N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Power of Culturally Diverse Perspectives: Exploring the Benefits of International Coaching in Global Leadership Mastery In today’s global business landscape, the ability to navigate and effectively lead across cultures is becoming increasingly vital for success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These firms’ expertise and extensive networks help organizations identify and attract top talent for critical leadership roles. They remain current with industry regulations and compliance requirements, ensuring their organizations operate within legal boundaries.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2021. Upstanding : How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here.

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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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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 Its phones were quickly viewed as antiquated and difficult to work with for developers. To establish this approach, a comprehensive inventory of processes must be developed.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They understand the unique pressures and demands of leadership positions and can provide tailored guidance to help executives develop the skills and competencies needed to succeed. Another significant benefit of board advisor coaching is the development of strategic thinking skills.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

There’s lots of talk about building agile organizations. Agile approaches began a few decades ago with software development. According to the Agile Alliance , “One thing that separates Agile from other approaches to software development is the focus on the people doing the work and how they work together.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

by @artpetty Leaders Love Puzzles (for Better and for Worse) by @edbatista No Time for Career Development? from @wallybock Don’t Get Smug The Next Time You Win from @JohnBaldoni Leadership Sketchbook: 7 Keys to Mastering the Art of Leading by Ken Downer @RapidStartLdr Heroism and Leadership in the Movie, 12 Angry Men by Scott T.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Success Mindsets : Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership by Ryan Gottfredson. Doing Agile Right : Transformation Without Chaos by Darrell K. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I N THE PAST DECADE, the corporate world has seen a seismic shift in how it operates. Teams operating within a strong culture share a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors. It’s important to regularly revisit and communicate these values, ensuring that they’re aligned with the current mode of operation.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 21, 2022

Business always includes an element of unpredictability, and agility and flexibility are enduring requirements for successful leadership. But more than ever before we are operating in uncharted waters, and building long-term success in business and leadership means not just implementing new methods but creating a whole new mindset.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 11, 2023

A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change. Here’s a few blogs/articles evolving from that work: An Agile Culture Ripples Out From the Leadership Team. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior. Functional Accountability to Horizontal Teamwork.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

When I was honest and took a longer look in the leadership mirror, I saw that I modelled some of that behavior. In our work with culture development, we clearly see a variation of leadership modelling; people in organizations act like their leader — despite all attempts to train them otherwise.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Not everyone will respond to your leadership. Leadership is a human endeavor and humans have choices. It builds confidence, creates agility and develops grace. The same is true in leadership. No matter how good you are, there will be skeptics.

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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. A strong operational understanding forms the basis of a CCO’s role, facilitating a balance between strategic planning and effective execution.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

And while individual leaders are key to an organization’s success, collective leadership effectiveness carries the day. This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

He has a Board-approved strategy, a solid operating plan with targets, and a newly developed business unit organization structure to implement it. After collaboratively developing a strategy with her Board and engaging all employees in the change process, the time is now to see the changes implemented flawlessly.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

By working closely with an executive coach, entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge and experience that can prove instrumental in their growth and development. Unlike corporate executives operating within established structures, the entrepreneur often finds themself navigating uncharted territory.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

With this in mind, they offer a new standard of performance defined by nine key strategies in three areas—growth, operation, and organization. Reimagine core operations to deliver societal impact and hence long-term, sustained total shareholder returns rather than regarding social impact as an activity apart from the core.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. These factors are redefining the shape of the global economic terrain.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A high-performance leader is one who is intentional about their leadership. They are not a leader because their position entitles them to be; they see leadership as a verb, a skill to continue to develop and hone. High-performance leaders operate with a growth mindset and are great communicators. Curiosity 3.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Their book, "ACCELERATING PERFORMANCE: How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility" demonstrates a research-backed approach to how organizations and leaders can drive transformation in a highly disruptive, ever-changing world. Level 2 is about operating on a scale. . Four Key Skills of Ripple Intelligence.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Apple’s and Amazon’s ability to pivot and adapt rapidly in the face of adversity underscores the necessity of agility in today’s business landscape. Leadership doesn’t make “a difference.”

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

Now more than ever, businesses are dealing with the impacts of significant world events that have altered how they operate today. From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

To handle expansion effectively, they required a strategic leader who could anticipate the needs of a growing organization, design a client services function, and work cross-functionally with the operations team to implement structural and product improvements.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams. Drawing from your extensive leadership experience—to become this kind of leader and shape a space to co-create, what are the things that an HR leader needs to learn or unlearn? Don’t compromise.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Armed with these insights, I developed a service proposal that described how we would work together in creating a strategic plan and implementing a strategic management process. —————— An effective operating plan is strategic. Operating conditions and the broader economy are kinetic.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, other intricacies include managing different time zones, creating a robust digital infrastructure to support work, and developing strategies to sustain employee engagement. It’s not just about having the right bandwidth, tools, data, and apps – it’s about adopting a ‘digital-first’ mentality.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We delve into the pivotal milestones that define Dávila’s exceptional leadership journey, painting a vivid portrait of his strategic acumen and the collaborative spirit steering Aon EMEA toward unparalleled success. In my view, employee engagement operates like the stock market exchange. HR and talent are key to our success.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is about awareness, learning agility, and emotional self-regulation. Beneath the surface of our behavior is our core identity, made up of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that we have developed and refined since childhood. We need to develop Dual Awareness. Deliberate calm is about adaptability and self-mastery.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

It presents a fine line where, on the one hand, the CMO must unleash the power of creative minds to develop innovative strategies that can distinguish the brand. It serves as the springboard to innovative solutions, breaks operational monotony, and imbues organizational practices with agility and resilience.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2021

Organizational capability to develop and continually strengthen a change management muscle is required for success in a world characterized by uncertainty. Did the project plan prove to be an effective, flexible and agile road map for change and resource allocation? Enhancement of operational excellence.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Additionally, the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to the development of innovative technologies such as ChatGPT and similar language models, which have revolutionized how we communicate with machines. They must be able to make decisions under pressure and motivate their team to perform at their best.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. General and specific observations of the culture they’ve had a hand in shaping.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This deep understanding allows them to develop a customized search strategy and target individuals with the technical expertise and leadership qualities required for success in the technology industry. The complexity of the IT landscape necessitates specialized knowledge and skills beyond traditional leadership attributes.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”.

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