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. Underinvestment in Technology This was the main root of their problem.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Insurance executives face unique challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies, including AI, evolving regulatory environments, and global economic uncertainties. They need to have a deep understanding of industry trends and a strategic mindset to anticipate and respond to emerging risks.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

In Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries , Blue Ocean Strategy authors W. The goal is to identify and solve brand-new problems or seize brand-new opportunities outside the boundaries of existing industries to unlock nondisruptive creation.

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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. That same year, Apple introduced the iPhone, which revolutionized the industry with its superior touchscreen interface and robust app ecosystem. 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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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2021. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends?the When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. are crashing into each other.

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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. 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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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2020

I’ve worked with every industry you can think of, as well as some industries you probably don’t know exist. Connection At its core, leadership isn’t about control, power, or a job title. Leadership is a relationship between two people. Communication and leadership are joined at the hip.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The executive search industry continues to be disrupted. Still, the temptation of easy answers provided by new technologies may lead many firms into the future of disruption without the right balance between technology and a human touch combined.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2023

"AI doesn't replace leadership; it redefines it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changing force in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, transforming industries and businesses globally. As executives navigate the complex waters of modern-day leadership, understanding AI isn't just beneficial—it's essential.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 8, 2011

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Are We Experiencing A Technology Tsunami? Lately, I find as each month progresses, I am leveraging the old basics of business and office technology less and less.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. Furthermore, making a hiring mistake is extremely costly in terms of both direct and indirect costs. Kelli Vukelic is CEO of N2Growth and is responsible for the firm’s global executive search and leadership advisory services. Earlier, Ms.

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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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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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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Steve Digioia of Steve Digioia provided Leadership Series: Ron Kaufman. Communication.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2018

Electrification in heavy industrials. Innovation requires creating value that exceeds the cost of production. This suggests a new type of leadership – one that Jeff Walker and his coauthors have referred to as “shapers”. Universities and national laboratories can provide the basic research that drives new technologies.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Compliance and Regulatory Requirements : Many industries have specific regulatory and compliance requirements that necessitate ongoing employee training. A TNA can help organizations identify and address these mandatory training needs, mitigating the risk of non-compliance.

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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

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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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

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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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

In my work with senior leaders and executive teams across a wide variety of industries, one of the most important questions I ask is to learn what those leaders pay attention to. A few years ago a printing plant client installed a new $20M high-technology press which could deliver speeds of 50,000 impressions an hour.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

And technology? Create innovative Business Models: “To profitable serve African customers in meaningful numbers companies need to build high efficiency and low cost into their business models.” High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. Africa is the next growth market.

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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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The other, soft DD, investigates the human element of an acquisition, such as culture and leadership. It’s a way to verify a deal’s critical aspects and uncover potential hidden costs, risks, or liabilities that could spell disaster for the transaction. It is vital for businesses that operate in highly regulated industries.

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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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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Nondisruptive creation has three distinctive characteristics : First : It can be generated by a scientific invention or a technology-driven innovation. But it can also be generated without science or technology-drive innovation. Industry worth $1B+ with an estimated 175M+ fans around the world. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne W.

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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? Technology. Can they anticipate shifts? Rent or buy?

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Skills shortages and technology challenges Many organisations in almost every industry are still struggling with skills shortages , says Ranjit. Article Our extensive range of articles are designed to keep you in the loop with all the latest management and leadership best practice, research and news.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2021

As people advance in their industry, they may need to develop leadership, finance, or accounting skills, which they can acquire through these EMBAs or short business courses. Cost Factor. The average cost of an EMBA, according to EMBAC’s 2019 Membership Program Survey, is $82,796.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 16, 2014

It involves a lot of time, organization and cost (for example, the UK recruitment industry reports that on average a new hire costs over £5,000). But now video recruitment offers a way of not only cutting costs but making the recruitment process as effective as possible. It’s an option that every business should consider.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

In fact, industry analysts, including IDC, are already predicting that over one third of the top 20 firms in each industry sector will be disrupted by new competitors within the next 5 years and it’s a matter of transform or perish. –progressing from old computing paradigms to New IT. To close, Business 2.0

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QAspire

MARCH 11, 2014

In an industrial age, people went to factories and worked together to produce the outcomes. Supervisors commanded and controlled others and leadership was often equated with “taking power”. With technological advances, our world of work changed dramatically. With technological advances, our world of work changed dramatically.

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