Leading Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Charles Handy on the nature of vision: “A plan or a strategy which is a projection of the present or a replica of what everyone else is doing is not a vision. Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison on failure: “The most important aspect of failure is not the moment of defeat or loss. Source: The Age of Unreason.

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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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

From managing strategic direction, evaluating group and company operations to communicating with various stakeholders – the daily schedule of a CEO can be relentless. So, if you’re a relatively new CEO or you’ve been at the helm for a while – how can you manage your time more effectively? Master Delegation. Travel Smart. Reserve Time.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

The CEO Test : Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer. The CEO Test is the authoritative, no-nonsense insider's guide to navigating leadership's toughest challenges, brought to you by authors uniquely qualified to tell the stories. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out.

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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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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. Passion projects: They now allow employees to take outside employment or to start their own businesses on top of their commitments to Fujitsu.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 15, 2018

Guest post from Mark Busine: Would you describe your company’s CEO as Wonder Woman, or your executive vice president as Batman? So you might be surprised when I say that many companies including yours are following a Superhero leadership strategy. Do the regional managers remind you of the Fantastic Four?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

When was the last time you saw a major planned project suffer from a cost overrun ? It’s not as common as you might think for a project with a clear plan to come in at or under budget. For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. First, break down each project into component parts.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Several years ago I was invited to coach a competitive healthcare executive who wanted to be the best healthcare CEO in the region. However, Bob’s career advancement strategy had not panned out as he had hoped. For example, although he’d achieved the CEO role, his compensation was less than he believed he deserved.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We’re also noticing a surge of motivation around strategy as they invest in focused time together. Improvement projects might lack the momentum needed for success. How to Build a Great Team Culture (Even if You’re Not CEO). We’re noticing additional joy and creativity. This all starts with hopeful leadership.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

The reality is that when leadeing through a merger, retention and results are always symptoms of the CULTURE that you intentionally create and sustain… But fear not – this guide equips you with the tools and strategies to navigate this journey, fostering a vibrant team culture that fuels success.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

In contrast, other leaders focus so much on long-term strategies that they miss the opportunity to create competitive advantage by pulling the future forward. Balance is the key to success; N2Growth , believes that innovation and strategy must come together for businesses to enjoy sustainable growth and maintain customer satisfaction.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2015

Understanding the nature and intensity of these changes can be vital to your project’s success. Recognizing the stakeholders of your project is what influence mapping is all about. Now you may have a long list of people who have an impact on your project. Where should you start? Learning About Stakeholder Relationships.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

If a company puts its talent first in its strategy and decision-making, these problems won’t arise in the first place. So, when thinking about your employees and talent strategies, that’s where you must start: at the top. Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

is the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Hyperoptic, a fiber-to-the-building Internet service provider based in London. One of the biggest misconceptions around transformation is that you are done with it once the project is over; transformation is an ongoing requirement for any growing or adaptive business. Boris Dragovi?

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • October 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. Consider this exchange between Hogwash Detergent’s CEO and the Brand Manager I’ll call Janet. CEO: “Okay Janet, you’re saying the awareness and image of Hogwash is up by a couple of points.

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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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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. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. I am CEO between positions. I am feeling optimistic today.

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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. The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

1) Focus on Learning and Listening Prior to starting a new role, read as much as you can, for as far back as you can about the business, strategy, plans, performance, people, opportunities, and challenges. Monthly all-team meetings help build camaraderie, and provide a forum for recognition, to discuss business performance and key projects.

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LDRLB

JULY 15, 2013

Strategy has to be one of the most misused words in business. You’ve likely heard this: “Our strategy is to become the biggest and the best.” ” Deciding to become a global corporation, to diversify, or to increase sales by x dollars per annum is not strategy. That strategy can be good or bad.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Guest Post By Sylvia Browder, founder of National Women on the Rise and CEO of Browder Consulting Group (Learn more about Sylvia at the end of this post). If you are like most women in business, you are looking for new strategies to stimulate growth. offer to do pro bono work on a project where your skills are needed.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Don’t just say “we value collaboration,” define what collaboration looks like in practice – regular team meetings, shared documents, cross-functional projects. The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. Imagine building a magnificent house without a blueprint.

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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. What other elements do you feel play a key role in defining you as CEO material? You’re moving on up. Know this area cold.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 22, 2012

Vision, strategy, and goals are important …but they are not enough. From a simple checklist, a spreadsheet, mind-mapping software, project management software, or software designed for goal tracking. Guest post by Todd Nielsen. . There are many tools available to help you do this. I use software called Goal Enforcer.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 9, 2014

Strategy formulation, while extremely challenging and difficult, is usually not what concerns most small business leaders. It''s the execution of strategy that keeps many small business leaders awake at night! Execution represents a disciplined process that enables an organization to take a strategy and make it work.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Humor can be used as an especially effective approach to build group cohesiveness, with a leader as the role model of projecting a relaxed and fun attitude, sharing occasional jokes, anecdotes, and stories that inject a playful aspect to day to day interactions. CEO: “China!” Audience: “Who’s there?”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

If you’re exploring a new market to enter, data can provide you with potential projections about sales and give you an idea of the type of customers within this market. The new CEO of UPS, Carol Tome, came in with a simple idea: saying “no.” Data can help you speed up these decisions and ensure that you’re making the correct choices.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The intensity of this role often exposes leaders to cognitive biases—subtle yet profound thinking errors that can misguide decisions and strategies. In Practice: A CEO convinced that remote work hampers productivity may only acknowledge studies supporting this view, while ignoring evidence to the contrary.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 27, 2019

Apple has dismissed not less than 200 of its employees working on the Titan Project. The team, however, will focus attention on other key areas in 2019, implying that some will be deployed to other projects handled by the company. For other Titan project employees that the restructuring had not affected, they are at Apple.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

Some see digital as little more than a portfolio of projects or initiatives to be implemented, others as a problem to be solved or an opportunity to be exploited, and yes, there are always those who fail to see it at all. Digital transformation is really more of a leadership, culture, strategy, and talent issue than a technology issue.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. If you think CEO means chief everything officer, your tenure in the C-suite won’t be long. Attempting to do everything yourself is nothing short of a recipe for disaster as a CEO, and in fact, is exactly the opposite of how top performing CEOs think.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

[Editor's Note: This Post was Adapted from Max's work, The Strategy Book.]. Strategy involves change. People have to change something to bring strategy to life. You need to be able to translate your strategy into actions, tasks and projects. If strategy is painful then you’re doing it all wrong.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 10, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • July 10, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. There’s unlikely a responsible CEO in America who hasn’t at one time, said, “You know what folks? Houweling’s invested a staggering $50 million dollars into the project; this explains why competition is reluctant to catch up.

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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. An effective CEO such as Steve Jobs for example, can cause financial markets to shift, buying patterns to stall, or entire industries to scramble. Take the example the CEO role. Jeff currently lives in the St.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But more CEOs rarely understand the true position of their CHROs, let alone giving them the necessary backup to operate in the required capacity. Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. The HR is supposed to be a true partner to the CEO, just like the CFO.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

The most important person is not the CEO, but the person facing a challenge. CEOs should spend some time on a retreat and reflect, read Plato, think more of philosophy. The CEO needs to take up the leadership challenge to help others respond to that. Many managers mix up formulating a strategy and developing a plan.

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