N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today’s Executive Search and Management Consulting firms are famous for espousing “Best Practices.” At N2Growth, we’re not just another consulting firm espousing best practices. Today’s successful companies continuously innovate and disrupt the marketplace. He was entirely closed off to innovation.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What if leaders could shift the cultural mindset around what gives businesses a competitive advantage and recognize the benefits of being more human? Among the benefits that come to empathetic leaders, whether they are entrepreneurs or c-suite executives, are the following: Empathy is a catalyst for entrepreneurship or innovation.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed How Not to Be Defensive. Stephanie Skryzowski of 100 Degrees Consulting provided How to Create a Monthly Finance Routine. Lisa Kohn of Chatsworth Consulting Group shared Why taking a long shot is a Thoughtful leadership practice. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

During the past few years, I’ve marveled at the start-ups and small to mid-sized businesses in my community who didn’t need an army of consultants or MBAs to teach them the very relevant and important lessons that Reeves and Deimler share in their recent Harvard Business Review article, "Adaptability-The New Competitive Advantage.".

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

I’ve met both over my long career as an executive, a consultant, and a board member. Strategic Planning positions exist inside companies, and in external consulting businesses. Consultants earn a living by the clock. Yep, they bring in consultants to do their job. They are staffers, not line managers. in some cases, less.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Today’s Executive Search and Management Consulting firms s are famous for espousing “Best Practices.” At N2Growth, we’re not just another consulting firm espousing best practices. Today’s successful companies continuously innovate and disrupt the marketplace. He was entirely closed off to innovation.

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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. In the process, they are gaining important competitive advantages. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies develop current and future leaders.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

These differences are potentially lethal to your business, particularly when leaders aren’t prepared to make the most of the talent and innovation the young employees bring. Companies who can effectively bridge the generation gap through leadership strategies that harness the potential of Millennials will create a competitive advantage.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Survive, Reset, Thrive (SRT) is a practical and innovative interconnected three-mode approach : Survive : Stabilizing your business when a shot hits. The book brings together more than 15 years of Homkes working directly with high-growth companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries. Taking proactive measures.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Before you know it the herd mentality of the legions of politically correct consultants and advisers use said practice area as a platform to be evangelized, and the necessity of common sense and the reality of what actually works often times gets thrown out the window as a trade-off for promotional gain. And what are your strategic goals?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In the new strategy paradigm, the focus of strategy is on how to create competitive advantage. Engagement: In the old strategy paradigm participation is limited to the involvement of the senior team, a few staff functions and an external consultant that facilitate the process. In the new paradigm it is a core capability.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

They don't respond well to traditional forms of supervision or even hierarchies, preferring to work in collaborative teams. ( Note: For how coaching is different from consulting and how management needs to change to effectively lead Gen Yers, listen to this interview: [link] ). Product and service innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Most organizations, and even most strategy consultants, are using strategic planning frameworks built for business models that were designed during the industrial age. IT’S TIME TO INNOVATE STRATEGY. STRATEGY INNOVATION. At N2Growth, we have given this paradigm shift a name: we call it Advantage Strategy. By Mark Hefner.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

By simply being willing to stop the madness and reclaim the asylum from the lunatics (inept leaders, lazy managers, and fee happy consultants), huge gains in morale and productivity can be quickly achieved. Don’t fall into the trap of allowing consultants to “install” a “best practice” process.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Over the years, I’ve taught at, consulted to, or analyzed and written about many technically-oriented organizational cultures where the cost of mistakes and accidents is high, not just financially but in human terms. Employees actively engage in efforts that lead to innovation, and 5. Employees are smarter, happier and more productive.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you’re passionate about something it means you care so much that it hurts…Refusing to surrender, and having the ability to make the tough decision or the needed sacrifice, will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise. I Think Not.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 7, 2014

You’ll feel good because you’re growing and developing, and you’ll find higher levels of innovation and creativity. Lolly Daskal is the president and founder of Lead From Within a coaching and consultant firm that manages large scale corporate coaching and custom made leadership programs. Failure The Competitive Advantage .

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Lisa Kohn of Chatsworth Consulting submitted Four Key Steps to Being, and Getting More Done. Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Developing Team Norms, Why it Doesn’t Work and what to Do Instead. ” Find Beth on Twitter at @bethbeutler. It’s what I call the bicycle moment.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

If you don’t have direct competition you’ll surely have indirect competition. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. I Think Not.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2018

When I, CrisMarie, was consulting with Blue Cross Blue Shield in the early 2000s, I was lucky enough to get certified in the Leading and Managing Organizational Transitions through William Bridges & Associates. In short, we teach leaders to be proactive with change. They and their organization, Thrive!

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The very best strategies aren’t generated by outside strategic planning consultants who bill thousands of dollars a day. Monsanto , for example, enjoys the competitive advantage that emanates from a culture of clout. But to smaller companies, qualitative strategies are the catalyst to sustainable competitive advantage.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Leadership Manifesto – Why You Need One and How to Get Started. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided How to Choose a Great Mentor. John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Technological Innovation and Management. I hope that’s the case.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

‘Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. Differentiation holds the key to competitive success. CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. The result was far more.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Join us in this cover story celebration of Liz Ryan, a change driver of the decade, as she unveils the secrets to creating workplaces where authenticity, trust, and innovation thrive. Make your culture a competitive advantage – it’s the only competitive advantage that lasts. It’s all about trust.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

of Germane Consulting submitted How To Define Your Company Purpose. Chery Gegelman of Giana Consulting submitted 11 Tips For Dealing With Manipulators. Dana Theus of In Power Consulting submitted Fearless Feedback. Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Years ago I had the displeasure of consulting for a Canadian natural gas company. At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence. So how do agile organizations square the circle – obtaining the speed, innovation and flexibility they want – while employees get the fair deal, at least in terms of development, flexibility and empowerment, they want? A worthy aim!

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Years ago I had the displeasure of consulting for a Canadian natural gas company. At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation. Our DE&I approach is multifaceted.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It will be interesting to see if the next round of Google innovation will be as successful as the beauty of their initial simplicity. What's interesting is that many of their latest ventures have strayed from their historically simple roots into areas of great complexity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. This helps avoid the natural resistance to change that the current supplier may have.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 1, 2016

This company earned that honor by re-staging a tired coffee brand with innovative packing technology and breakthrough advertising. Consulting opened my eyes to the glaring and repeated errors made by dwellers of the C-suite and their understudies. The solution is focus, and although leaders talk focus, few practice it.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 15, 2013

By contrast, the two books reviewed below offer highly specific ways of engaging culture to build more effective, productive, and innovative organizations. He similarly questions the routine use of layoffs, which he describes as “trading skills, experience, future capability, and competitive advantage for short-term cash.”

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Years ago I had the displeasure of consulting for a Canadian natural gas company. At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. Competitive advantage is strategy’s ultimate purpose. The answer should have been a no-brainer. Not quite.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. I Think Not.

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