Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes. Take, for instance, the automotive industry.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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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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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company. By 2023, its market cap reached $2.5

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Nary a week passes where I don’t hear from a CEO who’s grappling with this social media conundrum: should I, or shouldn’t I? We have a social media practice at N2growth, I use social media, and all of the CEOs I coach are participating at some level in social media. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

This multi-faceted nature of the COO’s responsibilities requires an individual equipped with various skills, including strategic visioning, change management capabilities, team leadership qualities, and a deep understanding of contemporary business trends.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2016

I recently conducted a series of interviews of futurists in which I asked them about the reinvention of an industry sector facing considerable disruption. The leading futurist in this field concluded his recommendations by saying, “I believe that every CEO should be assigned a therapist when they take the job.”. Shocking advice?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2024

Managing change in the workplace is no easy task considering the innumerable ways a company has to keep adapting to shifting circumstances. The best change management strategies are often the ones that are adopted through a consensus at the organization, where all those affected also benefit, or at the least supported by, the change.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. Moreover, strong leadership in supply chain management ensures cost efficiency. A strategic-minded CPO deeply understands market trends, supplier dynamics, and emerging technologies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As a result, executives must be willing to evolve their leadership capabilities to drive sustainable business growth and maintain a competitive edge in the market. Another significant challenge for executives is managing organizational complexity.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

I recently participated in a panel discussion about the future of the recruiting industry, and quite frankly, I was surprised with many of the prevailing attitudes and thoughts surrounding the topic at hand. This phenomenon is occurring during a time where employment markets worldwide have never been more competitive. I think not.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 22, 2020

Innovation, creativity, philanthropy, and the entrepreneurial spirit define the life and achievements of former MergerTech CEO Nitin Khanna. Khanna sold his first company, Saber Software, for four times its market value in 2008; he now manages and invests in businesses across many industries.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Know What Matters : Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations by Ron Shaich Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, is a business visionary who has been part of building three iconic restaurant brands: Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread, and now Cava. How did Shaich succeed repeatedly in such a notoriously tough industry?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The researchers draw inspiration from the private equity industry, where around 75% of new CEOs are drawn from outside the firm, with two-thirds regarded as “complete outsiders” This is almost the exact opposite of recruitment in S&P 500 firms. The rewards for both the executive and the firm are substantial.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 22, 2013

With the exception of tampered product recalls, oil spills, or factory explosions, these types of trials never face the captains of industry. So, why do 21 st century CEOs continue to struggle in their roles as leaders of a business enterprise? In judging CEO performance, there is no place for the uncontrollable factor.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Guest Post By Meghan Hall, Business Management Blogger (Learn more about Meghan at the end of this post). For a seemingly multitude of reasons women have failed to gain a foothold in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM jobs. Start… Just, Start!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth examines the nuances that distinguish boutique search firms from their larger counterparts. In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging. Here are some key insights into selecting the right executive search firm to partner with.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Firstly, there is a growing global talent shortage across industries, and the demand for executives is far outstripping the supply, creating more pressure in an already highly competitive executive search environment. Research shows that 15% of all CEOs leave within two years. Executive Search Consultants Who Understand the Market .

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. Doesn’t much of a CEO’s job consist of being on the receiving end of ever-increasing floods of data that can now be gleaned in real time from inputs around the globe? CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. No driver necessary. Same for Elon Musk.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

With that in mind, organizations can partner with a trusted executive search firm to deploy a robust, industry-leading executive search strategy to solve the organization’s most crucial, complex, and confidential placements. CEOs, Board members, and C-Suite leaders have a vital impact on your organization’s future.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

The day after Jeffrey Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he had an even bigger challenge to deal with—the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In his twenty years as CEO, GE’s value had risen 4,000 percent. Immelt gives us an inside look—the other side of the story—at what happened at GE while he was CEO. That’s baptism by fire.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. a fairly notorious email encryption company both provoking concerns from the NSA but also putting privacy on the map as “the marketing gorilla of the Internet.” When I joined the company, it was late delivering the hardware/software card to the partner.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2013

In the most recent turn of events, Blackstone Group withdrew its bid for the company after making the determination that Dell’s future and the PC industry looks bleak. It is essentially impossible not to and this is particularly true in the ever-changing and evolving technology industry. years as of 2011 from 10 years in 2000.

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HR Digest

MAY 13, 2024

The last few years have been difficult for employees across industries and the callous nature of the Tesla layoffs in 2024 has rubbed many the wrong way. The EV industry slowdown is a major villain in the Tesla layoffs in 2024, but it doesn’t sufficiently address the mismanagement of manpower that has been seen at the company.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2021

To this end, we must rediscover our passion for marketing , as business owners. This has been taken from the fashion industry, which often depicts the models in the adverts, as enjoying life. This is something that is normal in our everyday lives, but something that doesn’t get taken advantage of in our marketing campaigns.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Colgate’s entry into the ready meals market is a good example. “We wanted to think about how CEOs manage focus versus breadth of opportunity,” the researchers explain. “When CEOs focus on just a few issues do they perform better? . ” Available opportunities. Categorizing choices.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 15, 2023

This boost was not uniformly observed across industry, however, as this impact was reduced by around 17% in industries where customer preferences are more unpredictable, or where technological changes are more fast-paced. “The relatively unregulated nature of their industries offers strategic and tactical freedom.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. As a pioneer of Ontario’s wind industry, Glen Estill represents the ideal of what a developer should be. I am CEO between positions.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. This is not the case, especially within the “old economy” industries. And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Their marketing teams research everything to death. Main menu Home.

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LDRLB

MAY 29, 2013

With the exception of tampered product recalls, oil spills, or factory explosions, these types of trials never face the captains of industry. So, why do 21 st century CEOs continue to struggle in their roles as leaders of a business enterprise? In judging CEO performance, there is no place for the uncontrollable factor.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Much like the captivating narratives showcased in The HR Digest’s Success Stories , this conversation with Eduardo Dávila , the visionary CEO at the helm of Aon EMEA, captures his unwavering commitment to unity and success. The HR Digest: Can you share some key accomplishments and milestones that have defined your tenure as CEO of Aon EMEA?

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Executives receive the necessary tools and techniques to manage their emotions and navigate challenging situations with resilience and composure. As a result, organizations are better equipped to adapt to changing market conditions, seize new opportunities, and stay ahead of the competition.

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