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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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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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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HR Digest

JANUARY 3, 2024

Promoting collective action is the hallmark of a labor union and the current Swedish strike that Tesla is facing is an obvious testament to that fact. The strike against Tesla began on 27 October when a company subsidiary refused to sign a collective agreement with IF Metall—a labor union that represents the Tesla mechanics in the region. Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, has long stood firmly opposed to labor unions, stating that they created negativity within a company, despite unions be

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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 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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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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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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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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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 2, 2024

Calls for stricter government action against the unlawful use of unpaid internships are growing, particularly in light of the ongoing cost of living crisis. Recent research has uncovered that some employers, including three featured in the Social Mobility Employer Index, are still offering unpaid internships. This revelation is surprising, as the Index is designed to assess how employers promote social mobility, raising concerns about the widespread prevalence of this practice across the UK. 

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APRIL 11, 2024

It was around a decade ago that research first suggested the “omnichannel” approach of allowing online shoppers to collect their items in-store. It was an approach that was widely touted for fighting off the demise of the high street as shoppers flocked online. This approach is now mainstream, as it provides convenience to shoppers but also benefits retailers, who can save significantly on shipping while also attempting to upsell consumers when they enter the store.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 1, 2024

The bystander effect suggests that we’re generally less inclined to intervene in a situation if other people are present, as we assume that someone else will always step forward instead. Research from York University suggests, however, that people with autism are less likely to suffer from this. This means they’re less likely to sit by as gross misconduct, or even general mistakes. “Our study shows that to the extent that they would act if they saw something wrong, employees wi

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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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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 4, 2024

The quality of the office environment plays a pivotal role in shaping both work efficiency and the health of employees. Consequently, the creation and maintenance of an optimal physical workspace within the office environment represent a crucial stride in optimizing a company’s economic growth. While prior research has delved into the influence of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors, such as temperature, air quality, lighting, and noise, on work efficiency and worker health, these i

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 2, 2024

In our daily work lives, we often team up with colleagues to tackle problems. For instance, we share ideas when discussing ways to make more money or when launching a new product. As we get to know our coworkers better, we might spot someone who’s especially good at thinking creatively or coming up with new ideas to help our organization. It could even be you!

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 10, 2024

Economists usually see homes as either investments or places to live. But homes also mean a lot to people emotionally and personally – they provide a sense of security, comfort, and success. In our recent study, we look at how older people decide where to live, especially when they have health problems. “Ageing in place” (AIP) means wanting to stay in your own home (or your partner’s home) until you have to leave.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2024

Nostalgia is a common feature of modern advertising. Research from the University of Michigan suggests that this is a potent strategy, as nostalgic social media content can drive high levels of engagement for businesses. The author trawled through nearly 65,000 Instagram posts from the NFL. She divided users into either NFL fans or more general social media users and found that nostalgic posts were far more likely to entice general social media users, whereas NFL devotees were more drawn to info

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2024

When former Airbnb’er Chip Conley created the Modern Elder Academy, he attempted to reverse some of the discrimination older people were facing in the workplace by highlighting the wisdom older workers possess. Perhaps unconsciously, he also reinforced the notion that wisdom and experience tend to be something that we accrue with age, and is therefore passed down from the old to the young.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 12, 2024

Incels have been one of the more disquieting trends of recent years, with men encouraged to have extremely negative views of women that bleed into physical and emotional abuse. Research from the University of Portsmouth shows that TikTok is a key breeding ground for such behavior. Recent violent events, like the 2021 Plymouth shooting and the 2020 Toronto machete attack, have raised concerns about Incels, men who can’t find romantic partners.

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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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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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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2024

At the recent Unleash conference, Josh Bersin highlighted the challenges companies are facing in attracting, retaining, and making productive the talent they need to grow and thrive. Over the last few years, this has been encapsulated by the so-called Great Resignation, where the paucity of talent has given people the power to demand a better deal in the workplace.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 11, 2024

When we chat, a lot gets said without words—our bodies, hands, and eyes spill the beans. The way we look at each other spills even more, telling tales of what’s on our minds. But here’s the catch: we’re not quite sure what exactly our eyes are saying. Is just staring at someone’s face enough, or do we need to lock eyes for the real deal?

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2024

We often hear about platforms like Airbnb and TaskRabbit as part of the “sharing economy,” where people share their stuff for money. This kind of sharing has been around for thousands of years. But it really took off when the Internet and big data came along. These technologies made it much easier for people to connect with potential customers. eBay is a famous example of the sharing economy, but it’s just a small piece of all the sharing that happens every day.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

A recent survey by scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, 40 percent of parents who worked from home felt more stressed about parenting, while only 27 percent of those who worked at their workplace reported the same. The study also revealed a difference between fathers and mothers.

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