N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

In the high-stakes arena of executive recruitment , companies often gravitate toward prominent global search firms. However, many companies fail to recognize that the largest search firms come with a significant limitation– expansive off-limits lists that drastically reduce the pool of candidates they can consider for any given client.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2014

How do some companies evolve to “it company” status while others languish in relative obscurity? Put simply, company culture is the real competitive advantage great organizations trade on. By Mike Myatt. Chairman, N2Growth. READ FULL COLUMN ON FORBES.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

It not only addresses the immediate need to replace key positions but also considers the company’s long-term vision for growth and sustainability. This results in a pool of potential successors who are prepared and capable of successfully driving the company forward.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. Embracing these fundamentals helps to develop a company’s resilience amidst rapidly evolving workplace technologies and maintain seamless work dynamics in a virtual setting.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In a world where global competition is absolute, companies are looking at new ways to gain sustained competitive advantages. The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

These companies are constantly competing and looking for competitive advantages that give them an edge over their rivals. Visionary leadership can be your company’s most significant competitive advantage. The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy estimates about 30.2

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. As opposed to: Until recently, the greatest competitive advantage went to companies that controlled distribution channels, had hard assets on the largest scale, or had established brands or patents.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer plans to take Microsoft in a new direction by shifting the company from a focus purely on software, that is downloaded onto personal computers or on corporate computing networks, into something of a hybrid of rivals Apple Inc. High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage. and Google Inc.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 4, 2022

Under-trained and under-equipped, many great people have turned out to be not-great managers and their employees and companies’ bottom lines are suffering the consequences. Training great managers with a consistent system for delivering results is one of the fastest ways to gain a competitive advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In today’s interconnected and fast-paced business world, the lines between cooperation and competition are becoming increasingly blurred. More companies are realizing they can achieve greater success by combining collaborative efforts with competitive actions, giving rise to the term “coopetition.”

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 9, 2017

A recent study by Korn Ferry found that 63 percent of the 800 leaders they interviewed said technology will be their firm’s greatest source of competitive advantage within five years. Love is the real competitive advantage. What does it look like when it’s a competitive advantage? Technology.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

The tensions of returning to the office and figuring out the most effective permanent post-pandemic work arrangements are the topic of my newest book, Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage. Why Are So Many Leaders Wary of Remote Work?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Rethinking Competitive Advantage : New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan. The old ways of creating competitive advantage for your business—such as building moats to ward off competitors—have become dangerous. It's the most expensive, least productive thing companies invest in without even knowing it.

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As an outsider specializing in helping companies build their People, Teams, Leaders, and Moats (sustainable competitive advantage), it seems obvious to me what an organization must do.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 6, 2021

The only sustainable competitive advantage – for individuals and companies – is creativity,” Josh Linkner “With creativity,… Continue reading → Unimaginative leaders repeat the past. Creative leaders change the future. Creative leaders are better problem solvers.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2024

Companies often embrace robotic technologies initially to cut costs through process innovation. However, this approach can be easily replicated by competitors, leading to a focus on competitive positioning rather than product development during the early stages of robot adoption.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

This allows companies to leverage these global executives’ unique skills and professional experiences, enhancing competitiveness. Each facet is instrumental in creating value, driving innovation, and ensuring sustainable growth in highly competitive markets.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Shaich offers clear-headed lessons for the entire life cycle of an enterprise, from bootstrapping a startup to going public to managing large companies to selling a business. As you read the book, you’ll discover Shaich’s rules for gaining and maintaining competitive advantage : Recognize that you can’t please all people all the time.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. The Campbell Soup Company has been doing more and more for decades. Nike began as a shoe company. Nike is a Do Less Better company.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This position is often seen as the linchpin of a company’s commercial strategy, controlling marketing, sales, and customer service efforts to achieve optimal success. This role requires an intrinsic understanding of the company’s product or service and customer base.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Strategic talent management is the ultimate competitive advantage for today’s businesses. Feiner addresses just how crucial a Talent Mindset is to the success of your company, and provides actionable steps to take talent management to the next level. Good business is about knowing your people as well as your know your numbers.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This sad reality exists for a reason - 100% of companies unnecessarily suffer from a process problem. The problem is most companies are buried in process disadvantage. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Process… just the mere use of the word can spread fear and panic in the workplace.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Only you , as a senior leader, have the power to direct your company to continuous and sustainable success,” says Scott K. By reading the book, you'll learn how to ensure growth strategy is aligned at every level of your company, from boardroom initiatives to daily customer interaction. His book explains why that is true.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2011

Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies develop current and future leaders. In the process, they are gaining important competitive advantages.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 9, 2017

A recent study by Korn Ferry found that 63 percent of the 800 leaders they interviewed said technology will be their firm’s greatest source of competitive advantage within five years. Love is the real competitive advantage. What does it look like when it’s a competitive advantage? Technology.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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. I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2016

Should every company be striving for the form of strategic advantage that has become the hallmarks of Amazon, Google and Facebook? Whether you sell information or cremation, the common thread for success is sustaining an advantage. The most successful leaders, leverage ‘fast company’ cultures to achieve competitive advantage.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

Whilst intuitively leaders knew that the level of trust in the organisation impacted team performance and company value, there was no concrete evidence to support this. However, new research by Accenture has quantified the impact of trust on a company’s competitiveness. And the bottom line is that trust is anything but soft.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge?higher Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2024

Learn how to repackage your company’s existing knowledge to pioneer new products and services.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

Tool #5 - Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy This week, let’s understand how companies position themselves in the marketplace to succeed - The Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy. Summary: Strategic moves create a leap in value for the company, its buyers, and its employees while unlocking new demand and making the competition irrelevant.

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Brigette Hyacinth

APRIL 9, 2020

I am saddened to see so many companies quick to terminate employees—companies making profits, who don’t have to terminate staff and still choose to do so. Some companies have been extraordinary. Any effort a company is putting to keep their staff will go a long way in sustaining the culture and brand.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Some business leaders eager to keep a competitive advantage often invest in new technologies without fully understanding how to harness their potential or fully considering how digital technologies will meet the company’s needs. Transformation is the new normal.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Some of the world’s biggest and most admired companies are already using Savaget’s research to transform the ways they do business. Behind-the-scenes stories and practical guidance offer us a blueprint for how we can all use good power to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create healthier societies.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Leaders are working on efficiencies to offset these challenges. Why or why not?

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QAspire

JUNE 20, 2023

“Customer Focus” is the most common corporate value that companies adopt. The book goes on to show, through deep research and insightful stories, how successful companies go about improving employee experience (EX) and Customer Experience (CX) together to create growth. Ultimately, people serve people.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 6, 2023

To prepare, they must pay attention to changes and take action to ready their company. Therefore, it’s important for companies to prioritize diversity and inclusion in their hiring practices and create a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

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