N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Analyzing various data points—such as educational background, career achievements, and industry recognition—layered on top of their soft skills provides insights into a candidate’s suitability. Leveraging Data and Analytics in Executive Search Data-driven approaches allow for thorough candidate evaluation beyond technical skills.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Shaping the Engineering Curriculum of Tomorrow Engineering education demands more than incremental updates to existing curricula amid unprecedented technological disruption. This approach enhances individual performance and retention rates and drives stronger educational outcomes and institutional prestige.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 26, 2025

Many development organizations have adopted market-based strategies to combat poverty, offering education and training programs to help microentrepreneurs innovate in their businesses. In regions where formal employment opportunities are scarce, entrepreneurship is often promoted as a key way to improve livelihoods.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For the past 15 years, he has been designing learning experiences for tech companies, schools, and nonprofits, exploring innovation, education, management, and personal growth. He has worked with teams from organizations including Harvard Medical School, F5 Networks, Angellist, and Google. Laurent Valosek is CEO of Peak Leadership Institute.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

But loving leaders bring intention and attention to how the work is done in five critical ways: They know their teams: Its one thing to know a persons skills, experience, and education and to match talent with the work to be done. Its an entirely different thing to understand peoples motivations, ambitions, challenges, and dreams.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Career Path to Becoming a Chief Commercial Officer The journey to this executive position typically involves a blend of formal education and extensive professional experience. The ability to navigate challenges with integrity not only protects but enhances the organization’s reputation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

She had a masters in education and yet kept piecing together teaching assistant jobs to make ends meet for her and her 7-year-old son. Why are you passionate about education? Meet Me in St. The sweet woman next to me on the flight from Denver to St. Louis shared her story about her frustrating series of job interviews.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Importance of Academic Leadership in Higher Education In the rapidly changing landscape of academics and higher education , the role of leadership has become increasingly important. Academic leadership is a crucial factor in achieving success in higher education.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Understanding the Importance of a University President Search A university president or chancellor search is a critical process that carries some of the farthest-reaching implications for the future of an educational institution. Operational realities, on the other hand, pertain to the practical aspects of running an organization of any size.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They maintain that “useful information” is a crucial driver of effective leadership—that their job is primarily to educate and inform their teams with facts and figures. Information may critically educate and enlighten. S OME of my executive clients believe, instinctively, that content is king.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Barbara Kellerman on the context of leadership: “We need to think of leadership as a creative act for which leaders and followers both are educated, for which leaders and followers both are prepared over a lifetime of learning.” Source: Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family II.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2023

No institution—religious, military, educational, political or business—can be great unless it has a great leader at the top who develops leaders at all levels of the organization. True Measures of Money, Business, and Life II. Tichy on the need to produce leaders at all levels: “Leadership is the whole game.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 23, 2021

As a leader, you’re responsible for motivating, educating, and making sure your employees add value to your organization. Being a leader doesn’t mean bossing people around. This requires you to connect with your team, to create an environment that encourages creativity, to understand your own strengths and weaknesses as well.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2025

Transitioning from a classroom teaching role to an education administration or policy role can be an exciting opportunity and a significant career shift. Many educators possess the leadership skills, instructional insight, and passion for systemic improvement needed to thrive beyond the classroom. million employees by 2026.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

Educate to Bring Clarity. Leaders provide clarity by informing and educating people on what they know and how they fit into the issue. In his first address to the nation since his Pearl Harbor address on December 7, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt was compelled to inform and educate the American people of the issue. Remain Steady.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Transparent communication about AI’s impact is crucial. I also guide leaders in balancing AI with human skills, ensuring the workforce feels valued and secure.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Setting the Stage: Understanding the Importance of Finding Top Talent In today’s competitive landscape, the success of organizations across any sector, including higher education , hinges on finding top talent. track record of accomplishments, and familiarity with the challenges specific to the higher education sector.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 27, 2021

