N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. When the business environment in which leaders and organizations must operate has changed considerably. The current leadership pipelines do not work.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Vrio Corp has been committed to following market trends and increasing its value proposition through transformation: investing in technology and content aligned with the consumers’ habits, emphasizing the next generation. Thus organizations need to become more agile and adaptable to fast pace changes over a long period.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Apple’s and Amazon’s ability to pivot and adapt rapidly in the face of adversity underscores the necessity of agility in today’s business landscape. Operations are the foundation of every company.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth examines the nuances that distinguish boutique search firms from their larger counterparts. I would caution that size is not always an indicator of success, and more importantly, not a risk mitigator,” said Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth, a Philadelphia-based management consulting and executive search firm. “A

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In today’s rapidly accelerating business landscape, it’s not just products, services, or technologies that need constant updating and innovation. One of the most overlooked areas in many organizations is the sales model.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Complexity is in. Other people’s agenda becomes our narrative.

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Decker Communication

APRIL 27, 2022

Three years ago, our CEO, Ben Decker and I were working on a keynote speech for a senior executive at a cloud platform provider. Because our client mix includes many of the largest technology providers and IT adopters, we’ve seen the challenges of Digital Transformation from every angle.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Apple’s and Amazon’s ability to pivot and adapt rapidly in the face of adversity underscores the necessity of agility in today’s business landscape. Operations are the foundation of every company.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. Stop thinking about managing the risk of technology, tools, and process improvement. Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams. Assemble a small and agile team that can iterate quickly, learn, move, and grow—this is a key ingredient to success. The Alliance for Global Inclusion, which Intel helped found, is a great example of this work.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Additionally, board advisor coaching helps develop adaptability and agility, enabling executives to thrive in a constantly evolving business landscape. The board, CEO, and other senior leaders must understand and support the importance of board advisor coaching and its role in driving leadership development and organizational success.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

What we can see now is that what began as an emergency response has led to a more profound change in operating models, with remote working and flexible structures becoming more finessed. We’ll have to keep learning and adapting to new technologies and working practices emerge. COVID-19 has changed this perspective completely.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2020

In the case of the machine operator, manual labor and routine tasks are most likely to be automated, while management, team-building, employee training and production supervision may now find themselves moved into priority roles. Smart, agile companies know how to unlock their own parts and move them around at will. They are modular.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the CEO of The Josh Bersin Company, he anticipates monumental shifts in the HR landscape and urges organizations to embrace systemic HR and AI technologies. And I’ve watched so many companies fall apart when their leadership does not listen, ignores employees, or simply does not operate in a holistic, developmental way.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ Carey Pellock: Since I joined Neustar in 2012, the company has undergone significant changes – most notably a transition from public to private company status and the arrival of a new CEO.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Today, they’re a leader in their new field, but the CEO says they would never have gotten there if they had followed their first instincts. The CEO got out front and immediately apologized for the offense. Another CEO we know makes failure part of the review process, asking executives to describe recent failures.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions. Functional leaders cannot ignore the lower ranked leadership competencies.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Today, they’re a leader in their new field, but the CEO says they would never have gotten there if they had followed their first instincts. The CEO got out front and immediately apologized for the offense. Another CEO we know makes failure part of the review process, asking executives to describe recent failures.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Henry discusses EY’s response to evolving workplace dynamics, including flexible work models and investments in emerging technologies. Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The identity of an organization is shifting away from the CEO; elements of control are being willingly transferred to the employee, with empathetic and individualized attention being paid in order to increase engagement. In the emerging “Future-of-Work” settings, it is employee egos that matter, not the CEO's.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

She emphasizes the role of AI as an enhancer of human capability, dispelling the notion of technology replacing human skills. However, within a year, the CEO offered me the position of head of HR. Chang provides a glimpse into Coca-Cola’s use of AI to streamline HR processes and enhance employee experience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2017

Develop a Globalization Strategy Part of the agility for a company to stay strong globally is the makeup of their country investment. Most innovative and technologically superior products have the potential to become global if they are needed, are better than what exists, and will improve people’s lives.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

It is the mental agility, a fierce determination, and a never say die attitude that has carried us through the best of times and the worst of times. It is the ability to stay mentally focused on achieving the mission at hand, regardless of circumstances, that will help you take your organization to that next level.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 16, 2012

For the dinosaurs, size alone was an advantage in a stable environment, but agility helped the smaller mammals prosper when the asteroid hit. They know they need leaders who are avid and rapid continuous learners because the shelf-life of any particular piece of expertise gets shorter as the pace of technological change accelerates.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Case in point, Jay Patel, CEO of Wintergreen Hospitality in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. In fact, according to the global staffing agency Ranstad, “many workers are seeking project or consultant-based work, with as much as 61 percent of the workforce choosing agile* careers by 2019” Greater use of Big Data in HR.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 14, 2021

Never in the history have so many technologies matured at the same time from social, mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence, sensors, quantum computing, and more. The combinatorial effects of these technologies have suddenly accelerated progress exponentially toward the hyperconnected world, we live in today.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. The CEO heralded it as a pivot point in growth and formed a cross-functional initiative of 100+ top employees to bring it to new commercial channels.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets.

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

That’s why CEOs of many organizations established executive teams – a group of senior leaders who work together to define goals and ensure everyone keeps them in mind. David Silverman: Shared consciousness is the single most important capability for organizations operating in complex environments.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member). The pandemic has boosted the application of technologies across both public and private sectors.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Agility, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment and focus all lead to the creation of speed which results in a certainty of execution. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Many are discovering, however, that becoming a digital leader isn’t simply a matter of technological savvy.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

It is the mental agility, a fierce determination, a never say die attitude, and placing other’s interests above our own that has carried us through the best of times and the worst of times. A leader’s greatest responsibility is not for his/her own glory, but it is for the well being of those whose care has been entrusted to them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Unlike other technology and business investments, the digital business gets to the core economics of the company: revenue, growth, and margins. The right digital business investments are of paramount interest to the CEO, who is charged with asking the right questions and guiding the right decisions. The 21st-Century CEO.

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