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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

To tackle these issues, for the past five years, the new trend in executive hiring has been the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) role. This is where the CTO role gets into the spotlight. Step 4: Operations alignment. Therefore, it’s critical to hire an experienced CTO. Step 2: Culture alignment. And why is that?

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The Key to Building a Culture of Innovation

leaderCommunicator

Innovation is clearly a hot topic with many leaders today. Yet how exactly do you foster innovation within your company? Every day, we hear more leaders call for increased innovation from their organizations. None of the innovative leaders operated in the way that is often described as the key to leadership success.

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Organizations Are Failing To Capitalize On Data And Technology

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that CHROs with strong abilities and relationships, and who work in a supportive environment, are almost twice as likely to successfully integrate data, technology, and people, and four times more likely to have effective relationships and influence with other C-suite executives, including the CEO, CFO, CTO, and COO. “As

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The Chief Innovation Officer’s 100-Day Plan

Harvard Business Review

Your energy and track record of successfully launching high-impact initiatives scored you a plum role heading up innovation. Expectations are high, but some skeptics in the organization feel that innovation is an overhyped buzzword that doesn’t justify being a separate function. Congratulations!

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Master the Four Fields of Leadership

Skip Prichard

The definition that I operate from is that leadership is any means by which two or more people develop the ability to cooperate and take collective action. He was the CTO of a global manufacturing company. “The more individuals there are in a meeting, the higher the risk of confusion and poor alignment.” -Tom Tom Goodell. .

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Leadership: A Global Perspective

N2Growth Blog

Recently, African business leaders have focused on innovation in the workplace and the imperative to nurture and grow talent on the continent. I led a discussion on leadership principles and mindset and let the room evolve into an open debate on what was working and what was harmful in day to day operations. Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g.,