Educate yourself and your teams about these methods of trickery and how to spot them: There are many new ways that bad actors are usual digital sleight of hand to trick us. And the list is growing. It will take a healthy dose of skepticism, critical observation and research skills to find out if what we see is as it appears.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The higher the education level, the more books they own. For example, among 31- to 35-year-olds, 8% of people whose highest level of education is a high school diploma own at least 100 books, compared to 25% of people in the same age range with postgraduate degrees.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But years of dumbed-down education and emphasis on how people feel have left too many people unable to see through this media gimmick.”. Thomas Sowell on the media gimmick of turning questions of fact into questions of emotion: “Emotions neither prove nor disprove facts. There was a time when any rational adult understood this.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

The future lies in embracing innovative methodologies and cutting-edge technologies to deliver executive education that resonates with the current business rhythm. From AI to Microlearning, VR to remote working strategy , technology will play an ever-bigger role in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Linda Fisher Thornton Since moral growth is a lifelong pursuit, moral education needs to start early, and it needs to continue throughout our professional careers. This requires quite a bit more effort than just doing an "annual ethics training."

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As N2Growths CEO with over 25 years in the industry, having placed and consulted private and public organizations across the globe ranging from early-stage start-ups and NGOs, to Fortune 100 companies and top-tier higher educational institutions, Ive long argued that clinging to industry tenure as the gold standard for executives is like using a paper (..)

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Now enshrined in law and jurisprudence, victimism is reshaping the fabric of society, including employment policies, criminal justice, education, urban politics, and, in an increasingly Orwellian emphasis on ‘sensitivity’ in language.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Defining the Role of a University President A university president’s role is complex and multifaceted, demanding a unique blend of skills to successfully lead an institution of higher education. This means developing a mission and long-term plan that not only addresses current educational landscapes but also anticipates future trends.

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Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Culatta, who is the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education and the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of Education, has developed a framework that we should use to guide our approach to teaching digital citizenship : Be Balanced Balance isn’t a time conversation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

American educational philosopher Robert Maynard Hutchins , former chancellor of the University of Chicago, with a timely comment on a return to critical thought: “As the Renaissance could accuse the Middle Ages of being rich in principles and poor in facts, we are now entitled to inquire whether we are not rich in facts and poor in principles.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

Educate your employees about the deprivations of needs. Start with education about basic needs. Use this data to develop a baseline prior to doing the interventions below. Some employees, scared for their jobs, voluntarily take on too much work. Take things step by step. Conclusion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. I didn’t have the education, experience, or skills to do that… YET… Although, I just checked my tax returns. I will never forget that generosity of encouragement to get me started. One hundred percent.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2021

VIDEO: The Biggest Myth In Education. How To Give Positive Feedback To Employees by @davidburkus. 58 Leadership Quotes From Nick Saban On Winning From Leadercast by @BrianKDodd. Lessons on Purpose From The 108 Year Life of John Boyd by @DrJohnIzzo. A New Alternative to Slide-deck Preparation by Nick Morgan @publicwords.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Across borders and over generations, workers have always had to face a learning curve while shifting from the education sphere to the work sphere. Some blame their own attitudes while others blame the education system. It can be natural for new workers to struggle with adapting to the workforce.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 3, 2023

What about moving up in the workplace…are there opportunities to support one another around continuing education, increasing expertise, and learning new skills? Do we have systems in place for when someone needs to take time off or miss a meeting? I’m curious, what would you add?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Invest in Ethical Leadership Training: Ongoing education ensures that directors have the tools to lead with integrity. Embrace a Learning Culture: Encourage ongoing education to stay ahead of industry trends. Ethical leadership creates trust within the organization, fostering long-term sustainability and success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How to Make Room for Your Growth and Development 08:03 – The Leadership Bestseller List: Ever wondered where to start your leadership education? 09:40 – Leaders Teaching Leaders: Hear how inviting other firm leaders to share their journeys not only educates the team but also enriches the one who started it.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As educational institutions continue to evolve and face new challenges, it is essential to have a leader who can navigate through these changes effectively. Additionally, it is essential to consider the specific challenges and opportunities the institution may face in the evolving landscape of higher education.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Obtaining education is not the same as obtaining degrees. True education, not mere degrees, seems to be able to soften our tendency toward dichotomous thinking. This kind of thinking can lead us down the wrong path and into toxic discussions. Get comfortable in the gray areas and savoring differences.

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