N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A high premium is placed on collaboration, with the understanding that pooling diverse perspectives encourages innovation and creativity. Leaders have the responsibility and power to shape the course and outcome of their companies by influencing the organizational structure, culture, decision-making process, and employee performance.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As organizations increasingly rely on technology to drive growth and innovation, the role of digital leaders has become paramount. Additionally, the CIO must champion innovation and promote a culture of continuous learning and adaptation, ensuring that the organization remains agile despite constant technological advancements.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Their adept conceptualization and execution of strategic plans are crucial to ensuring a company’s longevity and success. A strong operational understanding forms the basis of a CCO’s role, facilitating a balance between strategic planning and effective execution.

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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. Today’s CMOs are not just marketers but visionaries who strategically leverage creativity with technology to drive commercial success.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool with a lot to offer business and servant leaders. So, if you’re new to AI and want a great way to get started, we have 19 powerful, beginner AI prompts for business and servant leaders. Like any tool, AI can be used to great benefit for you and your stakeholders. We’d love to help.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 15, 2022

“ All that everyone , no matter how powerful, can do is to continue participating with intention and continually negotiate and respond to others who are also intentionally doing the same. It is in this ongoing, intentional, local interaction of strategizing that the population-wide patterns of strategy emerge.”

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 3, 2024

This is how AI will reshape the future of work and alter leadership dynamics forever: The Intersection of AI and Leadership Strategies: Leaders must think long-term, integrating AI into their strategic plans for market forecasting and supply chain optimization. Staying ahead in AI trends is key for future readiness.

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CO2

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Far from being mere administrative support, executive assistants are pivotal in driving the strategic agenda , managing critical relationships, and fostering an environment of efficiency and innovation. When these professionals are empowered, they become catalysts for efficiency, innovation, and strategic thinking.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Sean is also an author, and each of his books, Rapid Teamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable , are entertaining parables with powerful take-aways for team growth and leadership! Mary Kelly – tools, techniques, and tactics to face crises, challenges and change.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2014

His voice is powerful. Author information Deborah Mills-Scofield Deb Mills-Scofield has her own consultancy helping organizations create and implement highly actionable, adaptable, measurable, and profitable innovation-based strategic plans. Brian Sooy helped me raise my voice when I started on my own.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” ” When it comes to resourcefulness, three of the most powerful words you can teach your team are “ How can we ?” Ask “How can we?”

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

Talk to us about the power in being specific and how top leaders use this in their planning. They understand competition is always after market share and realize they need to constantly innovate and invest in their Company Advantage. Which Culture Builders need the most improvement? Great companies never rest on their laurels.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As a consulting professional who works closely with top executives in the world’s largest companies, I have witnessed the transformative power of adopting these principles and strategies. This entails fostering a culture that embraces learning, innovation, and adaptability.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The role of healthcare leadership cannot be underestimated, as it shapes the direction and success of organizations, drives innovation, and ensures the delivery of high-quality care. These processes serve as powerful tools for organizations to gain deeper insights into the competencies, skills, and potential of prospective leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2013

I have this thing about Blue Lobsters, seeing them in Maine and as a metaphor for innovation in that this rare phenotype results from serendipity and random collisions of genes. Here is Nick’s powerful story of how Science [.] Nick’s art is an amazing and beautiful integration of art and biology in watercolor.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 13, 2024

That’s why I’ve developed the NOISE analysis , a framework designed to delve deeper into the needs and strengths of a company, paving the way for innovative solutions and sustainable growth. Opportunities: What potential avenues exist for future innovation and growth? These can guide your strategic planning.

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CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The power of positive future-focused questions by @mjasmus. The latest thinking on the benefits of articulating a coherent, compelling #innovation narrative via @mitsmr. It’s Never Too Late to Learn These 12 Powerful Leadership Habits by @LollyDaskal. 3 Ways To Keep Your Leadership Fresh And Powerful by @WScottCochrane.

