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Beyond the Corner Office: Holistic Approaches to Succession Planning

N2Growth Blog

By embracing diversity in succession planning, organizations can create an inclusive environment that values different experiences, cultures, and genders, ultimately enhancing their competitive advantage. Incorporating diversity is not just ethically right; it’s also important for business success.

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How to Leverage AI for Smarter Decision Making as a Leader

Lead from Within

Improving Customer Understanding: In the age of AI, understanding your customers on a deeper level is a competitive advantage. Encourage your team to embrace AI as a tool for decision support, and provide training and resources to enhance their AI skills. This personalized guidance enhances the quality of your decisions.

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Navigating the Path: What Does a Chief People Officer Really Do?

N2Growth Blog

Additionally, the CPO works towards enhancing employee training and development programs to effectively nurture talent and equip employees with the necessary skills to excel in their roles. They focus on enhancing employee training and development programs to nurture talent and improve skills.

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Is the “Silent Killer” Sabotaging Your Performance?

Michael Lee Stallard

In my book, Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work , I make the case for connection and describe how leaders including Alan Mulally, the CEO who saved the Ford Motor Company from bankruptcy; Bono of the rock band U2; Frances Hesselbein, former head of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.;

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5 “NEXT PRACTICES” WHEN HIRING A GENERAL COUNSEL

N2Growth Blog

Next Practice: To truly add competitive value to your organization, General Counsel candidates’ business acumen must be researched and assessed for authenticity. PROVEN DECISION-MAKING SKILLS: Law schools and law firms don’t train lawyers to make decisions; They train them to see both sides of an argument. (I

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Antidote for Widespread Employee Discontent

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders can develop workplace cultures that engage people and provide a source of competitive advantage. Connection among people improves performance in an organization and creates a new source of competitive advantage. The good news is that is doesn’t have to be this way.

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April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Intercultural competence can serve as both a critical performance management dimension for employees and a meaningful competitive advantage for the organization. Linda Fisher Thornton of LeadinginContext contributed 10 Trends Shaping the Future of Ethical Leadership. What we don’t always know is how to act on this understanding.