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Unlocking Digital Leadership: CIO Executive Search

N2Growth Blog

A competent digital leader can bring about improved operational efficiency, enhanced customer experiences, and a culture of innovation, laying the foundation for net new businesses or products within the organization. Firstly, executive search firms specialize in identifying and attracting top talent in the market.

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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

Lead Change Blog

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. There was no room for any missteps.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

The updates to the Walgreens executive team were announced by CEO Tim Wentworth who also took up the position at the company quite recently, appointed in October 2023. We have a strong team with a track record of operational excellence and an unwavering commitment to the execution of our goals.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. How can you start each day being positive and ready to lead under these circumstances?

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A Technique to Bridge the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

and uncovers new customer insights; it then turns to operations to translate the insights into action.and hits a wall. The people in operations are too focused on fulfilling internal requests and service agreements to worry about customers, the ones that pay real money. IT management Marketing Operations' Analytics "!)

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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

The proliferation of C-suite roles is an indication of the increasing strategic and operational complexity organizations face. One of the newest additions to the C-Suite is the Chief Data Officer. For instance, the person who was once the best at analytics may no longer hold that position if a Chief Data Officer is brought in.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.” ” With Anderson’s help, Staples’ net profits grew more than tenfold over the next five years.