Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Now that we’ve identified the trends, let’s focus our attention on specific business problems to be solved by the addition of senior leadership talent in the consumer packaged goods space. How common is it for CPGs to hire for key positions outside the industry? Agility is key.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Through the lens of Disney, the reader learns the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Evolving Role of the CMO Previously, a Chief Marketing Officer’s or CMO role mainly involved traditional marketing activities like brand management, public relations, and market research. However, recent technological advancements and industry shifts have expanded and evolved this role significantly.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

An emerging “officeverse” is shaping new models in an ever-changing mix of work, place, and time options for living and working. Climate-Positive Offices In the corporate real estate industry, Duffy argued that the root cause of climate abuse by offices is the office supply chain and its incentives. C above pre-industrial levels.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2023

In the fast-paced world of business, there’s one title that gets the heart pumping, executive leader. Now, imagine if you could level up that title with a Masters in Executive Leadership. It’s your ticket to the big leagues where decisions reshape industries and innovations redefine markets. Sounds exciting, right?

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Success Mindsets : Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership by Ryan Gottfredson. Brian Dumaine shares tips for Amazon-proofing your business. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 32 titles.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

"AI doesn't replace leadership; it redefines it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changing force in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, transforming industries and businesses globally. As executives navigate the complex waters of modern-day leadership, understanding AI isn't just beneficial—it's essential.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

They bring: Local Market Insight : Their deep understanding of Minneapolis’ business environment is invaluable for entrepreneurs, providing insights into regional trends and opportunities unique to the area. Risk Management : Entrepreneurs learn to evaluate risks effectively, balancing bold moves with prudent decision-making.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

They bring: Local Market Insight : Their deep understanding of Minneapolis’ business environment is invaluable for entrepreneurs, providing insights into regional trends and opportunities unique to the area. Risk Management : Entrepreneurs learn to evaluate risks effectively, balancing bold moves with prudent decision-making.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part four will balance needs with compromises and float tangential opportunities to expand horizons and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘pink giraffe’ management candidate. The bar is set high.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

With their industry transforming before their very eyes, what are the lessons for leaders? leadership style. But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Just do it” doesn’t do it any more. One thing’s for sure: the old ways won’t work.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2020. Experimentation Works : The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I’m sure you’ve heard of the terms Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Intelligence Quotient (IQ); but few people have heard of Adaptability Quotient (AQ), especially as it relates to leadership. In part due to their agile and adaptable leadership style, they are able to create self-managing teams that collaborate together on projects.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

These models aren’t the sexy, headline-grabbing side of AI, but they are profoundly affecting how we do business and the way leaders of the twenty-first century must think. When a business is driven by AI, software instructions, and algorithms make up the critical path in the way the firm delivers value.” But here’s the thing.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Navigating the complexities of the corporate world requires more than just a sharp business acumen; it calls for guidance, insight, and strategic foresight. This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s almost like change management has become its own specialized and highly prioritized subsection of performance management. To that assertion, this article will explore the relationship between leadership and change in general and emphasize the importance of structural agility when responding to the forces of unexpected change.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 5, 2017

New data-driven capabilities are breaking down barriers between formerly siloed business units, flattening out management structures and streamlining production processes, prompting many firms to redraw leadership roles and responsibilities, according to information-technology executives, industry analysts and management consultants.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Rocket Fuel for New Manager Success by @artpetty. Shake Shack's Danny Meyer changed the restaurant industry by breaking all the rules. John Dingell: Leadership In Service To People from @JohnBaldoni. A Beginner's Mind Helps Solve the New Manager Conundrum by @artpetty. BruceTulgan. That motivates me to this day.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2024

Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between. Forbes named, A New Way To Think , as one of the 10 must-read books for 2022.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2022

Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between. In the book, authored by Roger L.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 7, 2023

Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between. Forbes named, A New Way To Think , as one of the 10 must-read books for 2022.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

Research from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich reminds us that it isn’t always like this, however, and that people from working-class backgrounds can ascend the greasy pole in certain industries. “Given that this industry is very knowledge-intense, this result may not be surprising.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Other times it involves imbedding structural elements into your overall management and leadership system, but in both cases it works. A manager who changes a command from the general “get this project done,” to the specific by assigning one particular task to each team member likely automates a better outcome. Often instantly.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Leadership and motivation are practically synonymous in certain sectors. As a leader, you need to direct in a confident manner and push yourself and the business model with every bump in the road that may come your way. Speaking in a business sense, leadership can be defined in a number of ways.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Given the research-validated outcomes and demonstrated financial impact belonging offers, organizations should make cultivating belonging a personal leadership imperative across the world,” says Brad Deutser , author of the new book, Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity and Foster Performance.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Sylvia Ann Hewlett reports in her book, The Sponsor Effect , “Senior-level managers are 53 percent more likely to have received a promotion in the last two years, if they have a protégé.” Yet industry veterans such as himself face a challenge that he calls “altitude.”. “We But the process wasn’t a suggestion box.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. This assumption is pervasive: A recent study revealed that 76 percent of managers believed their organizations didn’t have the capabilities needed to move into the future.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

The restaurant industry is dynamic and constantly changing. The Many Types of Trainings That Are Crucial in the Dining Industry There’s no one-size-fits-all training program for the dining industry. However, some areas of training are universally crucial in the dining industry.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A manufacturing industry client had put a Digital Transformation Planning process in place before I began working them last year. The management team had done many of the right things in getting the planning program off of the ground – training, governance and executive oversight were all in place.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

Their business model is unique and there are so many lessons for our businesses and organizations from their story. I studied indigenous Amazonian languages and Ethnobotany in college and managed to avoid taking any math, science or business courses (yes, I went to Brown University).

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

“Our global assessment showed no significant differences of future readiness of SMEs at the regional or the industry level,” the authors say. The key takeaway from these results is that SMEs are neither disadvantaged by their geographical location nor industry space in moving towards future-readiness. Organizational agility.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

As a result of this, businesses, industries and careers are disrupted faster than ever before. Old ways of leadership have to give way to newer mental models based on agility in decision making, critical thinking, adaptable learning, people orientation and responsiveness to change. . - – - – -. VUCA is real.

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CO2

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The top three hurdles ARC Advisory Group found are: Cyber security/data security ROI on digital transformation initiatives Management vision and buy-in. Certainly, all of the data breaches we read about are driving this concern – despite an excellent track record across industries for Cloud-based implementations.

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Cooperperson

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Shifting my business model from a leadership coach and educator to expand our impact beyond direct service into on-line learning. Who was your most important mentor/role model and how did they help you? Changing my name from Cooperman to Cooperperson was risky and controversial and also created courageous conversations.

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CO2

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Management vision and buy-in. Certainly, all of the data breaches we read about are driving this concern – despite an excellent track record across industries for Cloud-based implementations. But don’t overlook #3: Management vision and buy-in. The responses are broken down by Leadership and Employees.

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