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Leadership: A Global Perspective

N2Growth Blog

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. My goal was to meet with a globally diverse group of thought leaders and top executives to discover what is required to lead in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. In the U.S., This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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Resetting Your Operating Rhythm for the “New Normal”

Next Level Blog

The situation is too fast-moving, fluid and unprecedented for any of us to settle in for whatever the long haul is and keep on truckin’ with the same operating rhythm we’ve used up until now. For years, I’ve been a big proponent of identifying and following through on your optimal operating rhythm. Mine, at least, was like that.

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6 Secrets to Success in the Global Business World

Lead Change Blog

If you’re doing business today, then you know—local is dead and global is the new norm. And with that, study upon study has come out stating that the number one agenda item for today’s corporate leaders is finding talent that can think and lead globally. Live and travel abroad. Have an open mind. Be flexible. Be self-aware.

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How Can the Travel Industry Overcome the Impact of COVID?

Strategy Driven

One of the hardest hit industries during the coronavirus pandemic has been travel and tourism. Whether it’s regularly for business or to get away on a summer holiday, we’ve all been unable to venture to where we need or want to as a result of major travel restrictions. What are the challenges that travel businesses have faced?

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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

You may have employees working globally, doing business with people from other regions or countries, or you might be relocating executives across cultures. The fact is, global business is the new norm. What these programs are lacking are the tools necessary for employees and organizations to cultivate a global mindset.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . If the position is operational, hire an operations manager and a finance head. . Compromises can include not being business school all-stars or even graduates.

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