Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

While most C-level execs have a general idea of what I’m referring to, it is also quite clear that most can’t even begin to define it, much less articulate the specific constructs of a sound business model. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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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. How Innovation Works : And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2023

In the fast-paced world of business, there’s one title that gets the heart pumping, executive leader. Now, imagine if you could level up that title with a Masters in Executive Leadership. It’s your ticket to the big leagues where decisions reshape industries and innovations redefine markets. Sounds exciting, right?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy. It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Businesses simply have run out of time to embark on multi-year transformation projects – that window has closed. Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. It’s not enough to digitally iterate, you must digitally reinvent.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

Then in the late ‘90s, early 2000s, we had the tech bubble, and the old business model began to come apart. They were just crazily developing things, business model be damned. But in fact the tech bubble was a message from the future: Time now moves faster, and businesses must too. But mission is key.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Darrin had spent the last decade reinventing this sleepy bank—revamping the bank’s finances, providing liquidity to investors, raining new capital, and doubling down on operational efficiencies—and turning the organization into a regional bank that people truly admired. It was a model for the future.

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Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2023

Leadership is a crucial aspect of any organization, and it’s important for leaders to constantly evaluate their own behavior and practices to ensure they are leading in the right direction. Innovation is key, especially when operating environments are changing quickly. Are you leading with ego?

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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.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 3, 2021

Transform your business by completely rethinking how it works. Analyzing your business model, revenue, and costs can lead you to innovative solutions. When you go to generate new ideas to run things better, you need to think critically about the way your business runs. And rethink what your market actually is.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Today’s consumers distrust some traditional brands that do not demonstrate a clear value proposition, labeling, innovativeness, and commitment to the environment. This has enabled a vital e-commerce channel infrastructure with retail stores implementing a “click and collect” delivery model. Why or why not?

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Leadership Skill Enhancement : Focusing on leadership, they ensure entrepreneurs effectively lead teams and foster a positive culture.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovative Mindset : The city’s burgeoning reputation as an innovation hub ensures coaches are equipped with modern, forward-thinking business strategies. Leadership Skill Enhancement : Focusing on leadership, they ensure entrepreneurs effectively lead teams and foster a positive culture.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

"AI doesn't replace leadership; it redefines it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changing force in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, transforming industries and businesses globally. As executives navigate the complex waters of modern-day leadership, understanding AI isn't just beneficial—it's essential.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. But as execution capabilities become commodities, and the life cycles of new offerings get increasingly shorter, it’s precisely these innovation skills that need to be learned.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

leadership style. But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. While they may be good at dreaming up new financial products, they are not so hot when it comes to taking a completely fresh look at their business.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. F OR YEARS I was taught that growing the business in an industry with strong competition was mostly a zero-sum game. It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. These models aren’t the sexy, headline-grabbing side of AI, but they are profoundly affecting how we do business and the way leaders of the twenty-first century must think. But here’s the thing.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Below is a summary of how I helped five startups, three middle-market companies, and a business unit of a Fortune 300 company pivot for pandemic-influenced business settings. Challenge Business Model Assumptions. The first step is to evaluate assumptions about the business model. Operations Day.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This societal accountability is changing the face of business and how leaders behave. A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. The post Is Social Accountability Changing Leadership?

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 7, 2024

In The Metaverse Workplace Revolution: A Path to Greater Profitability, a Stronger Culture, and Industry Disruption , published by Fast Company Press, Jason Gesing shares his vision of a future where the Metaverse is not just an option, but a necessity for business innovation. What lessons can be learned from their experiences?

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Innovation is perhaps the most used word in corporate boardrooms today. Add to this, the challenges of hyper-competitive landscape, organization cultures, shortage of talent and agility to move swiftly and the challenge of innovation compounds. Moreover, innovation is not as simple as having fresh ideas and executing them well.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The business environment is exciting and innovative and gearing up to meet a whole new level of business continuity services that didn’t or might not have existed before – at least not as they do now. Outline Your Business Model. The time for mourning the year that wasn’t has come and gone.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Does that startup have a proven business model? Are the founders eager to grow the business? False Starts.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

Business leaders are continually told they need to embrace digital disruption wholeheartedly to thrive in the 21st Century. Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 21, 2021

A growth mindset encompasses a set of behaviors and attitudes that reflect a business owner’s belief that their company’s business model is not set in stone. Such an entrepreneur is open to infusing new talents, innovations and creativity into the business to strengthen it and guarantee its longevity.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. Skills for scaling. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! But when you look more closely and study their leadership styles, you tend to notice more differences than similarities.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Those who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2023

These disruptions and productivity losses not only slow down operations, but they can also significantly hurt a company’s bottom line.” The consumer-centric business model is continuing to evolve, becoming more personalized than ever. the researchers explain.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

In their book From Smart to Wise , Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou state that wise leadership succeeds where smart leadership cannot. Wise leadership isn’t about how smart you are. Here, the authors share how to develop that perspective: How we see the world—our leadership perspective—shapes our thoughts, decisions, and actions.

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