N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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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.”. It naturally gives them the tendency to look ahead at or beyond the immediate horizon.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Being a CEO at any of the world’s largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. 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.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. This was the main root of their problem.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Sit at home and map out your operational chain from start to finish.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2013

According to The Conference Board, CEO tenure has decreased to an average of 8.4 It is clear once again that planned CEO succession is necessary. CEO Profiles Crisis Management Operations & Strategy Success CEO Onboarding CEO Succession Planning Dell Computers Dell Computers CEO Micahel Dell Offboarding Succession Planning'

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

Communications Crisis Management Innovation Leadership Miscellaneous Operations & Strategy Success Brian Layer CEO N2Growth Final Four John Wooden Leadership Leadership and Basketball March Madness March Madness Leadership Lesson' Follow me on Twitter @brianlayer.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

In order to motivate your employees, you just have to listen and embrace change. * * * Shaara Roman is the author of The Conscious Workplace: Fortify Your Culture to Thrive in Any Crisis , and the founder and CEO of The Silverene Group, a culture consulting firm that aligns people, strategy, and culture to optimize organizational performance.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Yet that’s not enough.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 2, 2014

Gregg Steinhafel, former Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation stepped down earlier this month. Technology expertise in this case, by the way, does not refer to the CEO or former CEO of a technology company. Getting back to Target, major kudos to the board for having excellent operational experience. By Patricia Lenkov.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership. Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Despite their different approaches, every CEO at every stage of their tenure meaningfully tended to all six responsibilities. The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this crisis, leaders are faced with an unprecedented set of simultaneous challenges. They have had and are having to deal with human, health management, operational, financial, strategic challenges, as well as sometimes public policy and public opinion challenges, for which there is no playbook and there has been no training.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

Despite their different approaches, every CEO at every stage of their tenure meaningfully tended to all six responsibilities. The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

Despite their different approaches, every CEO at every stage of their tenure meaningfully tended to all six responsibilities. The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In 1999 he ended up at Scripps Health and became the healthcare giant’s CEO in 2000 when the organization was in cultural turmoil and losing about $15 million a year. One of the first things Van Gorder did as CEO of Scripps Health was set up a Physicians Leadership Cabinet. Not anymore. Share critical information.

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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. Operations Excellence Toyota’s operational excellence, particularly their Toyota Production System, exemplifies efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

Despite their different approaches, every CEO at every stage of their tenure meaningfully tended to all six responsibilities. The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors.

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CEO Insider

MAY 13, 2020

Pandemic presents a multi-dimensional challenge: Public health, operational, and economic crises, all rolled into one. Adding complexity, each crisis demands short- and long-term strategic responses. […]. Leaders have a lot on their plates right now.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite their different approaches, every CEO at every stage of their tenure meaningfully tended to all six responsibilities. The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

David shares: “ This book comes at a critical time for employees and leaders at all levels who want to find a better way to connect, communicate and lead a team through change and crisis. Jon Mertz of Thin Difference shared CEO activism needs a modern-day blueprint. Access it here. ” Follow Chris on Twitter at @scedmonds.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One Stanford study revealed that while two-thirds of CEOs say they don’t receive any leadership advice, almost 100% of them want it and welcome executive coaching. The late Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, reportedly used coaching to improve his leadership style, identify and correct his gaps, and continuously improve himself.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2014

The operative word in the question is “YOU.” Human Resources Leadership Life Business CEO Crisis Management Culture In the CEO Afterlife John Richard Bell Mentoring New Year''s Resolutions Resolutions Strategy Vision' When it comes to making change, there are three types of people: drivers, passengers and road kill.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

So, with the help of WordPress analytics and content judgment, here’s my list of the top ’CEO Afterlife’ blogs of 2011. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. Why HR and the CEO Should be Joined at the Hip [link].

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2012

Ninety percent of these organizations have yet to experience a mid-life crisis; they are still under the age of 40. Old school CEOs either don’t know how to innovate, fear innovation or simply fail to comprehend the true definition of the word. Penny instilled Ron Johnson as their new CEO. Size need not matter. Last year, J.C.

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

Several years ago, a dear friend of mine, Darrell Mann, CEO of Systematic Innovation , predicted that some catastrophic event would soon plague humanity. As a multi-disciplinary partnership, we at CO2 Partners have found Dave Snowden’s Cynefin framework to be helpful in better understanding the operating environment of an organization.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

Let purpose drive your strategy and operations. Stress-test your purpose with discussions on responding during crisis. During a culture development session, a hospital CEO regretfully reflected on how he was asked by their chairman why he was always out of his office and no longer available to take calls from the chairman.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

When Alan Mulally took over as CEO of Ford, the company was losing market share and facing deep losses because of increased competition and globalization. Let crisis spark an epiphany and change your outlook. Crisis can spark epiphanies, so pay attention to what your next crisis has to teach you about perspective.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

To address one choice over the other would disrupt the way in which people have become used to operating. What if you''re not the CEO? In truth, you don''t have to be a top executive to resist, confront, and even reverse the contagious effects of a crisis. But in the long run, this silence will end up hurting the organization.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 19, 2022

As longtime Republican political operative Bill Greener aptly put it, quoting others: “Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” But CEOs are among the least trusted professions, just barely ahead of used-car dealers and politicians.” Articulate bold, positive steps you are taking to fix the problem. Don’t be argumentative.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is what the founder and CEO of a tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees realized in early June as his beleaguered team addressed a host of problems. After reading my book about strategic pivoting , the CEO asked me to hold a strategic retreat to help the company restrategize its plans. Operations Day.

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Chartered Management Institute

JULY 12, 2023

Snap decisions could be made by Zoom call or using a Board app and CEOs became more comfortable with providing short video updates. In a crisis, the rigid definitions between executive and non-executive blurred as people just mucked in.” The intersection between boards and executive management expanded. “In

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In the United States, the unemployment rate is at its highest since the Great Depression, with Andrew Yang stating recently that he expected many of those on furlough schemes to join them before the crisis has run its course. This huge talent pool prompted Northeastern University’s J.D. Spurring entrepreneurship.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

What we can see now is that what began as an emergency response has led to a more profound change in operating models, with remote working and flexible structures becoming more finessed. Addressing the AGM as the President for the second term, Kaushal said: “confronting the ‘New Abnormal’ is about creating a better tomorrow. Why not share it.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. Instead, we’ve looked for a new scapegoat, chosen to operate from the same fundamental theories, and doubled down on the same fixes." Like us on Facebook.

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