N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. Their adept conceptualization and execution of strategic plans are crucial to ensuring a company’s longevity and success.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Strategic leadership means leading for today, tomorrow, and beyond. It manifests through helping shape a continually evolving organizational paradigm while operating effectively in the current environment. In part, this requires acknowledgment that the operating landscape is a dynamic environment in continuous change.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Businesses now have powerful tools and technologies to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and deliver customer value. Technology leaders at the highest level need to have a strategic mindset and a broad perspective that allows them to see the big picture and all the moving pieces.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

While some may know how to create effective strategies, their businesses still fail because of inappropriate leadership. It is necessary to state that many people do not see ineffective leadership as a weakness in their businesses. This article shows eight ways to improve your strategy and leadership skills to scale your business.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

The following article — Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning — was written by Gabriel Najera — Founder, Najera Consulting Group. Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning. Who has the time do a strategic plan with so much work to do?”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Unveiling the Board’s Strategic Compass Towards Sustainable Growth Astute board governance is the linchpin for fostering an organization’s success and long-term viability. It orchestrates the operational rhythm, supervises decision-making, and enforces accountability across the hierarchy.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

– Because of inadequate planning, panic from being over budget, and the need to hurry up because the completion date has been extended too many times – the results are poor…Because NO-ONE Planned! Strategic planning is necessary part of every Managers life. Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Navigating the complexities of the corporate world requires more than just a sharp business acumen; it calls for guidance, insight, and strategic foresight. 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. What is Business Coaching?

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Having a solid strategic plan will allow your company and team to flourish and accomplish needed results. You must have a format and a process that is effective. Contact Mike to schedule a strategic planning meeting that will deliver results and engaged staff that are part-of the plan. NOISE Analysis.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 21, 2016

Making strategy a process rather than a statement is a key to success. Focus on the process, not the plan. Business leaders trying to plot the future of their companies without a plan often find their business not going exactly where they intended. A few years ago, I made a business plan.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. It is essential to have someone with a bird’s-eye view of the whole process to orchestrate it successfully. Step 4: Operations alignment.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 22, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development Are you empowering your people to greater success? This is a self-assessment process to determine the degree to which others are being empowered under your leadership. Now working to help organizations prepare and implement strategic plans and develop leaders at all levels.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2017

Strategic Planning: This program crafts a strategic plan and ongoing strategy execution process, which identifies the initiatives required to move the organization form its current state to the achievement of its long-term vision. The 7 programs include: 1.

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CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Not only do they not typically work, but they are also no guaranteed plan for lasting change. Vision and Your Leadership of Change. What I write about here is the vision that is aligned with your leadership. Vision is the starting point of leadership. Leadership is about going somewhere.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This process can last weeks or months. The other, soft DD, investigates the human element of an acquisition, such as culture and leadership. It is vital for businesses that operate in highly regulated industries. This information informs the decision-making process and can help avoid costly mistakes.

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CO2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Recently, when working with clients to bring the strategic planning process out of the board room and into mail room, we brought to life Motivation 2.0. Every company can implement strategic planning by involving all or many employees at every level.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The need for creativity is no longer limited to thinking outside the box; instead, it involves leveraging multifaceted viewpoints, infusing creativity into the fabric of business operations, and fostering an innovation-driven culture across the organization. However, incorporating creativity into business decisions is a complex task.

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CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Having had advance notice, the leaders had worked diligently with a top consulting firm to create a comprehensive strategic plan that would make them competitive. It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. . 7 tips to manage for both results and process.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 17, 2011

Leadership. The Nuts and Bolts of the 1-Page Strategic Plan. by John • July 17, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. I am delighted that so many readers of the CEO Afterlife blog have asked for details of the content that goes into the 1-Page Strategic Plan. Leadership.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. The session focused on operational and tactical issues. Reporting and data dumping left little time for strategic thinking and prioritizing. What’s Your Plan for Planning? How do you know?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Are your strategic planning practices flat and uninspired? Have you reduced your planning process to a once per year, budgeting exercise? Do your senior people feel disengaged and removed from your strategic planning? Does the rank and file even understand what’s in your strategic plan?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

Lady GaGa) , with the implication that leadership is an intuitive skill. Great leadership is certainly associated with strong instincts and intuition, but intuition and instincts are shaped by training and more importantly, greatly augmented through experience. Failure is an essential part of the innovation process.

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CO2

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Recently, when working with a long standing client, half way through his companies strategic plan he revealed to me privately how the company was becoming a Results Only Work Place. When you share your plan with the greater employee base you will want them to understand why you are behaving the way are with them.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Once a solid profile is established, it can be used to inform the strategic planning processes used to build a winning strategic plan. Can they anticipate shifts? By Product-line? By customer?

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. What is Leadership Feedback? When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Create a Clear Vision, Strategic Direction and Communicate It Constantly. In my years serving as CEO I have made it a priority to build a living, breathing strategic plan. Setting a lofty strategic direction and pursuing a truly synergistic experience across our whole company required collaboration.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

Digital Maturity is about continually realigning your organization and updating your strategic plan to account for changes in the technological landscape that affect your business.”. Digital maturity is a gradual, ongoing process. What About Leadership? Does the essence of leadership really change in the digital age?

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HR Digest

MAY 25, 2023

HR digital transformation is the process of changing operational HR processes to become automated and data driven. Digital HR transformation is the process of incorporating digital technology to improve how the HR department functions. Reduce the amount of time spent on repetitive tasks by automating processes.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What has become more clear about our business and the way we operate this year? What parts of our operating model worked well during the height of disruption? Dave Coffaro is a strategic advisor, executive coach, and author. What parts showed the biggest gaps or development opportunities?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Facebook page last Friday, that showed a black woman turning white, could have been avoided with better leadership. It was a lack of leadership that led to this kind of tone deaf flub on the part of the company. It’s that simple! No more discussion or debate needed.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Your company probably has hosted many strategic planning sessions to identify your values and derive it’s goals. Unfortunately, this is where many leaders end and thus fail to follow-through with the process. Here are some ideas: Systems – Are the work processes and flowcharts tied into your mission?

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 9, 2015

Do you know how current trends will change the face of leadership in your company? Is your company ready to meet the new leadership challenges in the coming years? Are you aware of how leadership is evolving to respond to those trends? Every leader knows the importance of being strategic.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

As a result, they are viewed as having less leadership potential. Many organizations fail to understand and embrace the discontinuous nature of the creative process.” The creative problem-solving process involves a healthy dose of trial and error. See the process through their eyes. The Linear Mindset. Focus and distance.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2016

Whether the leader is brand new to leadership, or new to their team, or is a seasoned leader in a new company, the ability to quickly establish change can make or break the leader as well as their teams, and possibly the organization. For some leaders, doing one or the other is attainable, but doing all simultaneously can be a daunting task.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

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