Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Improving Customer Understanding: In the age of AI, understanding your customers on a deeper level is a competitive advantage. Whether it’s financial risks, cybersecurity threats, or operational challenges, AI-powered risk management systems can provide early warnings and suggest mitigation strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

As the CPG space evolves through extraordinary advances in technology and data analytics, finding candidates with the skill set required to succeed as executives in new omnichannel delivery models requires recruiters to think out of the box to cast a wider net outside of traditional CPG roles for candidates. Why or why not?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today’s competitive landscape, one size no longer fits all. Perhaps more than anyone, executives understand the importance of customized approaches that address their unique needs and challenges. One of the critical advantages of consulting is the external perspective it brings to the table.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2024

Benefits of Agile Supply Chain Management For industry giants, these benefits translate into competitive advantages and improved bottom lines. Staying Solid in Rough Times Be it an earthquake, worldwide health crisis, or political differences, a supply chain that can roll with the punches maintains operations.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

We spoke with a surgeon one time about her experience of learning to infuse connection into the team she was leading in the operating room. She shared that she was given the option of working with an executive coach when she became a supervisor at Mayo Clinic. Katharine P. Stallard is a co-author of this article.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Commercial Acumen: A Key Skill for Today’s CMOs In contemporary business management, the criteria dictating the roles and duties of executives are constantly evolving. It serves as the springboard to innovative solutions, breaks operational monotony, and imbues organizational practices with agility and resilience.

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Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2023

While some people live by the mantra “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” leaders can’t afford to have this mindset if they want to stay viable and competitive. Innovation is key, especially when operating environments are changing quickly. Do you want to retain your competitive advantage?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform. That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. We are known for our executive coaching practice. Transformation is the new normal.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

Trust needs to become baked into the DNA, strategy, and day-to-day operations of all aspects of business because it impacts relationships with all the business stakeholders. A joint report developed with the United Nations Global Compact found that 88 percent of investors see sustainability as a route to competitive advantage.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Although business leaders are rightfully concerned with competitive advantage and profitability, employees and customers typically have other concerns or priorities. Instead, people want to know that the way their organizations operate is ethical. People want to feel proud of both the work they do and the cause(s) they serve.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

At the far end of the continuum is Shared Leadership, where the team member and leader are jointly responsible for the task getting completed and work in a collaborative and co-operative way, each individual focusing on their own area of expertise. Just think about what impact that could have on your bottom line.

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

As a multi-disciplinary partnership, we at CO2 Partners have found Dave Snowden’s Cynefin framework to be helpful in better understanding the operating environment of an organization. Disorder, at the center of all environments, happens when you do not know which environment you’re operating in. .” –Russel Ackoff.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2023

Investing in renewable energy procurement can also help businesses gain a competitive advantage. They can take advantage of greater incentives and discounts. This can enable them to cut operational costs and increase operational efficiency. This is due to long-term contracts with suppliers.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 6, 2021

For black swan events, like the pandemic, such a reactive approach is perhaps understandable, but a recent study from the National University of Singapore underlines how corporate foresight is increasingly a competitive advantage. Foresight activities are much more comprehensive than just analyzing trends. Reconfiguring.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

It’s the backbone of effective, efficient and flexible execution. Today’s leaders need to be comfortable operating in the grey area, constantly pioneering new ways to use technology to enhance employee engagement, drive customer satisfaction and unleash competitive advantage.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Discipline III.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 13, 2012

Jacobs Suchard Directors expected me to run their North American operation as an entrepreneurial enterprise, and as long as the returns were acceptable, they assumed I was doing just that. With the exception of mega-company “clout” in the marketplace, sustainable competitive advantage cannot survive in toxic cultures.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

If we can harness the untapped potential buried deep within the hearts of our people, we can turn engagement from a liability into real, sustainable competitive advantage and usher in gains in productivity unseen since the industrial revolution! Leaders should also care deeply about engagement because of the opportunity it presents.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Kaplan and Dr. David P. Discipline III.

