Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. The book distills the leaders' experiences into nine strategies that can help any leader or potential leader to be more effective.

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Books Emotional Intelligence Shaw Leadership 374

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

My guest post on ZDNet (Thank you, Michael Krigsman! ), shares an approach for HR to re-examine how it serves the needs of Millennial workers, using the Business Model & Value Proposition Canvases. ". HR is in desperate need of a new business model. Read on here. Read on here.

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Business Model Innovation Technology Strategy 124

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The Holy Grail of enterprise sustainability is business model reimagination and reinvention – not digital transformation – at least how many businesses are attempting it. If you’re stuck in the purgatory of a legacy based business model, don’t transform – reinvent.

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Leadership Business Model Engineering Fast Follower 291

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Preparing your Business for Unexpected Market Shifts In this volatile and unpredictable economy, businesses must prioritize resilience by taking a proactive approach to strategic planning to ensure sustainability. Corporations can navigate economic uncertainties and volatility through digital modeling.

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Crisis Management Crisis Management Uncertainty 337

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy. It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth.

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Creativity Business Objectives Marketing Trends 235

Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2023

Leadership is a crucial aspect of any organization, and it’s important for leaders to constantly evaluate their own behavior and practices to ensure they are leading in the right direction. Effective communication is crucial for good leadership. Leaders become great leaders because they are consistent. Are you leading with ego?

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Leadership How To Leadership Styles Competitive Advantage 133

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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How To Agility Diversity Operations 262

Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Our research on CEOs and their senior leadership teams reveals that regularly reevaluating and adjusting the leadership team is crucial for optimizing a company’s performance over time. These changes have necessitated new capabilities and forced even the most established players to make radical departures from their business models.

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Execution Team Automotive CEO 323

N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant.

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Execution Company Charisma Constraint 391

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

From analyzing the regulatory environment and building the right team to deciding which risks to take and managing and mitigating these risks by devising effective strategies, an entrepreneur is responsible for playing many roles all at once. However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership.

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Entrepreneur Storytelling Leadership Long-term 111

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 also elevates it to a level that is attuned to the dynamics of contemporary business environments. Sounds exciting, right?

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Execution Leadership Case Study Operations 113

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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Supply Chain Ethics Case Study Handbook 195

Strategy Driven

JUNE 21, 2021

A growth mindset encompasses a set of behaviors and attitudes that reflect a business owner’s belief that their company’s business model is not set in stone. Such an entrepreneur is open to infusing new talents, innovations and creativity into the business to strengthen it and guarantee its longevity. Inspire innovation.

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Strategy Market Segmentation Learning-by-Doing Competitive Advantage 101

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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Leadership Development Development Succession Execution 78

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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Business Model Executive Coaching Execution Blog 141

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2016

How often have you heard people say, “Our strategy is to become the biggest and the best?” This is not strategy. Strategy is not the what. Strategy is the how – how will you become the biggest and the best? Of course, within the realm of the definition, there are good strategies and bad ones. The fallout?

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Strategy Core Competence Constraint Short-term 165

LDRLB

MARCH 11, 2013

[Editor’s Note: We’re delighted to be collaborating with Strategy+Business to bring you interviews with top thought leaders in leadership, innovation, and strategt. MONTGOMERY: Think about who does strategy in most large companies. A strategy shouldn’t be only a document, or an occasional exercise.

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Strategy Kleiner How To Leadership 167

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. Most organizations, and even most strategy consultants, are using strategic planning frameworks built for business models that were designed during the industrial age. IT’S TIME TO INNOVATE STRATEGY. By Mark Hefner.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Innovation Competitive Advantage 150

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Below is a summary of how I helped five startups, three middle-market companies, and a business unit of a Fortune 300 company pivot for pandemic-influenced business settings. Challenge Business Model Assumptions. The first step is to evaluate assumptions about the business model. Strategy Day.

