N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nevertheless, businesses that solve these challenges can benefit from increased flexibility, reduced operational costs, greater productivity, and an improved ability to scale. It’s not just about having the right bandwidth, tools, data, and apps – it’s about adopting a ‘digital-first’ mentality.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 31, 2023

A well-crafted program must address middle managers’ specific challenges, equip them with the essential tools to overcome these obstacles, and make the journey rewarding. They are tasked with translating strategic direction into operational reality, managing teams, and dealing with the practicalities of day-to-day work.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

He presents case studies of these five tech giants in Always Day One. The case studies also provide ample examples of pitfalls we should avoid too. And when people bought in, they brought him ideas—tough ideas that required rethinking how the company operated—and those ideas ultimately saved Facebook from disaster.”.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Alison utilizes her background in endurance training to explain how to apply the same principles to leadership. Since then, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Training and Development, Field Operations, Organizational Effectiveness, and Leadership Development.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Total Quality Management in Logistics: a case study from the trucking industry by Harry Lehman, Jr. (a study the practical aspects of implementing a W. There are certainly limits to any case study but as long as you read with a critical mind you can learn from what others have tried. The thesis aims to.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Be Ready with a solid business case.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

To illustrate this, we need look no further than one of the most famous case studies in professional ethics. Employees and managers in the autonomy stage are ready for mature leadership. Those in the ideological stage may have charisma but are best avoided when top leadership responsibilities are assigned.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2022

Research from Harvard Business School reminds us, however, that precious few doctors receive any kind of leadership or management training, so may be unsuited to the task. In many ways, the pandemic underlined the need for more skills, especially as many operational factors were moved to virtual platforms due to social distancing regulations.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I talked about things like visual co-creation and helping businesses gain clarity through visual thinking tools. The work ranged from visually facilitating strategy off sites, coaching program for new leaders and enabling strong organizations through senior leadership coaching. Listen to all my podcast appearances here.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Further, he explains that projects differ from operations , which are day-to-day activities, and which generally follow similar patterns and objectives every year. In the book, you will find multiple case studies, accessible tools and proven methods you can implement to help you lead more successful projects.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our ability (and willingness) to learn impacts our personal and business growth, operational excellence, and our capacity to innovate. If you thought you were serious about it, Learn or Die will take you to a whole new level with tools, case studies, and insights that will challenge your commitment to learning.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 25, 2021

We need both IT/E-Tools and emotional connection/communication. Like management processes and people leadership, it’s about balance. Write up collections of case studies illustrating tough decisions, trade-offs, outstanding performance, dealing effectively with changes, etc. They increase texts, posts, and e-mails.

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HR Digest

MAY 26, 2023

Following the introduction of ChatGPT, a popular generative AI tool developed by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, generative AI’s impact on the workplace has become a buzzworthy topic in the corporate landscape. The profound implications of generative AI on business operations and the workforce is growing tremendously.

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Steve Farber

MAY 25, 2018

Indie Bollman, Co-facilitator of the upcoming Greater Than Yourself Leadership Experience and People Development Expert. Prior to joining the company in 2015, her career included senior roles in human resources, administrative operations, corporate development, and marketing. Click here to download the Trailer Bridge case study].

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Digital event: Deep Dive into the Energy Sector In case you missed it, the CMI APAC Regional Boards recently delivered a Deep Dive into the Energy Sector Digital Event. For the widest selection of content, including CPD tools and multimedia resources, check out how to get involved with CMI membership. Where should I start?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

And as a company, we’ll lean into digitally enabled workflows and digital tools and resources for people to be productive working wherever they are. It’s literally a Harvard Business School case study in business model transformation, but when I think back on it, the impact on the entire organization has been amazing.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

The short answer is intentional leadership. When Qubein took the leadership role, the university ’ s culture wasn ’ t defined. It just existed, the culmination of former leadership—the good, the bad and everything in between. Everything operated as its own unit. Leadership by Being Engaged. Groups didn ’ t connect.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Last week I met with an HR VP to discuss lifting organizational performance through leadership and culture development. The company was diligently surveying and tracking employee engagement and satisfaction with leadership behaviors, teamwork and cooperation, communication, performance management/coaching, and the like.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. For example, adopt new methods to share information, and use tools like discussions and wikis to communicate and collaborate. Say please and thank you.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Those successes come from two primary factors: First, Intermountain developed an ability to measure, understand, and feed back to clinicians and clinical leadership detailed clinical variation and outcome data. However, our payments also fell—often even further than our operating costs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

If you thought you were serious about it, Learn or Die will take you to a whole new level with tools, case studies, and insights that will challenge your commitment to learning. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Indeed, it’s possible to make money AND make nice. Sellers sit and wait while they do them.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. What made their ascent possible? How did (or didn’t) managers play a role?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Those companies that ‘sweat’ their capabilities continuously improve them and sustainably capture the top-line growth in their industries and, ultimately, market leadership. Companies today operate in a business environment that encourages incoherence. Second, a coherent system focuses strategic investment on what matters.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

With that luxury in our hands now, here are some critical leadership lessons we can draw from Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo. Too often when we evaluate leadership performance, we fail to distinguish between the leader’s personal success and the success of their companies. Experience (still) matters.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

You should first speak to your manager since it’s best if this discussion is “instigated by leadership,” Burkus says. ” As a team, your collective goal is to come up with “agreed-upon norms that you’ll all operate within,” says Burkus. Can you help?” Suffer in silence.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

Two years later the company was the poster child for reengineering success — the subject of speeches, a Harvard Business School case study, articles, and book references. In this case, the answers were not there, the effort was stopped, and a new management team took over. What happened? Quickly deliver tangible results.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2015

First, many patient-care tasks require the real-time integration of diverse skills and expertise, and the 24/7 operations of hospitals and other clinical delivery systems require sophisticated coordination across shifts. It takes leadership. The first leadership task is to frame the work for others. Make it safe.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

As One by Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley, is the result of a two year research project conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, to understand this common leadership challenge and to answer the question, “ What leads to effective collaborations in a wide range of fields? ” Not just working together, but working as one.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Employees were invited to a meeting where leadership discussed its mobile business imperative. Doing so helps spread the value of innovation into areas responsible for the broader operating model. This cultural diffusion happens as a result of highlighting the underlying values tied to the success story (e.g.,

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