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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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Michelle Bonam, VP of Organizational Effectiveness, Ceridian Investing in Growth The time to nurture leadership potential is not upon retirement announcements, but well before. Investing in leadership development and ongoing learning opportunities empowers employees to fill the shoes of departing leaders seamlessly.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you’re employed in a technology-first corporation, oversee operations in a retail chain or run a healthcare organization, every sector demands effective leadership. Even in situations where a person has been in leadership roles for years, the need to constantly be learning and upskilling never disappears.

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2023

As a result, Human Resources (HR) has a crucial role to play in ensuring that CSR initiatives are integrated into an organization’s operations and culture. HR’s Role in Corporate Social Responsibility HR plays a critical role in integrating CSR initiatives into an organization’s culture and operations by supporting environmental impact.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

HR strategies for business growth take into consideration the existing potential of the workforce in comparison to its future potential to assist organizations in scaling up their operations carefully. Gartner’s HR trend of 2024 showcases HR technology as one of the top priorities for the next 12-24 months.

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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. We track progress through standardized metrics and measurement.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Sonia Cargan, Senior Vice President, Chief Colleague Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Talent Officer at American Express, talks exclusively to The HR Digest about how people-focused strategies have been the key to the giant’s success. The company has two senior leaders focused on delivering on our inclusion and diversity strategy.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2022

There are many ways to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, and we present to you some of the best solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be one of the most difficult leadership tests of company executives around the world. How to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion? Why does DEI matter?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

John Iino talked with The HR Digest about the various Diversity & Inclusion programs which have put Reed Smith on the global map as one of the top diversity employers. The HR Digest: Why is equity, diversity, inclusion, so important to you? By the time I left my first firm, I was the most senior AAPI in the entire firm.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Shifting Dynamics Make Corporate Purpose a Non-Negotiable Of all generations, Gen Z is the most racially and ethnically diverse, most well-educated, and the first generation comprised entirely of digital natives. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Of all generations, Gen Z is the most racially and ethnically diverse, most well-educated, and the first generation comprised entirely of digital natives. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 8, 2023

According to CMI’s recent research in collaboration with the Social Market Foundation , more than one in four NHS managers said senior leadership in their healthcare organisations was “ineffective”. At CMI, we disagree: we believe that better equipped managers means better performing public services. Read the full story here.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 7, 2019

He also gives employees a voice by keeping them informed of how the company is doing financially and by sharing operating metrics. Another obstacle some businesses face is successfully training others about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Many organizations even require unconscious bias training.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Step 3: Screen Resumes Manually An ATS is very useful in narrowing down the list of candidates but due to their mechanized operation, the system can sometimes filter out candidates for things such as incorrect font or formatting used. Forbes recommends Freshteam, JazzHR, and BreezyHR as its top three automated resume screening tools for 2023.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 14, 2020

Meet the challenges of managing remote employees, a diverse workforce, gig workers and the rise of artificial intelligence. Leaders need to first recognize that diversity and inclusion are not the same thing. Diversity is the distribution of people you bring into your organization. Jim Clifton Jim Harter, Ph.D.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

You’ll see how Amazon’s core leadership principles helped it to scale. They also operate with an owner’s mindset. Another unique facet is their rigorous approach to design, solutions and operations. Everything has to be scalable and you don’t do this without knowing how to build and operate.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2011

Explore generational diversity in the workplace today. Utilize talent, reduce turnover and improve communications by making generational diversity work. Managing and Working with generational diversity is a significant dimension of what is needed for success in the workplace today. For a half day (3 hours) the fee is $1700.00.

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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? We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

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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? We believe in giving people a chance, and we work to make this so, particularly in the urban core.

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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. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2020, our Diversity and Inclusion team and the Black Employee Network launched the Taking Action Initiative task force to explore and drive actions we could take to make meaningful change internally and externally to the company. We know that the future of work is not one destination—it is a journey, one where we will be learning as we go.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 7, 2019

Leaders need to first recognize that diversity and inclusion are not the same thing. Diversity is the distribution of people you bring into your organization. With increases in remote working, matrix organizations, digitization and increased diversity, managers’ jobs have become even more complex. Jim Clifton Jim Harter, Ph.D.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

Is it increasing revenue, improving customer satisfaction, or enhancing operational efficiency? They come from diverse backgrounds, have different learning styles, and bring their own unique set of experiences to the table. They come from diverse backgrounds and have different learning needs and preferences.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Under their stewardship, the CRO implements innovative revenue generation techniques and ensures effective business model operations. A CRO must possess a diverse skill set to deliver on various responsibilities, from revenue growth management to strategic initiatives.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. I believe it was Cyrus the Great who said “diversity in counsel, unity in command” meaning that good leaders seek the counsel of others, but maintain command control over the final decision. They make bad decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The hope was that the diversity of brainpower and perspectives would yield imaginative ways to outgrow the shortfall. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle. While a natural inclination, this group is (by design) representative of current operating units and functions, which often have a status quo to defend.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. Firms with the most ethnically diverse executive teams were 33% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability, and those with executive-level gender diversity worldwide had a 21% likelihood of outperforming their industry competitors.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Furthermore, the evidence suggests that diversity will actually improve the quality of the strategy. When I conduct workshops with marketing and leadership teams on the design of strategic narratives , I’m often asked, “Should we include the sales teams?” But this is a shortsighted view.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

Each locates interdisciplinary innovation labs within or near hospital environments; involves diverse stakeholders beyond clinicians (designers, engineers, business professionals, and patients) early in the innovation process ; and engages end users in customizing solutions for their own needs. Challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. Corporations are now taking a further step beyond objective metrics, which can be financial and nonfinancial, to include subjective measures — tagged as “soft.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. Leading organizations and teams to respond using the best tactical approach will determine if the organization can really deploy the needed projected force with the ability to move freely by means of sufficient sustainability for prolonged operations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The key to building predictive models is knowing what you want to predict and collecting large and diverse data sets that may enable you to do so. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency. Build a Dashboard.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel, is not short on ambition. In recent years, Jones has raised the bar for DE&I leadership across the globe for a number of talent initiatives for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

If you have tried introducing a new idea into your organization or community—especially if it''s an abstract idea like sustainability, diversity, or innovativeness—you know it''s tough. These are independent operators. Align with a metric. One-on-one validation is a powerful metric.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

I’ll use the example of a leadership team of a manufacturing plant to demonstrate the process. The manufacturing leadership team would emphasize issues that cut across the plant and parse out topics that can be addressed by individuals or subgroups of the team. That’s what the operational meeting is all about.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Because the new data analytics horizons typically span a range of functions, including marketing, risk, and operations, the C-suite evolution may take a variety of paths. The possibility of failure is high when companies don’t commit senior leadership. Putting leadership capacity where it’s needed.

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