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 25, 2022

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. . The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, Chief People Officers and CHROs are not only responsible for the high-value functions of talent acquisition and employee engagement, but they play a crucial role in shaping organizational culture, driving diversity and inclusion, and ethically leveraging technology for effective HR management.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

An effective and rigorous board of directors recruitment process should reveal a perfect-match candidate who is immensely additive. That’s why many boards turn to board recruitment firms to conduct a best-in-class executive search process to find new members. How do you recruit for a board of directors, to begin with?

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2018

Most articles that try to tell you how to become a great CEO will talk about actions, plans and processes. But as a leadership executive coach with over three decades of experience, I’ve seen hundreds of leaders fail because all they know is process and procedures. That means concentrating on your character. So how do you start?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Doesn’t micromanaging and process smother creativity? It demands a process to make it come to life.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 1, 2021

The book is, The CEO Test , written by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer. You’ll learn what truly matters to be a successful leader and you’ll discover a clear roadmap for succeeding in these seven critical challenges – the CEO test : Can you develop a simple plan for your strategy? Today brings a must-read book for leaders at all levels.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

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.”. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. Blog Post ).

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CEO Insider

MARCH 14, 2023

I was a young entrepreneur with big dreams and even bigger ambitions, and—despite the economic challenges—I saw an immense opportunity in cloud technology as a transformative innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? What does a CEO really do anyway? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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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. I would caution that size is not always an indicator of success, and more importantly, not a risk mitigator,” said Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth, a Philadelphia-based management consulting and executive search firm. “A

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of business, CEOs face a myriad of challenges. It’s vital for leaders to recognize and address these concerns, ensuring a smoother change adoption process. Change Adoption and Implementation Challenges : While the need for change might be clear to a CEO, employees might struggle with the shift.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

As our world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders must understand that it’s going to be technology that determines which companies survive and build success from this unprecedented event. The pandemic makes those technologies more relevant now than ever. These technologies are: Artificial intelligence (AI).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Understanding the Importance of a University President Search A university president or chancellor search is a critical process that carries some of the farthest-reaching implications for the future of an educational institution.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. However, the gap-closing process falls apart quickly when the company compels employees to change their behavior in order for the company to arrive at its future desired culture.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian. At the helms are passionate brand custodians who are fanatical about the process of branding, their headsets a contrast to those with a fervent focus on the value of the brand asset. Today’s economy screams for change in the process of branding. Main menu Home.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Their strategy is to use technology and reliable service to consolidate the highly fragmented foodservice industry. Stefania then started focusing on tightening key processes, upgrading the technology platform, and creating a meritocratic culture where anyone could share their ideas and make improvements.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. Second, they must become a trusted consigliere to the CEO. “Great CHROs are worth their weight in gold.

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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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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This is especially true for senior-level placements requiring a robust and comprehensive executive onboarding process. Because of this, new executive placements need holistic support through a rigorous executive onboarding process. Let’s dive into how to use this process to set your people and company up for success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Vrio Corp has been committed to following market trends and increasing its value proposition through transformation: investing in technology and content aligned with the consumers’ habits, emphasizing the next generation. It is essential to have someone with a bird’s-eye view of the whole process to orchestrate it successfully.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. In what may be his edgiest page-turner to date, Lencioni thrusts his readers into a day-long conversation between rival CEOs. Complexity is in. Common sense no longer helps us connect the dots. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

When landing on leaders who can help take your organization to its desired future state, executive search processes are more active, robust, and aggressive. When looking for your next compelling executive leader, it’s vital to decide on a process that best serves your organization’s needs and to know the differences between them.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 18, 2024

What they do not do well is identify the most important hazards and opportunities early enough, formulate creative strategic initiatives nimbly enough, and implement them fast enough.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School Business disruption, societal upheaval and rapid technological shifts bring constant pressure for organisations to innovate.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

The CEO needs to be leading the parade, setting the vision, and pointing the way. Great things happen at the intersection of people and technology. Prioritize people over your technology. Use this simple but effective process, called 1.5.30, to check-in at one, five, and 30 days. Well, yes, she does. Howzit going?

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Leading Blog

JULY 3, 2023

When leadership decides on a change — a new app, or a new process to help customers — everyone wants to get moving so that they can realize the anticipated results as soon as possible. Your audience needs to know that the change process is worth it. As CEO he grew a transformation services company to seven figures in just five years.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

From streamlining processes to taking advantage of technological solutions, these methods will help you save money while still providing excellent customer service. Look for processes that can be automated or require minimal efforts, such as bookkeeping, customer support, marketing, and IT services.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. During the testing process with the larger partner, one of the startup engineers was heard to say “They should be mad. Instead, another startup, employing a similar technology strategy, but running months behind, gained traction. Repeatedly.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

More often it's an implicit contract, a buildup of organizational and cultural norms and the adoption of new technologies that make it easy to tether people to work. We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Instead, companies are turning to leading executive search firms to help them source one-to-one elite executive candidates and ensure they can cross the finish line with the selection process. . Research shows that 15% of all CEOs leave within two years. What is an executive search firm? . Why do companies use executive search firms?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 9, 2014

With the news that Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally won''t be riding to Microsoft''s rescue, many Microsoft investors are disappointed. Any new CEO of Microsoft will need Chairman Bill Gate''s blessing and the board is seeking a leader with a strong technical background along with the work ethic Gates had while he was CEO. .

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 22, 2010

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Popularity: 1% [ ? Share it!

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CO2

APRIL 9, 2018

Executive coaching can have a large impact on a CEO. Learn first hand from an interview conducted recently with Bill Bisanz, CEO of Real Estate Equities. Bill Bisanz is the CEO of Real Estate Equities, an apartment development, management, and ownership group based in St. Technology use. That has been catalytic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2020

This argument was introduced by New York Life CEO Ted Mathas , while speaking at an event hosted by Outward Bound USA that honored New York Life Foundation's work with grieving teens. Mathas, himself an alumnus of Outward Bound’s wilderness programs, made the connection as he discussed his journey to becoming an effective CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. With exponential technologies, multi-Generations at the workplace, new off-industry competitors challenging incumbents, the Covid-19 New Reality….

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

But the way global executive search firms execute this process is precise, specialized, and leads to elite results that are challenging to match otherwise. This process is also far more productive and effective than how boards typically handled placements in decades past. Their process is transparent.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

This demographic also saw innovation as the single most important way for companies to accelerate the pace of change in the global business environment, across various business disciplines such as distribution, processes, and manufacturing.

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