N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

By working closely with an executive coach, entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge and experience that can prove instrumental in their growth and development. This means they must possess diverse skills and knowledge, from finance and marketing to operations and human resources.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

By developing the right mix of skills, you’ll have the confidence and assertiveness to thrive in a changing organizational environment. Study a particular subfield within your area of knowledge in order to develop specialized knowledge that will make you highly marketable in that realm. Six Essential Skills for Future Leaders.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A common refrain across the western world is that economies are suffering from the agglomeration effect, whereby talent and resources tend to coalesce around major metropolises, leaving smaller towns and rural communities bereft of jobs, innovation and much in the way of hope for the future. Austell to St.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2012

She is also a contributing blogger for the Lead Change Group, Polymash, and Talent Culture and was among the founding “leadership instigators” in the Lead Change Group.With a commitment to unleashing the human spirit at work, Susan is a leadership coach, motivational speaker and business consultant.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Bob Lieberman is a business leadership consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. This is guest post from Bob Lieberman.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With a clear strategy, inspiring leadership, and aligned sales, powerful leaders understand that true competitive advantage doesn't come from innovation alone but belongs to companies that use their sales organization to add and create value. Helping your customers with problems they don’t know are problems.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Bob Lieberman is a business leadership consultant based in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. Innovation creativity innovation'

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

If you are a regular reader of this blog and feel it has added value to your growth and development as a leader I would greatly appreciate your vote. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Businesses often hire consultants to take a “fresh look” at things. Through that understanding the team and I can then develop new solutions that save time and money or create greater efficiencies or develop better processes. ” According to Clear, successful habits are developed gradually.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

The company hired me for change and team consulting. Application and development outside the classroom and structured training time. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance. Example – I did this with a team of Machinists. What have you found that works?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. Next to the IT, engineering, health, and education sectors, upward-educated CEOs are also more likely to work for management consultancies,” the authors continue.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the end, I would consult with your friends and family to determine whether or not the toxic work environment is bleeding into your personal life. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Some people are willing (and able) to put up with more than others in terms of their threshold for toxicity. I Think Not.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

As a 2017 World Bank report noted: “the WMS initiated by Bloom and Van Reenen … has permitted a quantum leap in the comparative quantitative analysis of management practices and their implications for productivity and innovation.” Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. That’s about it.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength. I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# … Executive Development Opportunities. Inc.com Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. I’ve seen many an executive or consultant attempt to identify leaders with interviews, tests, evaluations, etc., By that I mean practice areas that serve no real purpose other than to generate a revenue stream for a coach or consultant, or justify headcount within a department.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

How many professional advisers and consultants do you have on retainer, or on staff that I can leverage for my firm? The bottom line is this; I view one of the primary obligations of venture capital and private equity firms to be to drive collaboration and innovation across their portfolio companies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group , a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. How does your walk prove it? Do you say mistakes are important and necessary?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

In today’s post I’ll quickly examine the merits of developing your listening skills. Listen to those that confront you, challenge you, stretch you, and develop you. Employees develop the kind of security they really need – skills, knowledge and capabilities that enhance future employability. What say you?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted. [link] mikemyatt Thanks Deon: I agree that "listening" is a critical skill for leaders. link] Dan Black Great thoughts. I really enjoy reading your blog.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The UC Berkley budget gap has grown to $150 million, & still the Chancellor is spending money that isn't there on $3,000,000 consultants. 3 million consultant fees would be far better spent on students & faculty. Have they been fudging their research for years? The victims of this folly are Faculty and Students. $

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The most “class-ridden” roles included CEOs, finance managers, management consultants, and solicitors. This empathetic approach facilitates the development of a roadmap for implementing transformative initiatives that dismantle unequal practices and foster a more inclusive environment.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? " Thanks for adding to the conversation Jennifer.

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This guest post by Amir Golan , VP of Business Development at Signals , shows how important it is to look for the small signals and patterns in big data that are easily lost. In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one.

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