Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Limiting the definition of leadership Many have asked me how to define a leader, but I have refused. Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating. In short, without vertical development, training dollars are wasted. There is no one way to be a leader.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Everyone is Innovative .

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of a Strong Chief Commercial Officer in Business A robust Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) plays an instrumental role in businesses, providing strategic supervision, guidance, and management of all aspects of commercial operations. The CCO becomes paramount as enterprises navigate competitive landscapes and complex markets.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

How to manage remote teams effectively? With 66 percent of workers operating remotely at least part-time, effective strategies for leading virtual teams have become paramount. The Feedback Fiesta : Embrace feedback like a piñata filled with wisdom—ask questions if you want to know how to manage remote teams. Absolutely.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so? With that in mind, they also provide their “most senior leaders executive coaching , leadership acceleration initiatives, and other training.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth. However, integrating creative innovation within a broader business strategy does not equate to an effortlessly navigable journey.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 7, 2024

In The Metaverse Workplace Revolution: A Path to Greater Profitability, a Stronger Culture, and Industry Disruption , published by Fast Company Press, Jason Gesing shares his vision of a future where the Metaverse is not just an option, but a necessity for business innovation. How can leaders identify opportunities within this disruption?

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 21, 2024

2024), this guide will help change teams understand how to effectively implement these principles, recognize when they are working, and identify potential issues. How to do it: Ask and listen to all employees to share and add ideas for change. Provide platforms for sharing feedback and innovations.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2023

It’s your ticket to the big leagues where decisions reshape industries and innovations redefine markets. This can include: International Case Studies Global Business Models Cross-Cultural Management This broadened outlook prepares students to operate in an interconnected business environment. Sounds exciting, right?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 16, 2023

At first glance, it may seem odd to suggest that robots need to have a sense of humor, but as man and machine increasingly operate alongside one another, humor may be crucial to establishing the kind of bonds needed to do so effectively. Research from Kyoto University attempted to do that and teach robots how to understand humor.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Knowing how to manage conflict in the workplace is vital for your leaders, turning a potentially harmful situation into an innovative and productive one. Conflict can be an opportunity to address gaps and a way to innovate. Provide support, encourage work-life balance and ask for feedback on how to better help them.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

How do organizations use personal data accumulated by machines and make predictions of different types of intelligence? How does AI become key to this dynamic? A new IBM report shows that half of CHROs identified for the study recognize the possibilities for innovation in HR operations and the acquisition and development of talent.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Horizon Europe is an ideal funding program for startups or SMEs working their way through the innovation ecosystem in Europe. Furthermore, the program supports the innovation ecosystem in Europe, and it has pillar III, where startups find vital opportunities. Between June 23 and 24, the European research and innovation days take place.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – all while reducing research and development time and costs. 1.716.629.3678. 1.716.629.3678.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2019

If the employee does not deliver on the desired results and then doesn’t act accountably the leader has to step in and coach, reassess, train, or even (re)set consequences. For today I want to focus on how to do the first step and that is to build a meaningful shared fate on the team. Good coaches know how to do this (e.g.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That means HR professionals should ensure they help employees grow professionally through education, training, and advancement opportunities. Doing so lets them better understand why their organization uses specific methods and how those goals align with corporate values. Corporate culture in the workplace. Reskilling and upskilling.

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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. But not every business knows how to convert that data into actionable insights.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus. What are some of your favorite innovation tools? Try DTC Operator out and let me know what happens. What do you think?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 17, 2016

Guest post from Matt Tenney There is much debate over the question of whether innovative people are born as innovators, or if innovation is something that is trainable. Although many people use the words creative and innovative as synonyms, the two are actually quite distinct. A well-known example of this is Bill Gates.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 19, 2014

As I prepare for my talk next month on how leaders can help their organizations to shift from relying solely on training programs to promoting a continuous learning environment, I’d like to share the following 3 measures to provide some insights on how you can do the same in your organization.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The repercussions of water damage are far-reaching, potentially causing extensive property damage, interrupting business operations, and leading to substantial financial losses. It could involve investing in new product development, exploring new market segments, or adopting innovative marketing strategies.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 18, 2015

If done right, employee empowerment can be the greatest factor to business growth and operational efficiency. Create Your Assets Having acknowledged the value of your assets, capitalize on them by giving them training. Research shows that empowerment can lead to innovation if done organically. Listen to Elsa …and let it go.

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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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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Consequently, a business may be short of cash until payment is received. Lesson: An expert isn’t always the person who knows the most.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

We are entering a new fluid state that will lead to an unprecedented period of innovation and transformation. While some organizations had begun to embrace these technologies before the pandemic, it’s now critical that business leaders keep moving ahead with innovation efforts as we move into a new normal. Autonomous machines.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2023

Reducing operating costs while maintaining high levels of service can be a challenge, but by implementing strategic fleet management hacks, businesses can achieve significant savings. By streamlining operations and reducing costs, businesses can improve their bottom line and ultimately increase their competitiveness in the market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2023

Leveraging a company’s proprietary knowledge is critical to its ability to compete and innovate, especially in today’s volatile environment. Organizational innovation is fueled through effective and agile creation, management, application, recombination, and deployment of knowledge assets and know-how.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2024

People and businesses might not trust AI like ChatGPT enough to spend time and money learning how to use it. Generative AI will change the nature of how things are produced, just as what occurred with factory assembly lines in the 1910s or globalised supply chains at the turn of the millennium,” the researchers explain.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

The aim is to establish an innovative, competitive business, optimizing processes and delivering high value to customers and stakeholders. Digital transformation is about ridding your business of dated processes and enabling innovation. Technology may be essential to digital transformation, but it is more than adopting new tech.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The paper, which was produced by the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Work , examined the output from around ten million research teams operating in eleven disciplines between 1961 and 2020. This is fascinating, as there has been considerable concern in recent times that our innovative output has been slowing down. .”

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Employee turnover is costly because it increases the expenses related to recruiting and training. How To Establish And Maintain A Positive Environment Within The Organization. As a leader, how can you start fostering a positive attitude and culture within the organization? Expertise loss will also decrease productivity.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2012

In Standardization is the first step to innovation , Alan Kay Wrote, “…every team is different. The application would vary greatly if you were running a highly regulated business, e.g., healthcare vs. an innovative internet retailing business.”. For innovation to take place the person traverses through 3 phases of learning.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2017

Whilst employee recruitment is usually viewed as a legitimate area for investment, employee training has traditionally been overlooked and often comes at the bottom of spending priorities. There are many compelling reasons why you should target your investment at employee training. Why you need to take employee training seriously.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 21, 2021

Such an entrepreneur is open to infusing new talents, innovations and creativity into the business to strengthen it and guarantee its longevity. You will also rely heavily on integrated learning tools that facilitate employees’ professional development and streamline business operation. Inspire innovation.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2023

This means not only hiring a diverse workforce, but also implementing policies and training programs to ensure that all employees feel valued and supported. From automating mundane tasks to analyzing data to improve decision making, AI has the potential to revolutionize the way HR departments operate. T&D in 2023.

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