N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

From the era of large mainframes, command line interfaces, and backing up data on tape to the modern world of cloud computing, user-friendly interfaces, and low-code/no-code software development, technology has continued to change rapidly and has significantly shaped our lives and businesses.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2018

Cloud-computing technology eliminates or reduces the need for on-site equipment and software. Within cloud computing, there are three types of aaS: Software-as-a-Service , Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Before we know it, there will be “Leadership-as-a-Service.”. Can Leadership be Offered “as a Service”?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Our research on CEOs and their senior leadership teams reveals that regularly reevaluating and adjusting the leadership team is crucial for optimizing a company’s performance over time. Instead, leaders must reassess their leadership teams, from redefining existing roles to creating new roles to altering how different roles interact.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

First, ensure your team understands their big strategic priorities – the outcomes that matter most for the organization. There is so much to do that some days I just want to give up!” – Halisee, Software Engineer Halisee called us looking for help with the overwhelm. One of the initiatives is to implement new software.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. What’s answered in this article is what leadership lessons are there in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? Have a gallery of leadership alumni throughout the office.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2023

What’s more, because you are responsible for the livelihoods of all your employees, few of them are ever going to have the courage to tell the truth about your leadership abilities to your face. This leaves you in a weird twilight world where you have to guess what the right leadership move is without anyone to feedback to.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

As the healthcare industry continues to undergo rapid changes, driven by advancements in technology and evolving patient needs, it is crucial for healthcare organizations to stay ahead of the curve. Case Study 1 One example is an organization disrupting the sector with a Patient Engagement Platform.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Often, and especially in contemporary times, the real story of innovation doesn’t involve lone geniuses or flashes of inspiration, but teams, organizations, and leaders who cultivate systems and cultures where new ideas can sprout and flourish. Chances are, you’re one of a billion people that use its flagship software. That’s a myth.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Invest in Technology.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. These are factors I’ve learned that define whether an organization can improve their Culture or not. No surprise that all six values rise and fall on leadership.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organizations to adopt remote work policies. Therefore, it is likely that many organizations will adopt a hybrid approach where employees have the option to work from home part of the time. Employee tracking software are becoming more common. The Leadership Gap.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Operating as a vital conduit between the various departments within an organization and its highest levels of management, their responsibilities include translating strategic goals into workable business plans and supervising the day-to-day operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

See our article in Smartbrief on Leadership: Safety First, Clarity Next: The Secret Formula For Better Workplace Innovation. Accessible and Organized : Using project management software, this garden is not a wild thicket but an organized oasis.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Image Source: unsplash The Power of Questioning in Leadership Effective leadership involves harnessing the power of questioning. By embracing a leadership style that encourages questioning, leaders can unlock the potential of every individual within their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Talent Trends: Emerging Leadership Skills for the Future The continual development of digital technology and automation in today’s corporate world demands a new paradigm in leadership. These traditional soft-skill qualities must now be enhanced with new hard skill sets to future-proof one’s leadership style.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Today’s COO wears many hats and is instrumental in executing corporate strategy, fostering innovation, driving technological integration, and steering the company toward its goals with insightful leadership. Thus, empathy and inclusive leadership have emerged as indispensable traits in the modern COO’s repertoire.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2020

As inequality has risen, it’s hard to muster much sympathy for the leaders of our organizations, for whom so much of the wealth that has been generated in recent years has gone to. Finally, the researchers used facial recognition software to judge the relative ages of CEOs before and after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article The world of comic book movies changed on July 14th, 2000. David Hayter wrote the screenplay (I interviewed him for my book, Reel Leadership ). And, as usual, great leadership lessons. In this article, we’re going to look at the leadership lessons in X-Men. There were great action scenes.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2023

Put simply, is a great leader created by having suitable access to professional learning and development that boosts their leadership skillset, or are they simply destined to be great leaders because of innate personality and intellectual traits? This is more difficult to achieve in a medium-sized organization when compared to a smaller one.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). The problem is leadership on autopilot. Rethinking Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 13, 2018

Modern leadership training is being taken over by a clever but misguided trend. The idea that organizations will successfully attract the best talent by peddling a laid-back compassionate culture is bound to fail. Each person within an organization has a specific purpose and fulfills a specific piece of the larger puzzle.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. It presents a method for leveraging a set of tools emerging from lean start-up, design thinking, and agile software development.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership. While different scenarios demand different leadership styles, leaders can use the following tried-and-tested leadership lessons to lead effectively. Do not get involved in tasks that the use of software can automate.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

In the face of rapidly advancing innovation, many organizations are grappling with the growing skills gap. Consequently, organizations are keen to train their existing workforce in generative AI and integrate this technology into their daily workflow. With disengaged workers costing organizations more than $8.8

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As a leader, by investing in tools and technologies that support remote collaboration, such as video conferencing and project management software, businesses can ensure that employees are able to work together effectively. Make more technology available: Technology will play an increasingly important role in the future of work.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2020

Organizations should make E-waste recycling a priority to improve their ecological footprint and help make the world a safer and better place for future generations. Why Should Organizations Recycle Their E-Waste? Non-compliance could result in penalties for organizations including recyclers. Start Recycling Today.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This reality is becoming a competitive differentiator for organizations willing to embrace it. Adapting to the Technological Needs of a Distributed Team In today’s world of work, being technologically agile is imperative for organizations that want to succeed with a distributed team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Guest post from Ray Zinn Having value is the essence of human happiness, and the essence of leadership. Yet one of his most prized possessions is a tiny plaque given to him by a long defunct organization for some software he wrote. It was recognition that he had provided something of value to the organization and its members.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2024

This includes not only a reliable internet connection but also any necessary software, adequate hardware like laptops or monitors, and accessories such as headphones for virtual meetings. Schedule Regular Check-ins: Organize regular check-ins with both your supervisor and your teammates.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How else could we think about this?”

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the demanding realm of leadership, effective time management is not just a skill; it’s a strategic advantage. Use productivity apps, project management tools, and scheduling software to organize tasks, collaborate efficiently, and stay on top of your commitments.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

over the past decade is not a mirror of what is happening in organizations around the country and world. The environment though sets up a key leadership question: As a leader, is compromise a strength or weakness? Author information Jon Mertz Jon is a vice president of marketing in the healthcare software industry.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. Leadership is all about the human experience. Leaders at the top of organizations have some work to do, too.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Josh Seiden is a designer who has spent most of his career working on the design of complex software applications and integrating design into the product development process. Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously. How to scale ideas.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. When I joined the company, it was late delivering the hardware/software card to the partner. He is the co-founder of Quadrix Partners providing leadership interventions.

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