N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. All organizations must face major transformations while working to advance in their industry. Therefore, it’s critical to hire an experienced CTO.

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CTO Shaw Short-term Agility 389

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot. With creativity’s ties to innovation and the global economy experiencing a significant growth mode, this personal ability was transferable across a range of organizational needs.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world. .

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Leading innovator in HR for over 25 years.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

ORLY: Talent wars are everywhere in every industry in every region. Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?”

Human Capital 60

Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The appointment of Mary Barra as CEO-to-be of General Motors is a signal to car-lovers everywhere that the company is serious about its products and vehicle innovation. The centrality of innovation to the future — electric cars, hybrids, self-driving cars, and beyond — makes her experience pivotal. This is a new GM.

Engineering 11

Engineering CFO Industry Bureaucracy 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

And sameness blocks performance and innovation. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. In research spanning decades, Columbia professor Katherine Phillips has repeatedly found that, when tasked to innovate, teams that include diverse members and that value the contributions of all their members outperform homogenous teams.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 12