N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). Disengaged teams stem from disengaged leaders. Where are we? 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR).

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 322

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This post is a part of our 2016 Lead Change Group Guest Blogger Series. Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. The workshop was a success. Align your team as you stay the course of change. Aim squarely at the future. Anticipate your adversaries and allies.

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Workshop Energy Learning-by-Doing Course 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

So, in August 2015 we secured board approval to create an innovation committee of 14 top executives and a full-time innovation strategy team of five people, to orchestrate the portfolio of specific initiatives that would create a new way of innovating throughout the company. Building an agile network. More than 600 were selected.

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Innovation Company Agility Workshop 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

“We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. It is also a matter of having fun and fostering strong bonds between team members to help them reach their goals. During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%. Everybody had to do the sports hour.

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CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team.

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P&L Agility Fashion Media 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

For example, Intuit’s marketing team spends time with self-employed people in their homes and offices to immerse themselves in the customer’s world. Brocade then worked with sales teams to create and deliver customized packages outlining what Brocade heard is working or not working, and what they would do about those findings.

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