Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These conversations can guide us toward more effective approaches to things and innovative solutions. Don’ts Become defensive: This is a business maturity check. This mirrored reflection, although sometimes uncomfortable, opens avenues for discussion and a supportive environment for improvement.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 10, 2018

For larger and mature companies, the hard part seems to be giving up the familiar space that isn’t working so well anymore, so that you can focus on a new segment or opportunity. This culture must be maintained by every company at every stage of maturity. Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Don’t wait for a crisis.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In my mind, the best CEOs are usually the ones who are in a race to the future – they’re obsessed with defining the future because they can’t stomach the thought of reacting to a future created by their competitors. During his era, Steve Jobs was miles ahead of every other forward thinking CEO in that race.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

Ask any CEO if they have a process for retaining and developing talented people and they’ll quickly answer in the affirmative. They are built to change and innovate. No matter how smart or talented a person is, there’s always room for growth, development, and continued maturation.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There are things that only the CEO can do. As startups grow, leaders build and mature a HR/People strategy that is informed by and aligned with the overall business strategy. As your company matures that person might not have the needed skill set to take the company to the next level. It’ll be okay. You’d be wrong.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

Whereas historically, the bulk of corporate innovation would be via in-house R&D programs, or mergers and acquisitions, the last decade has seen a considerable rise in corporate venturing. Indeed, during 2020, around $70 billion was invested by corporates in startups, which represented around 25% of all VC deals.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

Ask any CEO if they have a process for retaining and developing talented people and they’ll quickly answer in the affirmative. They are built to change and innovate. No matter how smart or talented a person is, there’s always room for growth, development, and continued maturation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

Furthermore, you are likely just as familiar with my position that a static business, which doesn’t constantly innovate around the changing needs of the marketplace is the same thing as a dying business. The reality is in maturing and complex market environments clients’ demand more from their service providers. I think not.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2020

“Most companies are risking significant future revenue growth because of the gap between the potential and realized value of their technology investments, ” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology and innovation officer. Timing : Creating an appropriate sequence and roadmaps for deploying new technology.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2011

It is a mature person who can sit back and formulate a plan for positively harnessing fear. I am proud to have been a CEO (I even call this blog CEO blog) and now the world seems to be vilifying CEOs. I agree with some of the views put forward (many CEOs are outrageously overpaid).

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2015

You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. It is an opportunity to create and be innovative. With some of these other jobs, you can leave behind the workload and take some time out. You can stop working at 3 p.m.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. admin Hi Steve: Thanks for you thoughtful comment and observations.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

Admonished by my mother and father for unsportsmanlike behavior, I eventually matured and forged a stiff upper lip in defeat. Live a culture of innovation. Increase your lead, and while they are catching up, you are embracing the next innovation. I ’m an extremely competitive person. You cannot outspend the giant competitor.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However I believe the more important emotional trait for CEOs and entrepreneurs to gain mastery over is what I call EC or emotional control. Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In addition, ideas and the enterprises that house them go through stages of maturity, like infants becoming children, then adolescents, and then adults. He was the founder and is the former CEO of iSuppli Corporation.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mike Myatt, leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards and author of Hacking Leadership , offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy for leaders to create a roadmap for identifying, refining, developing, and achieving their leadership potential—and creating a more effective business that is financially solvent and professionally desirable.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

. “We will have at the senior level a lot more candidates that have international experience via Erasmus, and we’re working with the local universities to get students onto secondment and provide this real pathway into the firm,” Khalid Talukder, CEO, Stanhope Financial, who have recently set up a new office in Lithuania, told me.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Author/speaker Jason Seiden just posted a “best of the web&# collection of articles on leadership that includes the post I recently wrote about the CEO of Starbucks. Innovation is a challenge because it is largely a right brain activity. How do you talk to a CEO ? The demand for innovation requires creative genius.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Only the mature and those who have a measure of success truly learn the niche to proper branding. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Thanks Deborah.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A threat that has never been mentioned in all of the years the report has been published is the declining birth rate, yet this is a sufficient risk for Elon Musk to brand it the biggest threat to civilization at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. Mature adults demonstrate considerable resilience,” the researchers say.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 20, 2012

A key asset of the US are some of the best research and education institutions, but also a culture that fosters critical questioning, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. These leaders are free of fear in their objective decision making and ready to cease the opportunities, achieving success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

To make a success of digital transformation, effective leadership and a mature organization culture is required. At USAA, we have a standard for how we work which includes being innovative and building for the future. The leader who provided me with the opportunity to continue to learn and grow was Wayne Peacock who is now our CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you. However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. link] Allan W. link] Allan W. I Think Not.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The money and effort they spend pays big dividends as the company progresses and matures. Covey drives this point home nicely in his book The Speed of Trust : I’ll never forget what one CEO said about the risk of investing in a focused training initiative for his company. Stephen M.R.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

But a better starting point is to think about what gets in the way of innovation , especially in firms that already have lots of talented, creative, and motivated people. In other words, by identifying and removing barriers, it might be possible to accelerate innovation simply by leveraging the capability that's already there.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Mature corporations are designed to execute on the science of delivery — not engage in the art of discovery. They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I prefer to think of challenges as opportunities, because every challenge opens a door for us to consider how to do something differently and create innovative ways to address new opportunities. Through regular engagement, dialog and activities with our ERGs, our goal is to support and encourage these extraordinary teams to mature into BRGs.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. Investors affect innovation investments. ” Investors seemingly just weren’t looking for radical innovation from GE.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in? Corporate innovation is already a difficult proposition; why doom it to failure by pursuing it half-heartedly? With the right approach, innovation at a big company is realistic.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

It is the hub of the world’s energy industry, headquarters of medical innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena. Recurring themes include pioneer spirit, business innovation, community give-back, growth and vision. It has seen industries emerge and mature. Houston was the first word spoken from the moon.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

Nowadays, almost every company claims to be innovative, if only to attract top talent, please investors, and strengthen its brand. Some companies are innovative, but many are not. Is the innovation effort only inducing fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the market, or is the company really walking the talk?

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