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HR Digest

JULY 8, 2022

Almost two in five expect AI and machine learning to have a major impact on their organization’s ability to create or maintain a competitive advantage in the future. Nearly 60% said that they feel they are aware of every aspect of business operations. The Digital Wave.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Leaders who don’t understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities, but they’re also building huge contingent operating liabilities. It’s one thing to possess knowledge, but it’s quite another thing to leverage it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today’s Executive Search and Management Consulting firms are famous for espousing “Best Practices.” Most “Executive Search Consultants” (even so-called legal search consultants) will go on and on about that how the role has changed. This is a company in which operations have dwindled and a mass exodus of talent is occurring.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2016

Recently, I sat down with Zach Toback, Vice President, News and Non-Fiction Production & Studio Operation at ABC News in New York City and Ann Louden, Director of the TCU Center for Connection Culture. Ann and I wanted to learn how ABC News stays at the top of its game as a leader in an extremely competitive, demanding industry.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 17, 2012

The best ones influenced my mode of operation as an executive of Jacobs Suchard , the maker of coffee and chocolate brands, Jacobs , Nabob , Toblerone , Suchard and Côte d’Or. The philosophy begins with a mindset obsessed with the competition. Successful private label manufacturers have been operating this way for years.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 22, 2011

In Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage Keller and Price reinforce the decades of accumulating research showing that roughly 70% of organizational change programs fail. Beyond Performance is misnamed. The book should really be entitled “Healthy Performance.&#

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

Going paperless is a great way to streamline office operations – and help save the planet by reducing paper. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. You just finished reading Three Ways Document Management Software Can Streamline Operations ! StrategyDriven Tactical Execution Forum.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 25, 2013

By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . In the text below I’ll share why I believe all business executives can learn valuable leadership lessons from those in uniform. Is Memorial Day weekend just another holiday, or does it mean something more to you?

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

.” –Russel Ackoff The Cliff of Uncertainty As a multi-disciplinary partnership, we at CO2 Partners have found Dave Snowden’s Cynefin framework to be helpful in better understanding the operating environment of an organization. It’s not necessarily where they should be operating, however.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2011

Ohio-based Consulting Firm Sees Growth Through Strategy Execution Coaching Program. “Six Disciplines is the only program that offers a complete strategy execution framework extending from the corner office to front line personnel. At the end of the day, it is about results. ” Overall business performance both in the U.S.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. The reward is longer-term competitive advantages. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization. Human capital is the source from which competitive advantage flows or falls.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 12, 2020

The process is more strongly associated with the development of cost-effective approaches that can ideally be implemented for the perfect execution of various tasks involved in a business. Properly assisting executives and managers of the organization in sustaining reliability in all the business processes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. Every competitive advantage in every marketplace is potentially subject to unexpected disruption. Don’t wait to act.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2015

A culture of voice occurs when each employee experiences the safety, confidence, and trust they need to contribute their fullest, resulting in open, honest, and healthy communication, innovative problem solving, knowledge transfer, and real potential for a sustainable competitive advantage. Leadership in Healthcare.

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HR Digest

MAY 17, 2024

Transformational change, on the other hand, encompasses larger-scale, complex initiatives that fundamentally alter the way the organization operates, like expanding into new international markets or launching a new business arm. Debra Cohen, a renowned HR expert, aptly describes HR’s role in change management as that of a “change agent.”

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LDRLB

JUNE 27, 2012

The best ones influenced my mode of operation as an executive of Jacobs Suchard, the maker of coffee and chocolate brands, Jacobs, Nabob, Toblerone, Suchard and Côte d’Or.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The extension process within the Crisis Leadership & Performance-Driven Execution framework’s Leadership GPS System evolves from the new reality in business analytics and organizational design. Doing the right things to get the right things done requires a GPS system to achieve high performance-driven execution. By Damian D.

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