N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

So, how did it all look back in the ‘good ol’ days’ and how and why did it change, well; Back in the late 80’s and 90’s top leadership roles recruited for, in the boardroom and on the executive committee, would often be trigged via an ‘old boys clubs’ hire. Companies focused on diversity across many forms.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. One specific area where we hope to inspire other companies is diversity and inclusion.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

I have no doubt that our diversity initiatives have made an indelible impact on our culture here at Neustar. ” Our employees embraced our values and so too did our executive leadership. Our values informed our guiding principles, developed by our CEO and implemented by our Executive Committee, for operating through COVID-19.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 10, 2021

E Pluribus Unum, the Latin phrase meaning “out of many, one”, was the motto put forward by the committee of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson appointed on July 4, 1776 to design a seal for the brand new country. I thoroughly make that case in the recently-published second edition of Connection Culture.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Especially considering the diversity at work today, not all employees might be celebrating due to their cultural differences. Leverage technology for online parties, games, or virtual team-building activities that can bring employees together and help them feel part of the team. It’s time to start planning for the holiday season!

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). They represent leaders in their own worlds with a diversity of interests that relate to the topic of coaching.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

Women are historically underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Women have a few powerful tools to find their way to success and leadership. The precedent as to how women can best seize the diverse opportunities created by the new economy is constantly being set and reset.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated in a new book through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. Implementing a strategic technology plan. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

These numbers point to a clear need for better representation of female physicians in leadership. Before they can make progress, healthcare organizations need to see how well (or poorly) women are represented among their leadership. Men and women alike should work to enhance gender diversity in leadership. Quantification.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The hope was that the diversity of brainpower and perspectives would yield imaginative ways to outgrow the shortfall. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle. In short, today’s existing leadership structure, expertise and purpose are designed to address today’s challenges — not tomorrow’s.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Do nominating committees recognize how difficult it is for even the most seasoned and sophisticated executives to think outside of their “home culture”? But boardroom diversity had not kept pace with the demands of international business activity. since the index was first developed in 2008. According to our data, only 7.2%

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. Individuals who have the skills and background to move across our businesses have a higher probability of advancing through the organization because we view the diverse experience as a major strength and key driver of innovation and growth.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

Gaps like these are never solved by turning culture over to a Chief Culture Officer or pulling together culture committees. Likewise, inspirational leadership, the repetition of value statements, and letting people be themselves are important, but they are by-products of a healthy culture, not the drivers of one.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. Individuals who have the skills and background to move across our businesses have a higher probability of advancing through the organization because we view diverse experience as a major strength and key driver of innovation and growth.

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Innovation Diversity Human Resources Committee 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. So for a compensation committee to justify a new metric, it needs to have a strong business case. had a diversity metric. Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

These ethical questions arise in the whole range of corporate activity from technology and manufacturing to marketing and sales. And it needs to establish robust Risk and Public Responsibility Committees for more complete reviews of this broader set of problems. This is the essence of corporate citizenship.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Never confuse charisma with leadership. Directness.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Cesare Mainardi is managing director of Booz & Company’s North American business and a member of the firm’s executive committee.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Technology can, of course, help to cement social ties, but only following an original personal experience. I resigned from my roles as partner and Executive Committee member at Egon Zehnder to instead become a part-time senior advisor. We have the technology, but we need the guidance and inspiration.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

You might suggest they work on a cross-functional project, volunteer to do a short stint in another division, or join a company-wide committee that requires interacting with people in other parts of the organization. Be frank that the person lacks certain leadership qualities, for example. Are you growing? The answer is yes.”

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Learning-by-Doing Short-term Goal Case Study 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Every company needs infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports – and every company benefits from the new technologies made possible by basic scientific research. Starting around 1980, however, shifts in technology, geopolitics, and governance changed the game. Every company benefits from an educated populace.

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Resources Company Rivkin Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

There has been a subsequent improvement from 11% to 15% of female Executive Committee members, and 70% of companies in the top 20 now have at least one woman on their senior executive teams – up from 60% last year. And three companies still have men-only executive committees. In 2014, are we witnessing a trickle-down effect?

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Execution Committee Diversity Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. However, only 13% believed that China would have overtaken the US on the technology frontier by then.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

The surest way to build a company whose leadership will outlast your own is to focus your attention on the few essential things that your company can do better than anyone else. Cesare Mainardi is Managing Director of Booz & Company's North American business and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

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Merchandising Budgeting Pharmaceuticals CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. We held scores of open meetings involving our advisory committees during the two years I was national coordinator.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. GE is known for its diversity and ability to function competitively in many markets. At HCL Technologies, and India-based IT company, the corporate culture springs at least partly from a broader Asian idea of cooperative action. GE and HCL.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. Why does all this matter?

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Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Chan School of Public Health, we look most closely at the leadership and negotiation issues, each of which offers opportunities as well as pitfalls that can be seen clearly even now. No person or committee is going to put forward a system that is both pragmatic and that conforms to strict conceptual political requirements.

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