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Modern CMOs: Bridging Creativity with Commercial Acumen

N2Growth Blog

Moreover, it allows for unique value propositions that resonate with consumers and push the boundaries of conventional marketing without sidelining the company’s core business objectives. Regular training and workshops on business models, finance, and market shifts can also significantly augment commercial acumen.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

One of the key qualities of an effective CPO is the ability to think strategically and align procurement initiatives with the overall business objectives. This collaboration ensures that the identified qualities and skills needed for a chief procurement officer (CPO) align with the overall business objectives and culture.

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Culture by Design: The Essentials

N2Growth Blog

This is done through both an automated assessment tool that surveys a cross-section of staff and solicits opinions on the current state of the organizational culture, and a series of workshops with managers and supervisors aimed at gaining their perspective of the organization’s current work environment. Culture vision story.

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Teams and Thinking Style

Coaching Tip

Organizations are increasingly relying on the collective power of teams to meet today’s business demands, but many teams aren’t living up to their full potential. In addition, leaders, OD professionals and others can apply the data to strategically align thinking resources with business objectives and challenges.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

 Don't miss this great podcast where Wally and Wayne talk about ways to keep your team focused on key business objectives.  Don't miss this great podcast where Wally and Wayne talk about ways to keep your team focused on key business objectives.

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Drive Performance by Focusing on Routine Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Inventory performance had degenerated well below industry norms and Rob used this as the starting point of a week-long workshop with materials managers, the key decision-makers for sourcing, purchasing and fulfillment. It is common for managers to lose sight of financial and other business objectives while dealing with day-to-day business.

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Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul

Harvard Business Review

We find that the most forward-thinking companies are identifying and growing leaders in the midst of pursuing critical business objectives, as opposed to sending them off to far-flung educational programs and hoping they return with “big” insights about themselves and the world. What works instead?