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Supply Chain ROI Business Model Emotional Intelligence 153

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Welcome to the March Leadership Development Carnival! Rebecca Elvy of Rebecca Elvy provided The Critical Leadership Skill Most Leaders Don’t Have. Strong communication skills are paramount to successful leadership. It depends on your business model and strategies. Communication. Development.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 239

N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Many brands focus their marketing strategies on out-of-home consumption, socializing with friends and family, and humor to generate engagement. 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.

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Trends Agility CEO Chief Executive Officer 352

Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

That challenge brings into sharp focus the impact of your people strategy. Significant job losses announced yesterday in two major High Street brands are an indicator of what leadership challenges lie ahead, in organisations, local or global. Measuring leadership effectiveness. Six essential leadership qualities.

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Short-term Sharpe Business Model Long-term 213

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2024

There has never been a more difficult time to be a CEO — the urgency for bold and transformative leadership echoes louder than ever. CEOs need to better understand whether their strategy is bold enough to position them for future growth. This article covers four actions that CEOs should be taking now.

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CEO Strategy Business Model Survey 25

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. Martin : Strategy and planning are entirely different.

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Rogers Strategic Planning Strategy Planning 112

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2020

Effective leaders are masters of business strategy. Now, the types of leadership qualities that show up on list after list are there for good reason. The business benefits of compassion, kindness, and empathy are less obvious, especially in an uber-competitive world. This is the power of empathy at work.

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Power How To Leadership Customer Loyalty 306

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

We are bombarded with digital disruption strategy and yet we hear little about the traditional skills like customer service, quality control, and logistics. I describe System Leadership as the the ability to lead on both digital and physical areas. Rob Siegel. Why is this? Photo credit: Akshay Nanavati.

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Strategy Venture Capitalist Innovation Company 140

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Good leadership skills may differ across businesses, yet few of these skills prepared leaders to manage the turmoil over the past year. Gone are the days of equating winning only with profit and equating leadership only with assertiveness. Aligning business models with social purpose.

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Uncertainty Business Model Cooper Skills 234

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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Leadership Leadership Styles Hotels Core Competence 154

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The management team never collectively engaged in discussing how to integrate digital capabilities into business strategy and strategic direction-setting discussions. We fixed the problem by changing the reporting lines. The planning group began reporting to the COO.

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Planning Strategy Committee COO 184

Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” Creating an Innovation Strategy. An innovation strategy has to be based on what kind of innovation is needed.

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Innovation Company Construction Creativity 285

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reconsidering Servant Leadership via @stratandbiz A half-century ago, it was a fresh idea. Are You Aware of the New Leadership Style That is Emerging by @LollyDaskal (Maybe not new ). Four Steps to Business Model Innovation via @INSEADKnowledge. Realistic Optimism Strengthens Your Sales Strategy by @DanitaBye.

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Self-aware Leadership Styles Performance Review Learning-by-Doing 267

CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Cultural Competence : In a culturally rich city, these coaches excel in leveraging cultural diversity to enhance business strategies.

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Entrepreneur Emotional Intelligence Long-term Diversity 78

CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Cultural Competence : In a culturally rich city, these coaches excel in leveraging cultural diversity to enhance business strategies.

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Entrepreneur Emotional Intelligence Long-term Diversity 78

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Experience should equip a candidate to be able to: Synthesize your portfolio company business model and value proposition, and assess your firm’s ability to compete; Imagine and propagate a strategy and plan.

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Execution Company CEO Skills 384

Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

The authors believe that companies and investors in every part of the world should take a look at Africa and its place in their long-term growth strategy because Africa is a 1.2-billion-person Determining a strategy is the real trick. Africa is the next growth market. High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven.

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How To Long-term Short-term Business Model 255

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

When it comes to strategy there are two rules. Rule #1 : Have a strategy. Rule #2 : Make sure everyone is literally on the same page in understanding the components of the strategy and how to implement it. It’s a common term used in just about every strategy (for good reason). Take the word “growth”, for example.

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Strategy Tips Franchising Globalization 166

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage. A company is only as good as its people.

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How To Strategic Planning Strategic Fit Competitive Advantage 116