N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

With advancements in technology, changing regulatory landscapes, and fierce competition, companies in the industry need visionary leaders and skilled strategists who can navigate these challenges and quickly identify and seize opportunities. Innovation is the lifeblood of success, especially in the life sciences sector.

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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. As an essential prerequisite, compliance demonstrates a commitment to adherence and propriety.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Companies of all sizes, from small startups to large corporations, are recognising the benefits of outsourcing. In this article, we explore various departments that can be effectively outsourced, highlighting how this approach can streamline operations and foster business growth.

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which refers to the ethical and social responsibilities of companies towards society and the environment through building community engagement. Legal Compliance: Many CSR initiatives are driven by legal requirements.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Finally, leading through questions builds unity and consistency between espoused and practiced company values. ” “Is there alignment between our stated and operating values?” ” “How can I elicit more diverse perspectives?” Yet questions elicit facts and perspectives that directives cannot.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

You need them to operate as a great team, not functionaries. Operational boards are more valuable than governance boards. And diverse boards are best. Adding diverse directors can be challenging for a leader because of the ensuing creative frictio n. Use your independent board selections to add diversity.

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Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s a diverse field that caters to a wide variety of tastes and preferences. Supply Chain and Operations The efficient movement of products from manufacturers to consumers is crucial in the consumer non-durables industry. They develop and implement eco-friendly initiatives and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

It’s a company secret.” Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. The Power of Diversity in Organizations. (ironically) “Just follow the protocol.” This isn’t the time or place.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

The company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Sam Walsh: I was looking for a fresh challenge in a global company run from Australia.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

These organizations are generally outside in the USA, yet some European and Asian companies are also adopting the trend. A PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows that an ever-increasing number of companies are starting to see the benefits of AI in supporting workforce management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2017

These companies have “going global” down—they perform strongly in international markets, and can execute across borders because they embed globalization on their daily executive discussions. Develop a Globalization Strategy Part of the agility for a company to stay strong globally is the makeup of their country investment.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today, Erni is widely considered one of the most influential leaders in human resources and her company, Audible, one of the most diverse employers in the world. The HR Digest: What is diversity to you? One such way is to create employee engagement groups that celebrate the range of identities reflected within a company.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today, Ernie is widely considered one of the most influential leaders in human resources and her company, Audible, one of the most diverse employer in the world. The HR Digest: What is diversity to you? One such way is to create employee engagement groups that celebrate the range of identities reflected within a company.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

We are witnessing the most progressive organizations operate as engines for learning. Other ‘strategies’ that were once cosmetic, including diversity and inclusion, have been revealed to be both good for the bottom line and for human betterment. It entails operating from a place of what one can learn , not from what one knows. “.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Yet the most innovative companies—those that can face challenging times and emerge stronger than ever—often recognize a key truth that is missing in many traditional, hierarchical organizations. But the secret to truly agile and innovative companies is this: they encourage and invite new ideas from all levels and see leaders at every level.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2024

A single breach could lead to disastrous consequences, including financial losses, legal ramifications, and irreparable damage to the company’s reputation. Mitigating Diverse Threats In today’s interconnected world, cyber threats can come from anywhere and target anyone.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Not only do employees with disabilities comprise a large talent pool, it’s a remarkably innovative one: 75% of them report having an idea that would drive value for their company (versus 66% of employees without disabilities). Companies also need to create a culture of support and inclusion by doing the following: Provide training.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Companies can warp their own ethical climate by pushing too much change from the top, too quickly and too frequently. Most leaders in the study reflected on how rapidly their businesses had globalized over the last 10 years and how ethical issues can be profoundly difficult when operating across different cultures. Mark Chussil.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

I was speaking at The Economist's Diversity Summit last month in London where most of the talk was about gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and scorecards. A typical syllabus among Heads of Diversity. How do you attract it to your company, given that the best and the brightest will want a chance to get to the top?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. ” Someone with authority can demand compliance, but they can’t dictate optimism, trust, conviction, or creativity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

To cope with the shortfall in market supply, companies need to better leverage their existing talent. One strategy is to take the team approach to cross-pollinate and commingle the required skillsets; bringing together a diversity of skills and backgrounds from within your organization to achieve a common goal is a highly effective method.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. When the CEO does depart, companies find themselves lacking leaders who are experienced in critical aspects of the top post. I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. We found that concerns about innovation fall behind other issues for most directors.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2023

Efficient data storage solutions enable enterprises to: Improve data management Enhance data security Increase workflow efficiency Save costs on IT infrastructure and operations. By using a centralized storage system, enterprises can reduce their IT infrastructure and operational costs significantly.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

I wouldn’t be surprised if the statistics are worse in my industry, financial services, where so many companies are large, global, regulated, and structurally complex. We went from being part of a company with over 300,000 employees, at GE, to being a company of 10,000, at Synchrony Financial, seemingly overnight.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

As the supply of courageous board candidates dwindles, global companies are in need of battle-tested directors more than ever — board members who fully understand and can actively engage in virtually all aspects of an enterprise's operations. Foundational — survival — boards focus on compliance; they play it safe.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. Its HR function has been instrumental in the $100 billion company's metamorphosis from a floundering computer manufacturer in the 1990s to a prosperous software and consulting services company today. But not at IBM.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In our surveys, more than 66% of CEOs said they expect their companies to change their business model in the next three years, with 62% reporting they have management initiatives or transformation programs underway to make their business more digital. But in some companies, strategists are bolder.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

You might think that the corporate human resources function doesn't have much of a role in improving business processes, such as product development, operations, customer service, or distribution. All three companies have tough, business-savvy, and politically astute HR chiefs who are a vital partner to the CEO. It starts at the top.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2018

These rhetorical arguments do not help professionals responsible for regulatory compliance. Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

And so the power of incumbency, firm competencies, and market share is giving way to the ability to engage across companies and industries, innovate, individualize, and deliver. Together, these two companies are bridging the divide between personal health data that’s collected in a clinical setting, and data that’s collected by the patient.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. Google is probably the best-known case of a company that uses analytics to inform a slew of daily HR transactions and interactions.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 20, 2023

Human resources is a very complex and diverse field, and it has gotten a lot of recognition over the past few years. Intern Another tip on how to find a job as an HR professional is to intern at companies. Through internships, newbies in the HR field can get some hands-on experience on how HR professionals operate.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

And so the power of incumbency, firm competencies, and market share is giving way to the ability to engage across companies and industries, innovate, individualize, and deliver. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? No company is yet an exemplar of setting and activating strategy in the way we envision it. To what extent?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates.

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