Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes. Take, for instance, the automotive industry.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Many brands focus their marketing strategies on out-of-home consumption, socializing with friends and family, and humor to generate engagement. Now that we’ve identified the trends, let’s focus our attention on specific business problems to be solved by the addition of senior leadership talent in the consumer packaged goods space.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. And that feeds our approach in society at large. It leads to short-term thinking.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

That punch is what gives brands what they most want from their branding, marketing, and advertising — a response. Years ago, we engaged with a CEO in the mattress industry who wanted to know how he could create real brand distinction and drive more retail traffic in such a highly commoditized category. A challenger strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company. Both are high-volume capital intense process industries.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. 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. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This recently introduced bill, officially known as the Curtailing Executive Overcompensation bill, targets the widening chasm between CEO and worker pay. Since 1978, CEO pay has soared by over 1209%, drastically outpacing the growth of average worker wages. The data backing this move is telling. Amazon paid $13.7

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company. By 2023, its market cap reached $2.5

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This recently introduced bill, officially known as the Curtailing Executive Overcompensation bill, targets the widening chasm between CEO and worker pay. Since 1978, CEO pay has soared by over 1209%, drastically outpacing the growth of average worker wages. The data backing this move is telling. Amazon paid $13.7

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Those who follow my blog have an idea of how I’m spending my time as a retired CEO. Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet and a pickle-ball paddle – on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life. Yet not every CEO follows this trodden path. Resourceful.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Much like the captivating narratives showcased in The HR Digest’s Success Stories , this conversation with Eduardo Dávila , the visionary CEO at the helm of Aon EMEA, captures his unwavering commitment to unity and success. The HR Digest: Can you share some key accomplishments and milestones that have defined your tenure as CEO of Aon EMEA?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2016

I recently conducted a series of interviews of futurists in which I asked them about the reinvention of an industry sector facing considerable disruption. The leading futurist in this field concluded his recommendations by saying, “I believe that every CEO should be assigned a therapist when they take the job.”. Shocking advice?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth examines the nuances that distinguish boutique search firms from their larger counterparts. Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. 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. There are several leadership lessons from this sequence of bad decisions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2020

Guest post from Brad Chase : No business subject garners more attention than leadership. There are endless leadership books, classes, websites and more. And that includes the other critical components of great leadership. The second component is market potential, how much profit can be made in your business.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Along the way, she learned some valuable lessons about leadership and culture. Their strategy is to use technology and reliable service to consolidate the highly fragmented foodservice industry. Confident in her idea, she piloted her plan in two markets—her hometown of Boston and Greensboro, North Carolina.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. A prominent divisional CEO at a billion-dollar MNC may have sat in on corporate board meetings and presented their region or division updates. Part One – Core, Hard Credential Constituents. The bar is set high.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The researchers draw inspiration from the private equity industry, where around 75% of new CEOs are drawn from outside the firm, with two-thirds regarded as “complete outsiders” This is almost the exact opposite of recruitment in S&P 500 firms. The rewards for both the executive and the firm are substantial.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Nary a week passes where I don’t hear from a CEO who’s grappling with this social media conundrum: should I, or shouldn’t I? We have a social media practice at N2growth, I use social media, and all of the CEOs I coach are participating at some level in social media. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. As a pioneer of Ontario’s wind industry, Glen Estill represents the ideal of what a developer should be. I am CEO between positions.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Doug Conant, former CEO, Campbell Soup, said it many times, and he did again in a recent interview: “Successful leaders should treat their leadership as a craft to be carefully honed and ever improving.” Leadership as a craft is an interesting attitude to adopt.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In other cases, it is felt across the entire organization, such as in the case of a CEO. In rare cases, a leader’s sphere of influence can extend across an entire industry, nation, or even all of society. This is a skill that is built up over time, as one embarks on their own leadership journey. Take the example the CEO role.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 22, 2013

Every day we see or read about superb acts of leadership. With the exception of tampered product recalls, oil spills, or factory explosions, these types of trials never face the captains of industry. So, why do 21 st century CEOs continue to struggle in their roles as leaders of a business enterprise? Not in the least.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 15, 2012

Great CEOs will deal with the challenges of these ever-changing environments and continue to lead the march forward with compelling visions, insightful strategies and flawless execution. To be unaware of, or to discount changing environments would be a leadership mistake.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To compete as a world-class company, world-class executive leadership is required. And while finding this elite leadership who will take your organization to its desired future state is critical, top-tier candidates probably aren’t going to walk through the front door. Benefit 3: Confidentiality and becoming a trusted advisor.

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CO2

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This evolving definition of leadership underscores the importance of executive coaching. The Unseen Threads of Leadership Diverse threads such as vision, empathy, resilience, and adaptability intricately weave together to form effective leadership.At This case underscores the transformative power of empathy in leadership​​.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. He is the co-founder of Quadrix Partners providing leadership interventions. He holds a Ph.D.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 19, 2012

Last week I identified the successful 21 st century CEO as someone who is constantly thinking about the future. I also made the point that the 21 st century CEOs will not allow the changing business, social, economic or technological environments to negatively impact the performance of their enterprise. CEOs will be time-starved.

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CEO Blog

JULY 21, 2012

And of course Josh (I have to include him on my blog posts so he does not feel left out) I read a great little book - The Transformative CEO - Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers by Jeffrey Fox and Robert Reiss. Each one is around one topic of CEO leadership. It is a 30 chapter book (short chapters).

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2013

Many years ago I read Theodore Levitt’s The Marketing Imagination. In the book, the renowned marketing professor said there was no such thing as a commodity, only people who think like commodities. This served me well as a branded coffee marketer. Differentiation is the name of the marketing game.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

These are the industry disruptors who have changed how business is conducted in distinctly powerful ways. Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries. It was truly a game-changer.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The global talent shortage is at a 16-year high , and many of the world’s best executive candidates might not be sitting on the job market. Executive search is typically more in-depth, and your executive search partner will go to great lengths to understand what your perfect-fit leadership hire looks like.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 15, 2023

This boost was not uniformly observed across industry, however, as this impact was reduced by around 17% in industries where customer preferences are more unpredictable, or where technological changes are more fast-paced. “The relatively unregulated nature of their industries offers strategic and tactical freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

CEO Interview: Sam Walsh. This edition of the CEO interview features Sam Walsh, the recently retired CEO, of Rio Tinto. As you might suspect, Sam Walsh is a widely recognised name within the mining industry. (as featured in mining.com). On with the interview. Rio Tinto provided that opportunity.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

One simple idea, connecting vending machines to the internet, had the potential to affect multiple industries. One action affects multiple value chains across multiple, high- and low-tech industries alike. This type of interconnected ecosystem makes today’s economy so unique. His answer was surprising yet telling: “ traffic lights.”

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