N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Understanding the Evolving Role of a Chief Operating Officer In the ever-evolving world of business, the role of a Chief Operating Officer (COO) is undergoing numerous transformations. Traditional methods of internal promotions or reliance on personal networks are giving way to more refined mechanisms.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Susan Catalano, Citi’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of HR, was reading the Divergent series — about a future society broken up into five social factions cultivating different virtues — around the same time she was asked to assist with an open floor plan for the HR group’s new workspace and the book influenced the end product. “We

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Susan Catalano, Citi’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of HR, was reading the Divergent series — about a future society broken up into five social factions cultivating different virtues — around the same time she was asked to assist with an open floor plan for the HR group’s new workspace and the book influenced the end product. “We

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

With the rise of social media, millennials are empowered by technology. A good example here is Lean In, a conscious movement launched by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. One example, +SocialGood, unites changemakers around the power of innovation and technology to make the world a better place.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

How working women are kept from positions of influence and power is by now well-documented by scientists and journalists alike. ” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Presidential elections, the choice of a running mate can influence voter views of the candidate and shift the dialogue, as happened following Mitt Romney's naming of conservative budget-chopping congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick in the race for the White House. Unlike the U.S. Differentiation: What skills are you missing?

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