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. Companies are also facing heightened expectations about their role in society.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Identifying Growth-Stage Leadership to Drive Innovation in Life Sciences Effective executive search partners play a pivotal role in identifying, attracting, and assessing the leadership best aligned to drive growth and innovation, all the more important in highly dynamic industries like life sciences.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These firms’ expertise and extensive networks help organizations identify and attract top talent for critical leadership roles. Finding the right leaders in an industry that demands excellence, strategic vision, and a deep understanding of financial markets can drive success and stay ahead of the competition.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive edge, the need for effective leadership at the executive level becomes paramount. As the business landscape evolves, management coaching is indispensable for ensuring companies’ long-term success and worldwide sustainability.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Role of High-Impact Performance Coaching in Leadership Development of Executives Performance coaching is pivotal in developing executive leaders in today’s dynamic business environment. Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of Supply Chain Leadership Starts with the Chief Procurement Officer Supply chain leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success and resilience in today’s dynamic business environment. One key reason why robust supply chain leadership is crucial is its impact on cost efficiency and profitability.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. 90% of what we do in an organization happens through collaborative effort, making the team the most important production unit. In 2016 they termed this the ‘Rise of Teams’ and 2017 ‘The Organization of the Future – Arriving Now’.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Understanding the Core Values of N2Growth Based in King of Prussia, PA, N2Growth is a global leadership consulting firm known for its cutting-edge developmental methodologies. Our leadership and coaching solutions are trailblazing and underpinned by a robust philosophy driven by a core set of values.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In the previous three parts of this series, we realized the challenging factors around searching for and placing an ideal candidate to lead a private equity portfolio company. As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team. Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Power of Culturally Diverse Perspectives: Exploring the Benefits of International Coaching in Global Leadership Mastery In today’s global business landscape, the ability to navigate and effectively lead across cultures is becoming increasingly vital for success.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Importance of Executive Search and Leadership Development to the Growth of the Life Sciences Industry Ensuring that organizations have access to top talent for key leadership positions and that talent is sufficiently supported and developed is critical to the growth of the life sciences industry.

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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. portfolio company executives , diving into hiring assessment essentials in terms of hard skills to lead a portfolio company and run the business. Part One – Core, Hard Credential Constituents.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Building on the shoulders of such philosophical giants and the subsequent research over millennia, science has further defined, assessed, and developed the concept of character to apply findings to organizational leadership. Furlong held senior global leadership roles at TD Securities, retiring in 2012 as vice chair.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Chief Operations Officer acts as a bridge between the company’s strategic vision and operational execution, making key decisions, formulating strategies, solving problems, and driving operational excellence. Their strategic input and tactical steering are indispensable in transforming a company’s vision into reality.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Today’s COO wears many hats and is instrumental in executing corporate strategy, fostering innovation, driving technological integration, and steering the company toward its goals with insightful leadership. Thus, empathy and inclusive leadership have emerged as indispensable traits in the modern COO’s repertoire.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Understanding the Role of Embracing AI in Future Leadership Strategies As the transition towards a digital economy accelerates, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges as an influential element in shaping leadership strategies. Thus, the advent of AI tools induces a compelling transformation in leadership strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

In the high-stakes arena of executive recruitment , companies often gravitate toward prominent global search firms. The expectation is that their extensive networks and vast resources will deliver the world-class leadership talent they need to drive their organizations forward. If you are reading this, you will likely know their names.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Business Schools Effective leadership is as crucial in an academic environment as in any organization, playing a vital role in shaping the institution’s culture and direction. First and foremost, a successful business dean should demonstrate real leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Young entrepreneurs often found start-up companies with great ideas and the drive to make them a reality. While these individuals may have the passion and creativity to get their business off the ground, they often need more experience and expertise to lead a company to long-term success.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2023 curated just for you. When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The whole management team saw it as just a passing thing. The exec team didn’t bother to plan for a work disruption of more than 2 weeks, deciding to comply with early standards from the CDC to prepare for just a short disturbance due to a short-term infection break out. Numerous workers, including the COO, were hospitalized.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 20, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have firsthand seen the price that companies pay when their leaders become overwhelmed in the details or preoccupied with the specifics that they fail to see the bigger picture. Additionally, their actions of being stuck in the nitty-gritty result in the company lacking in innovation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2023 curated just for you. Barney and Carlos Julio Data indicates that most strategic efforts to change a company’s culture fail. Barney and Carlos Julio Data indicates that most strategic efforts to change a company’s culture fail.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As a trusted advisor and expert in leadership development, I have witnessed first-hand how these services have transformed organizations into powerhouses of success. This involves conducting thorough market research, analyzing industry trends, and evaluating internal capabilities to identify areas of opportunity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. It leads to short-term thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Tasked with overseeing all revenue-related activities, this C-suite leader is responsible for bringing synergy among marketing, sales, and customer relationship channels. They optimize the revenue cycle beyond sales and marketing. A CRO’s meticulous strategies aim to maximize revenue and build lasting customer relationships.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. How is your company living out its values amidst the storm? Communication.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

Executive coaching, a synergistic alliance between a professional coach and an executive or a team, is designed to tap into the inherent potential of the coachee to enhance performance, learning, and development. It delves into the complex layers of leadership, team building, strategy formation, decision-making, and emotional intelligence.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2023 curated just for you. Some of the world’s biggest and most admired companies are already using Savaget’s research to transform the ways they do business. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 11, 2024

In the challenging realm of leadership, the greatest leaders realize that success requires more than just their personal skillset and experience – it requires advanced tools like artificial intelligence (AI). This results in improved team collaboration and productivity.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As the sector evolves and expands, companies increasingly turn to executive search firms like N2Growth to help them identify and recruit top talent for critical leadership roles. However, finding individuals with the right combination of technical knowledge and leadership experience can be a daunting task.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Back in my own days as an executive, I was hugely influenced by a book called The Discipline of Market Leaders. The authors argued that companies had to pick between one of three paths to value creation and success in the market – operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Often, and especially in contemporary times, the real story of innovation doesn’t involve lone geniuses or flashes of inspiration, but teams, organizations, and leaders who cultivate systems and cultures where new ideas can sprout and flourish. It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Also, as a part of the executive management team , COOs frequently play an intricate role in policy development and governance. This method is not just about matching resumes to job descriptions; it involves a deep understanding of the client company’s long-term vision and the specific skills required for the role.

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