N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

One of the key complexities in IT executive search processes lies in aligning the technical expertise of potential candidates with the organization’s strategic goals. Organizations can develop a cohesive team working towards a common goal by prioritizing cultural fit during IT leadership recruitment.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Here are 6 steps that you can take to get your next “Big Change” effort successfully off-the-ground: Give It a Name : Massive change efforts deserve to be formally managed like a project. So, give it a name. Identify the improvement opportunity that exists and describe the expected results.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

Clearly, organizing work into a portfolio of projects and programs reduces the obstacles to quick response by offering a different perspective on the way transformation results are achieved. Done right, transformation project teams will be cross-functional in structure and share common “ team-based ” goals.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. You Failed to Lead : Businesses don’t fail, products don’t fail, projects don’t fail, and teams don’t fail – leaders fail. More than 40% don’t respect the person they report to.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

Notwithstanding a quest for more flexibility, as demonstrated by frequent use of Agile and Scrum project management methodologies, they are in fact risk averse. A good leader takes the team over a predictable and successful road with the ultimate goal to achieve at least continuity if not moderate improvements.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

You see if the project/initiative was worth planning and implementing, it should have been worth resourcing. As a CEO, if you couldn’t resource the project you either had a flaw in your planning process, you misunderstood or misapplied your talent, or you should have never started the project/initiative to begin with.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Moving the goal posts by arbitrarily raising and lowering expectations creates confusion, and is often an intellectually dishonest exercise. Treat promises like projects : Build a culture that breaks down all commitments into deliverables, benchmarks and deadlines.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. You Failed to Lead : Businesses don’t fail, products don’t fail, projects don’t fail, and teams don’t fail – leaders fail. More than 40% don’t respect the person they report to.

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Maturity Bottom-up Price Team Building 270

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill. I like Mike's framework.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Each gap is translated into a potential project or program initiative needed to institutionalize the culture by design imagined in the culture vision story. A road map that outlines your game plan for cultural transformation. This is developed by identifying the gaps that exist between the baseline and the vision story work.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Focus Orientation – Is associated with where leaders place emphasis.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

As Springsteen puts it, “if I’m going to project an individuality, it’s going to have to be in my writing.’… The goal is to optimize your leadership self – to deliver the best version of you. And I realized, well, they created their own personal world that I could enter into through their music and through their songwriting.”.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Simultaneously I have witnessed many candidates achieve their interview goals and many more failing to make the grade. The right answer to an identity question depends on you, your goals, your culture, and many other things. So why do so many candidates flop during the interview? The idea is to be natural.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While I believe bonus structures to be a key component of successful compensation plans, if current employees are generally happy with the existing comp plan and are hitting performance goals there may not be the need to add another layer to the comp plan. a 12 month project. I hope these thoughts help. Thanks for stopping by Deb.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

When business leaders approach N2Growth with transformation goals, N2Growth first immerses itself into the company’s overall vision. “We “It’s based on automating data analytics, using methods that generate unique value add that drive the transformation of the business.”. The Cognitive iSix Framework of N2Growth’s Digital Strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Simultaneously I have witnessed many candidates achieve their interview goals and many more failing to make the grade. The right answer to an identity question depends on you, your goals, your culture, and many other things. Think of it as a blank tactics board in a football or rugby coach’s room. The idea is to be natural.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. And many young leaders lose focus on the team goal and focus on either being popular with their team or following the rules. is who they are going to put in charge? Great reminder Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

You deserve input – but that done not mean that 100% agreement is the goal. Consensus isn’t the goal. I particularly liked: "Consensus isn't the goal. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams. One just left to lead a new project so now there are three of us.) Good input is.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Engagement – Employee engagement refers to the commitment of employees to the organization’s vision and goals. Management Reporting – A management reporting system allows leaders to monitor the progress of the organization towards the achievement of its goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

If you approach problematic relationships from the perspective of taking the action that will help others best achieve their goals, you will find few obstacles will stand in your way with regard to resolving conflict. The Importance Factor : Don’t allow yourself to get sucked into succumbing to conflict for the sake of conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

With a focused vision, clarity of purpose, a passionate outlook, and a great team, he pursued his goal and achieved it. Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I have no doubt he will achieve that goal. He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. He galvanized prayer warriors throughout our body and, by example, taught many what it meant to be grateful. My CEO, Rex Hammond.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it. Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. .&# The bitter experiences of the three failed attempts did not hold back Hillary from a fourth one.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection. That's why leaders need to recognize that seeking perfection is an exercise in futility as it's a goal that only they can relate to, if not hard to quantify.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

If you don't have consistent data and results to prove your expertise, and I don't mean one project, but multiple for many years, then don't practice. Their reasons may include commitment of time, insufficient dedication to the organization's goals, desire for low profile, and many others.

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