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Transforming Commerce: Chief Commercial Officer Search

N2Growth Blog

Above all, risk management skills and sound business acumen are required to drive profitable growth and sustainable business expansion. Maintaining strong internal and external relationships, influencing organizational changes, and fostering a culture that embraces innovation are all paramount.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. “When leaders do not practice what they preach, they destroy morale, loyalty, and engagement.” Risk management is now a fully-developed rich scientific discipline.

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The 5 Skills That Innovative Leaders Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is critical in a knowledge economy — driving growth, new products, and new methods of delivering value to customers. According to PwC’s 2015 study on Global Innovation , U.S. And yet, despite its importance, innovation is a difficult quality to cultivate both in leaders and in organizations.

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The Impact Of Departing Employees On Firm Performance

The Horizons Tracker

They cannot stop people from leaving after they have invested in them, but the hope is inevitably that investing in staff will foster a degree of loyalty. That this investment also helps to promote engagement, innovation, motivation, and efficiency is also a positive outcome.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

” Improving risk management. Climate change, water scarcity, and poor labor conditions in much of the world increase the risk. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. Building Customer Loyalty. Some 62.4%

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Sell Your Product Before It Exists

Harvard Business Review

If you haven’t seen the promos yet, Coin is a new device that aggregates all of your information from credit, debit, and even loyalty cards and can be swiped just like a regular credit card. In addition to the benefits of an MVP strategy, Coin’s strategy allowed them to mitigate our internal bias against innovative new ideas.

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How CMOs Can Work with CIOs to Gain Customer Insight

Harvard Business Review

Gene Morphis, former CFO of CVS and David's Bridal suggests: "There is an interesting intersection between risk management and innovation that emerges in the CMO-CIO interface." It's up to the CEO to ensure that marketing and IT are on the same page in terms of both innovation goals and risk management.

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