N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

The traditional model of long-serving executives has shifted, giving way to a more dynamic environment where factors like performance, industry disruptions, and stakeholder expectations play significant roles. In recent years, the duration of C-suite executives’ tenures has become a subject of growing interest and discussion.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS.

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HR Digest

MAY 23, 2023

Over the past decade the cost of attending college has increased substantially to over 25%, and most college graduates leave school with significant amounts of student loan debt. Whether college is a good investment largely depends on your goals, resources, and whether the benefits outweigh the total cost of college.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They need to have a deep understanding of industry trends and a strategic mindset to anticipate and respond to emerging risks. Strong strategic leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, are also crucial in navigating the complexities of the insurance sector.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Firstly, there is a growing global talent shortage across industries, and the demand for executives is far outstripping the supply, creating more pressure in an already highly competitive executive search environment. Lastly, making an executive hiring mistake can be extremely costly in terms of direct and indirect costs.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging. In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Replacing these hand-picked team members becomes a highly unpleasant process, one that CEOs avoid at all costs—despite clear signs it’s necessary. Our research on CEOs and their senior leadership teams reveals that regularly reevaluating and adjusting the leadership team is crucial for optimizing a company’s performance over time.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions. Assessing the leadership team’s and employees’ readiness to embrace new ideas and behaviors is vital.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

They present analytical frameworks and tools to foster an organization's ability to systematically create and capture "blue oceans"—unexplored new market areas. Description: Red Ocean Strategy — Compete in an industry currently in existence and overcome an intense level of competition. Fight all new players or acquire them.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2024

Consider the overall cost, as well. It is a valuable leadership attribute for future employers to see. These networking opportunities allow students to connect with fellow students, alums, and industry professionals. Developing Leadership Skills A top online MBA program will train you to be a better leader.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2023

In today’s competitive job market, attracting top talent is a challenge, but retaining those employees can be even more difficult. In this article, we will explore the top strategies for employee retention in competitive job markets. Firstly, retaining employees can help organizations save on recruitment and training costs.

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HR Digest

MAY 9, 2024

Nike’s layoffs within its workforce are part of a much larger cost-cutting strategy after their last annual report in December did not see profitable results to the degree the company had expected. The company had announced a 2 percent reduction of the workforce, targeting a reduction of at least 1,600 employees over time.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 21, 2023

The notion of a global executive labor market is widely held, with frequent headlines touting the appointment of top executives to lead companies in far-flung corners of the world. In these markets, ROA dropped by 1.8 They then pair this with data from the balance sheets of those companies.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani, professors at Harvard Business School, explore these changes in Competing in the Age of AI with examples of businesses in many industries. We have entered a new age in which networks and algorithms are woven into the fabric of the firm, changing how industries function and the way the economy operates.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2018

Electrification in heavy industrials. Markets are where the value of innovations are articulated. Innovation requires creating value that exceeds the cost of production. Innovation requires creating value that exceeds the cost of production. Only through collective leadership can we meet the challenges before us.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

As you might suspect, Sam Walsh is a widely recognised name within the mining industry. Since taking up the CEO seat at Rio Tinto Sam has steered the business through a torrid industry downturn and firmly positioned them for new growth. What few may appreciate is Sam’s love for classical music, ballet and opera, art, antiques.

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CO2

JANUARY 24, 2018

For many industries, automated robotics is not a thing of the future, but rather a thing of the present. Plenty of industries have slowly introduced robots into their labor force. This is happening a lot in industries with physical jobs that require predictable and repetitive motions. What Jobs Are at Risk?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

My role changed from hiring entry-level roles in the local market to hiring professional and executive-level roles virtually across the country. Nevertheless, businesses that solve these challenges can benefit from increased flexibility, reduced operational costs, greater productivity, and an improved ability to scale.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2019

Just how UFC became a viable media property for Disney holds lessons for any company seeking legitimacy and business success in today’s market. In a sense, the UFC is also in the story and character business, but marketed to a different demographic than Disney. Master market symmetry. Work to gain legitimacy.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The economic uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting businesses of every size in every industry. Some organizations view training—especially leadership development—as expendable. But a crisis is precisely the time when an organization’s leadership skills—or lack thereof—are on full display.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 24, 2016

3) I’m not in the “business” of leadership so I’m not trying to sway “buyers” towards my line of thinking or “products.” ” The business of leadership, i.e. leadership development, has been around for quite a while now, and I think for the most part it’s been legitimate. .”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Research done by Statista found that the executive search firm industry has more than doubled in size over the last decade due to increased demand for its solutions. At N2Growth, we iteratively source and stay in the market until a finalist candidate is found. The report noted that not only do 30% of top business leaders in the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The executive search industry continues to be disrupted. Factors such as cost of living, compensation, availability of talent, demand for the role, and turnover rates can provide insights into the market and inform workforce planning.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. In the high tech industry, the emergence of culture as a critical factor has been greeted with a sense of relief, a respite from the reductionistic venture investor sole focus on numbers.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market. High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. There are one-hundred companies with annual revenues of a billion dollars or more.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. You need to proactively help him develop a strategy for remaining marketable and valuable, helping him define a viable pathway for his career. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2023

Leverage Managed IT Services Modern businesses use technology to maximize efficiency and compete in their industry. They minimize labor costs and eliminate the expenses of recruiting and training new IT employees. It lets you track results and spread costs over a longer period, ensuring less risk.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Forecasting Capabilities: How well does the leadership team know the industry? Product Strength: Where does the firm’s product set sit within the industry? What segment of the market do they serve? By customer?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. In addition, the book provides an excellent glossary of most used terms within business.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

This year’s 2014 world Cup performance is no exception, despite all the marketing hype and social media frenzy. And there are a very large number of middle market search firms who are hired by HR to find new managers and mid-level executives for their companies. The global executive search industry is estimated at over $10 billion.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 31, 2017

Are you currently budgeting the overall cost of setting up your dream business but not wanting to compromise to hire the right team? Here are tips on how to hire a team with leadership in your startup. The culprit is usually due to the lack of research in hiring leadership positions. Cover your weak spots.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school. Executive leadership training programs can offer support and meaningful dialogue to master new challenges effectively. What is an Executive Leadership Training Program?

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CO2

JANUARY 24, 2018

For many industries, automated robotics is not a thing of the future, but rather a thing of the present. Plenty of industries have slowly introduced robots into their labor force. This is happening a lot in industries with physical jobs that require predictable and repetitive motions. What Jobs Are at Risk?

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