N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Assessing an executive’s ability to inspire and motivate teams, make critical decisions, and adapt to changing business environments is essential in determining their leadership potential. By establishing objective evaluation criteria, organizations can provide C-Suite executives with a clear framework for success.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It’s essential to pinpoint inefficiencies, whether they’re outdated tools, redundant processes, or strategies misaligned with your business objectives. By automating routine tasks, you pave the way for innovation and creativity to thrive.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 3, 2024

Positive Actions for Yourself Commit to lifelong learning, whether through books, courses, or seminars. Bridging Business, Team, and Personal Goals Align personal goals with business objectives for a harmonious work-life integration. Cultivate an innovative mindset, encouraging creativity in problem-solving.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 11, 2014

APQC’s (American Productivity & Quality Center) ElissaTucker recently interviewed me for an article published on their site on March 4 called “The "Secrets" of Leadership Development. What do you think are some of the most common leadership development mistakes that organizations make? In fact, it’s kind of hard to screw it up.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2024

The field of human resource management (HRM) encompasses vital tasks such as recruiting, screening, and developing employees for businesses. “ Built for People ” by Jessica Zwaan , suggesting a user-centric approach, iterative development, data-driven decision-making, and regular feedback loops in HR.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned HR professional or a business leader seeking to optimize your training programs, this article will provide you with the insights and strategies necessary to elevate your organization’s learning and development initiatives as you learn how to conduct a training need analysis assessment correctly.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

Melissa Strait: When we founded Inspire in February 2018, our leadership team spent time developing a clear purpose and set of behaviors that could align our organization and our brands.? We’re focused on building a culture of innovation that enables good ideas to thrive at any level of the organization, not just at the top.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The report identified the top four skills that have the greatest impact on leader preparedness and confidence in addressing VUCA challenges: introducing and managing change; building consensus and commitment; inspiring others toward a challenging future vision and leading across generations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Understand “The Business You’re In” and how it fits into the core business.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Most companies make big investments in leadership development, rolling out intensive internal programs for high potentials, sending key leaders off to expensive executive education programs, or hiring personal coaches for those moving into key positions at the top of the company. Business is moving too fast. What works instead?

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HR Digest

MAY 14, 2024

This approach integrates various functions to optimize workforce potential and achieve business objectives. Learning and Development : Providing training and development opportunities to enhance skills and career growth. Performance Management : Assessing and managing employee performance to align with strategic goals.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Sourcing for Commitment. Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And the development leader failed to identify any new ideas for store layout or building features. How could such a misconception of customer experience have developed? To develop a customer experience architecture, follow these steps: 1. They were happy to maintain the age-old silo between marketing and operations.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

According to Forbes , “Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.” What myths are there about content marketing that need to be dispelled?

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