N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

I was casually reading the results of a survey on the topic of hiring methodologies last weekend when one particular survey question really caught my attention: “When considering a new hire, what is the one characteristic or attribute of the candidate that would most influence your hiring decision?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 31, 2017

When we feel connected, we operate with a sense of purpose and utilize our many talents and abilities to advance that purpose, consciously as well as subconsciously. Also use surveys and similar data collection tools to gather feedback. The need for connection at work is perhaps stronger today than ever before.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Shanelle Reese, Chief People Officer, Wonderschool The Talent Turnaround 2023 witnessed a seismic shift in the tech landscape, with unprecedented levels of turnover fueled by layoffs, career changes, and a resurgent job market. Unlike their predecessors, Gen Z is not bound by traditional notions of career progression.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

CMI Hong Kong supports Futures of Education Forum 2022 Derek Choi (fourth from left) attended the forum and the opening ceremony on behalf of CMI Hong Kong CMI Hong Kong was a supporting party for the UNESCO Hong Kong Association Global Peace Centre's Futures of Education Forum and its associated survey this year.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

When you invest in an employee’s career development, you’re more likely to secure their retention for the long-term. However, the survey also found that the main reason employees feel hindered from learning is insufficient time or educational resources. Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash. Guest Post.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In fact, according to the global staffing agency Ranstad, “many workers are seeking project or consultant-based work, with as much as 61 percent of the workforce choosing agile* careers by 2019” Greater use of Big Data in HR. For the foreseeable future, we will still need skilled workers to operate most machines.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Operations Research Analyst.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2020

Of course, the gig economy is an all encompassing term that has little practical use, as there is so little that binds a cycling delivery rider to a highly skilled consultant flitting from gig to gig as to make attributing characteristics to this itinerant workforce very hard. Being underemployed.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2020

Earlier, work from home options was utilized by consultants and freelancers, but now it is the new norm. A survey by Working Media Mother of 1000 men found that 80 percent worked flexi-time and were comfortable with it. 60 percent were ready to go even part-time if it did not affect their career prospects too much. Accountant.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Leadership is about care and compassion.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Many of the examples — the selfless C.E.O.’s, Nothing more, nothing less.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

In a 2014 Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey , 72% of employees over age 50 reported that they’d like to continue working in retirement. Career Transitions. Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career. Alternately, you may have other industry contacts that would like to hire you as a consultant, as well.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

According to a survey done recently the average person only has 2 close friends. As a digital marketing consultant, I've been praising the promise of these new technologies, but I also have been learning more and more about the negative side effects of our increasing use of digital. This generation is weak in many ways.

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HR Digest

JULY 15, 2019

Two in five employees plan to leave their organization in the next 12 months, according to a survey by HR consulting firm Mercer. Engagement can also be facilitated by ensuring that circulated information goes with expected experience is relevant to the benefits, training and career growth of individual employees.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Trainers cannot reconstruct organizational structure, nor can other niche consultants. Free surveys do not constitute a cohesive plan. Don't pit one consultant against another, just to get free ideas.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We’ve bought books, retained consultants, rolled out surveys, looked deep into the hearts and minds of the people who work for us. It will lose the license to operate from key stakeholders. You will be helping your talent destroy their careers while you destroy their faith in your company.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

What do you regret most about your career? But judging from the scores of follow-up questions and the volume of post-lecture emails I received, a talk on career regret would have been the real bull's-eye. Importantly, the effects of bad career decisions and disconfirmed expectancies were felt equally across age groups.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

Apprenticeship, the working relationships of junior team members learning alongside experienced colleagues, is critical to mastering the consulting craft and succeeding in professional services. As in many fast-paced companies today, consulting staff operate without formal job descriptions or handbooks.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

We surveyed more than 1,700 companies across eight countries (the U.S., France, Germany, China, Brazil, India, Switzerland, and Austria) and a variety of industries and company sizes, examining diversity in management positions, measured with respect to gender, age, national origin, career path, industry background, and education.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future? Who will do this work?

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Matt Heller ( Performance Optimist Consulting ) ​ There are so many factors and characteristics that make up a great leader, but one that encompasses them all is balance. Donald Cooper ( Business Management Consultant & Speaker ) There is no ‘#1 leadership competency’ that on it’s own will make a successful leader.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

During the last five years of my corporate management career, I had a great deal of leadership development. Some surveys seem to lump together technical skills training and classic management training. Without solid shop-floor management, operations grind slowly. Leadership development is sexier. Well, you know what I mean.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Listen to Angelia Herrin, Editor for Special Projects and Research at HBR interview Dr. Terri Cooper, Principal and Chief Inclusion Officer of Deloitte Consulting, about the importance of building inclusive leaders throughout your organization. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In fact, the percentage of millennials with full-time careers is rising at a brisk clip from 45% in 2016 to 66% in 2018, according to the data we collected. In our 2018 EY Growth Barometer, an annual global survey of middle market company leaders, we found some movement away from part-time and gig hiring. 3: Gig is better.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

To answer these questions, we surveyed 32 senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm. Experienced search consultants typically interview hundreds and even thousands of senior executives; they assess those executives’ skills, track them over time, and in some cases place the same executive in a series of jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

To find out, I surveyed senior consultants in 2010 at a top-five global executive-search firm. Experienced search consultants typically interview hundreds (in many cases thousands) of senior executives; they assess those executives’ skills, track them over time, and in some cases place the same executive in a series of jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

The stock market demands this—and the systems, structures, and procedures (including the career path of your boss) support and reward it. Imagine you are a professional long-distance runner and decide to switch careers and become a professional tennis player. Innovation is the number one topic on CEOs’ minds in various surveys.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

Consolidated HR Operations What is an HRIS? An HRIS consolidates HR data and processes in one place, enabling cost savings and streamlined operations compared to using disparate tools. Communication and Feedback HRIS systems facilitate communication and feedback through features such as company announcements and employee surveys.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. In return, women we surveyed who have achieved success in STEM are more likely to have peers who back their ideas in meetings than other women in STEM, and are more likely to have peers who ensure they receive credit for their ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

A bachelor's degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. And it's not only white-collar, college-driven careers that will suffer rapid skills obsolescence. An Economist Intelligence Unit survey of more than 350 executives from multinational companies reinforces this notion. The key takeaway?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

GE’s talent management people, for example, play a critical role, at both the corporate and business-unit level, in filling key positions, insuring smooth successions, driving company-wide review processes, and building tools that managers can use to direct their own careers. On paper, this approach makes perfect sense.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. These planners will lead the charge in moving away from a traditional supply chain operating model, which is inflexible and slow, to a new dynamic model with true end-to-end segmentation. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A recent survey showed that STEM degrees are among the most lucrative for graduates. But what happens as people’s career trajectories progress? Over time, those talented women with their PhD in STEM start to drop out of technical and industrial careers. Set up women for success early on.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. Take Maaike, a newly appointed partner in a global consulting firm. ” Be strategic about what projects you take on.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. As the officers and men are not permitted to visit their wives and families, I ought not to see my esposita — as it might make the men feel that I consult my own comfort regardless of theirs.&# People with bad attitudes have a 50% higher divorce rate.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

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