correct.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 16, 2024

In today’s diverse and rapidly changing business environment, creating a safe space for all employees to speak up is crucial for fostering a healthy work culture. As a leader, it’s your responsibility to ensure that everyone feels comfortable sharing their thoughts and ideas. Here are some effective strategies to create a safe and inclusive environment in your workplace.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 23, 2024

Discipline. Sacrifice. Intelligence. Grit. Work ethic. Creativity. Luck. These are the attributes that most people associate with success. And they’re all important. But a person can display all these traits and still not reach the highest levels of achievement. That’s because this list omits the most important ingredient: a grand vision—an idea of a beautiful […] The post 4 Common Challenges to Having a Grand Vision and Simple Solutions to Success appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2024

I’ve written in the past about my general skepticism around the unicorn craze that seems to have gripped the startup world over the past few years. I argued that focusing on a $1 billion valuation distracted us, and indeed founders themselves, from developing the kind of profitable and sustainable businesses that ultimately benefit society. Whereas when the term was first coined, there were less than 40 unicorns, there are now reported to be around 2,500 in the wild.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2024

A new study from the Social Mobility Foundation finds that if you’re a professional worker from a working-class background, you’re making around £6,291 less each year compared to those from a professional-managerial background. That’s a 12% pay gap, even if you’re doing the same job. The study found that folks from a professional-managerial background earn, on average, £51,728, while those from a working-class background earn £45,437.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 21, 2024

Research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) found that a CEO’s last name can significantly impact their job security and boost their pay by as much as 4.9%. The study looked at data spanning 16 years, tracking how people in the U.S. perceived CEOs’ last names and where they came from. This perception was then linked to CEO pay and job security.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2024

The way bosses feel can really impact us. Think about when a big boss gets super excited in a meeting, or when a team leader seems really annoyed during a team talk. Our own feelings start to match theirs, and that can change how we act at work. For example, Steve Jobs, who was a famous boss, sometimes cried at work. Surprisingly, this actually made his employees like working with him more.

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Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You want your working culture to say something about your organization. But what is it saying right now? Companies with a thriving and supportive workplace boast better performance. In 2022, almost half of the more culture-forward organizations experienced a significant increase in revenue, much higher than the 9% of their more conventional peers. What’s more, […] The post A Workplace to Envy: 6 Questions to Ensure Your Culture Is Values-Driven appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 15, 2024

In today’s volatile markets and global environment, businesses must be able to react quickly to both opportunities and challenges. Therefore, maintaining positive cash flow is more critical than ever before. It’s important to recognize the many points at which cash flow can be impeded, and implement better practices. One key area of particular importance is […] The post Want to boost cash flow?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The need for reskilling and upskilling in the working environment has been at the forefront of many HR conversations and employee reskilling especially is likely to require considerable investments in the upcoming years. While keeping up with changing times has always been a necessary consideration regardless of the industry, the rapid upsurge of technology recently has really highlighted the need for reskilling programs in order to understand how to do a job you might have been doing for years

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. I asked about the biggest challenges facing their team. She wearily said it was their unfocused frantic pace of activity. “We have lots of projects, goals, and priorities. We’re constantly making lists and setting action plans. But we seldom see anything through to completion before some urgent new priority is pushed at us.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 25, 2024

Raising children can present significant financial challenges, and U.S. economist Claudia Goldin, the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, has conducted research shedding light on these issues, particularly the gender disparities in the labor market. The term “child penalty” has been coined to describe the adverse consequences of parenthood, with mothers primarily bearing the brunt of these challenges, while fathers generally experience milder effects.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 11, 2024

Closing the gender gap in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) goes beyond just getting more women into fields like computer science. A study from Cornell says it’s not just about having more women around; it’s about treating them fairly, especially when it comes to pay. The researchers focused on computer science and checked how women in this field are doing.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 27, 2024

Workers with skills in artificial intelligence (AI) are in high demand and earn 21% more on average, with the potential to earn up to 40% more, according to a study by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute and the Center for Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen. “We know we never apply skills in isolation,” the researchers explain. “Using this data, we saw which proficiencies were most sought after and which sets were in demand together, this allowed us

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2024

In many poor countries, most people work for themselves, running their own small businesses. Unfortunately, many of these businesses don’t do well, despite efforts by governments and charities to help. This problem is especially tough for women who are trying to start businesses. But there might be a simple way to make things better, according to a study from Chicago Booth.

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Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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CEO Insider

APRIL 9, 2024

The term VUCA was first used in 1987 at the US Army War College in 1987 to describe the context of strategic military leadership as being Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. Whilst it may have originated to describe leading in military contexts, it’s here, there and everywhere now as the contexts we live and lead […] The post How to stay motivated through challenging times appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

UK Management in 2030 Highlighting an urgent need for better leadership in 2030, the latest research from CMI explores the pivotal role good management and leadership plays in a prosperous 2030. Explore the findings Advancing UK Management by 2030 'Management and UK 2030' highlights the urgent need for better management by 2030 if it is to develop the next generation of globally competitive, high productivity businesses.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

In the initial weeks of the pandemic, it seemed like the world had come to a standstill. However, during this time, a significant trend was unfolding on a popular digital job platform that primarily serves the startup sector. A comprehensive analysis of data concerning almost 180,000 users on AngelList Talent (now known as Wellfound), the largest online hiring platform for privately owned and entrepreneurial businesses, has been conducted by researchers from Rotman.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

Academics are cautioning that reforms in refugee law will affect sexually diverse claimants more than others. A study conducted by the University of Exeter suggests that the Nationality and Borders Act misses a chance to address the challenge of accurately assessing people’s sexual orientations. This oversight may result in incorrect decisions.

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