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Leadership and Competition

N2Growth Blog

Some leaders completely ignore the topic of competition as if it doesn’t exist, others view competition as a minor nuisance, some executives see the competitive landscape as a battlefield where war is waged on a daily basis, and others view competition as untapped opportunities for collaboration and innovation.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. My engagements with CEOs often focus on helping them to embrace change through disruptive innovation.

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The Solution to the Skills Gap Could Already Be Inside Your Company

Harvard Business Review

The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

Harvard Business Review

Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. The marketing–sales relationship now tops the agenda of concerns in a survey of B2B executives. The cross-functional communication and coordination that is required to navigate this change is the job of leadership.

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5 Characteristics of Digital Giants that Enable Domination

Skip Prichard

and has studied emerging business and technology trends. Own and disintermediate the customer relationship. This disintermediation of the customer account control is a hallmark of digital giants. . What leadership challenges do you foresee in the years ahead that future leaders should prepare for?