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Low-Carbon Policies May Harm Those Unable To Cope With Short-Term Costs

The Horizons Tracker

As the world begins to slowly take climate change more seriously, the introduction of low-carbon policies is becoming more widespread. The analysis fed into an interactive online tool developed by the team to allow people to explore the evidence around carbon-reduction policies used around the world. Carbon reduction.

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Equal Opportunities: Moving Beyond Buzzwords to Real Impact in 2024

N2Growth Blog

The term is often thrown around to depict all-encompassing fairness, and yet, many fail to understand its rich and intricate layers. Leaders must understand that the fight for equality isn’t just about powerful speeches and company-wide emails but involves policy reviews, procedural updates, and individual assessments.

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Pay For Performance Schemes Can Harm Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

While such an approach certainly has its merits, research from Bocconi University highlights how it could also harm innovation. This is because pay-for-performance schemes can often encourage a short-term and quantitative approach to assessing work. Firstly, innovators became far more goal-oriented. Put to the test.

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Are You Ahead of the Game? Why Proactively Optimizing Your Company Culture Makes Strategic Sense

Anese Cavanaugh

In today’s business landscape, “culture” isn’t just a buzzword: it’s evolved into a strategic approach that can be leveraged to drive performance, attract top talent, and foster innovation for your company. Culture has surfaced as a critical factor that can make or break an organization's success.

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Crafting Leadership Excellence: The N2Growth Approach to Executive Development

N2Growth Blog

The firm adheres to a strict transparency policy in all its dealings and fosters a culture of mutual respect where all contributions are valued. A high premium is placed on collaboration, with the understanding that pooling diverse perspectives encourages innovation and creativity.

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Why Leaders Need a Lesson Plan

Next Level Blog

While they’re not leading six-year-olds, in the emerging new normal of hybrid workplaces and lots of debate about return to the office policies, I’d argue that they need to be developing their own versions of lesson plans if they want their people to be engaged and enthusiastic. Short answer – they wouldn’t.

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Boost Innovation by Strengthening the Organization’s Immune Systems

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Kris Oestergaard: Today, every business is looking to find ways to streamline its innovative abilities. Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Organizational leaders need to address all three in order to transform into innovation champions.

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