N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of Supply Chain Leadership Starts with the Chief Procurement Officer Supply chain leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success and resilience in today’s dynamic business environment. Moreover, strong leadership in supply chain management ensures cost efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By partnering closely with clients, executive search firms gain valuable insights into the culture, values, and business objectives of the organizations they are working with. The financial services industry demands leaders who can strategically manage risks, drive innovation, and stay ahead of the curve.

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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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HR Digest

APRIL 14, 2023

The shift from function to strategic thinking has been driven by several factors, including advances in technology, changes in the global business environment, and the recognition of the importance of talent management to organizational success.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2023

Human resources (HR) is a critical function within organizations, responsible for managing employee-related activities and ensuring the organization has the right talent in place to achieve its objectives. In addition to improving HR outcomes, data-driven analytics can also help organizations achieve their business objectives.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2024

The Impact of Online Auctions on the Heavy Equipment Industry The implications of online auctions on the heavy equipment industry are extensive, influencing everything from pricing strategies to inventory management. As these technologies mature, they will shape and transform online auctions into even more efficient and engaging platforms.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Aligning Training with Business Objectives : By aligning the training needs analysis with the organization’s strategic goals , companies can ensure that their learning and development initiatives directly support the achievement of their overarching objectives.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2024

The field of human resource management (HRM) encompasses vital tasks such as recruiting, screening, and developing employees for businesses. They provide insights into strategic HR planning, the dynamic between HR and line managers, and global trends impacting the field. Laszlo Bock’s “ Work Rules!

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HR Digest

JUNE 8, 2023

Performance Rating Distribution: Analyzing the distribution of performance ratings across your workforce provides insights into talent distribution, performance gaps, and the effectiveness of your performance management processes. Remember that the selection of HR metrics should align with your specific business objectives and priorities.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Enhanced Time Management : Coaches aid in refining your daily operations to focus on critical tasks. This approach not only saves time and resources but ensures that your efforts are strategically aligned with your business goals. The result was a significant reduction in operational costs and improved turnaround times.

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HR Digest

MAY 14, 2024

What is human capital management? Human Capital Management (HCM) represents a shift from traditional personnel management to a comprehensive approach focusing on optimizing workforce productivity and effectiveness. Image: Freepik What is Human Capital Management (HCM)?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2016

As businesses increasingly move their operations to digital platforms, and in particular to cloud space, even the most traditional staples of running an organization are being improved by embracing technology. This often leads businesses to use project management apps. Collaboration for Board Members and Management Teams.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When it comes to running a successful business, there are no shortcuts. From management courses to leadership seminars, there is no shortage of opportunities to further your learning, gain new skills or master the ones you already have.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Culture, and how to build and sustain one, is one of the toughest challenges for managers, especially in today’s fast-paced, highly competitive organizations. And what happens as advances in technology constantly change how customers and employees expect to interact with your company? How technology is changing the way we work.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) is a software solution that helps organizations manage and automate core HR processes like payroll, time tracking, and employee benefits administration. Finally, we’ll provide tips on choosing the right HRIS for your business needs. What is an HRIS? Image: Pexels What is an HRIS?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As fashionable as it is, “data science” is not a business objective or a learning objective in and of itself. ” It doesn’t necessarily refer to any particular technology, method, or value proposition. And the solution is a new way of business that integrates machine learning.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

To help clear the air and foster a better understanding of what makes big data initiatives succeed, here are some of the key things I’ve learned from companies that are realizing substantial business value with their big data initiatives. It is certainly true that those tools are important and useful to big data projects.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Whether your objectives involve increasing business revenue, maximizing your profits, providing better customer service or improving the productivity within your workplace, if you use the right tools you’ll be able to accomplish it. Specific: You need to ensure that you’re setting very specific objectives.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

HR analytics, also known as people analytics or workforce analytics, is a data-driven approach that empowers Human Resources Management (HRM) by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting HR data. The term Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) emerged as organizations recognized the critical role HR plays in driving business success.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

They also offer a good mix of helpful and educational tools that integrate well with other leading tools for free. They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

The digital marketplace has created a business imperative that every company be — in some way — a technology company. Marketing executives are being tasked with leveraging technology to improve customer experience, drive client growth, and meet loyalty goals. Align your vision.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

According to an assessment of over 700 sales professionals and senior executives conducted by GrowthPlay — a sales-focused consulting firm where one of us is Managing Director — the problem stems from gaps between the perceptions, attitudes, and information flows between executives and sales reps.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Three of five marketers use no tools to measure event ROI, and most companies plan and execute events without specific business objectives. Technology to do this exists, and it has implications for what managers can do before, during, and after the events they sponsor or attend.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

General Electric helps hospitals manage and use patient data rather than selling them the equipment and software to do the job. Hilti provides and maintains power tools for builders. Technology can help here. Alstom keeps trains ready to run each morning for railroad operators rather than just selling the rolling stock to them.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. There is no time for complacency. Research points to the latter.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Creating and Capitalizing on the Best New Management Thinking. Part of our initial response was to rank management gurus according to the measurable influence of their ideas; we were the first researchers to use scholarly methods to do so. For example, a British study showed the precise ways in which management gurus in the 1980s U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

The linked system allowed for more insight into customers, and managers could use the information to coach employees, to assess whether they had the right tools and resources, and to identify people with innovative ideas and leadership potential. Was it easy to access the tools and resources you needed to solve the problem?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Another tool HR can borrow from customer experience is the journey map, which outlines the steps customers go through in engaging with a company. For example, it might be helpful to create groupings of skeptics, observers, participants, and champions. who have distinct needs and can be reached with tailored tactics.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Drawing on a powerful tool from the finance world, they conceived of those collections operating as portfolios — each with a specific business objective and time horizon. Those three business portfolios are: The future state portfolio.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

By 2021, worldwide cybercrime damage is expected to reach $6 trillion— double what it cost businesses in 2015∗ Of course, companies cannot protect what they cannot manage. And that’s where software asset management can help. Why Software Asset Management (SAM) Matters.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As marketing continues to shift and improve, we’ve come to rely on IT to provide expertise on current technology and, perhaps more importantly, to provide a road map that shows where technology will lead, where integration is critical, and how to make the best use of increasingly sophisticated tools.

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