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CO2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Recently, when working with clients to bring the strategic planning process out of the board room and into mail room, we brought to life Motivation 2.0. Every company can implement strategic planning by involving all or many employees at every level. How far do you reach with your strategic planning?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In my years serving as CEO I have made it a priority to build a living, breathing strategic plan. A big part of that is having a simple vision that teams can rally around and a strategic direction that leaders can buy into and articulate easily throughout the organization. Make Innovation Everyone’s Job.

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CO2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

When your strategy is so ingrained into the culture do you still need to list it as a strategy in your strategic plan ? Does Nordstrom’s have to say that they will be known for exceptional service in their strategic plan each year or is it so ingrained in the culture that it does not have to be said any longer.

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CO2

DECEMBER 29, 2010

“A word is dead when it is said some say, I say it just begins to live that day&# – Emily Dickinson When you work on a strategic plan – even if you keep them as short as we do at CO2 Partners , to one page, each word you choose is so critical. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

One leader gave this example of how she has integrated being AI into her work through the power of a simple question: The question “What’s working well?” The Power of Using Questions. Questions seem simple, yet the crafting of a powerful question can open the door to new directions, innovation, and thought in ways nothing else can.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

They cultivate, grow, innovate and invest. So, what if you created a collection of powerful YouTube videos on your area everyone could not wait to see? Pretty good service is not your ticket to avoiding the blade, innovative service is. Change Management Chip Bell Leadership Return on Investment service strategic planning'

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Along with her leadership faults, Jane was innovative, creative, personable, dedicated, and very hard working. The power of reframing Reframing is about intentionally offering up a different frame to a leadership situation. Reframing is a powerful practice that leaders committed to positive change embrace.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

Negative responses are often the default when a boss wants to maintain power, or a direct report wants to avoid hassles. Use positive approaches such as appreciative inquiry, which identifies what works when parts of initiatives fail, and which uses brainstorming and strategic planning to arrive at an ideal solution.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It guides the development of academic programs, research initiatives, and community engagement efforts, ensuring that the institution remains at the forefront of educational innovation and excellence. To create a powerful role description, it is essential to articulate the institution’s mission, vision, and values clearly.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When organizations consider stepping outside of their traditional boundaries to engage with other players in new types of business innovations, they are often a bit lost in how to go about developing such a strategy process. There is a small innovation cycle consisting of a repetition of co-creation events and prototyping.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2014

FT: Thirteen traits of true innovation. Sony’s email hack: 3 critical lessons on power by @JeffreyPfeffer. HBR: The Big Lie of Strategic Planning by Roger Martin. Dealing w/ Toxic People: Pleasures That Calm by @KateNasser. How to Maximize Your Energy When You Don''t Have a Lot by @JesseLynStoner. via @FortuneMagazine.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This new brand of leadership brings together two elements that seem oppositional: first, handling immediate threats in a rapidly changing and unpredictable time, and second, engaging in strategic planning at a time when everything we knew has changed and the stakes are incredibly high. 1 N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

This blog focuses on three essential tips that can help you get the best and most out of others: The Two-for-One Rule: Two positives for every “aw shucks,” or negatives; The Power of Positive Feedback; and, Managing the Sting of Emotion in the Workplace: It’s not if, rather how we handle mistakes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. This powerful reflection and guidance can help executives identify blind spots they might be missing. How is that possible?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

To confirm the power of this comparison, try the following exercise several times today or tomorrow: 1. This can be especially powerful when someone presents you with a problem they are trying to solve. Inspires the most innovative solutions? When you are with people, consciously identify problems. Makes room for everyone?

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In a logical, straightforward manner, Max walks readers through strategic principles and best practices in a way that educates the novice and the well-practiced strategist alike. Whether you are a CEO or a new team leader, Max provides helpful tools and checklists to improve your strategic plan.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 4, 2017

If you ever doubt the power of leadership, take a look at the organizations around you—those that are successful and those that are failing (or have failed). Identify a clear plan and achievable goals. Have a strategic plan that will guide growth and show where, how and what the company is planning to accomplish.

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CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. In renewing their values this year we hit a speed bump.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2013

Since revenue from customers and the power of their advocacy dramatically impacts organizational growth and profits, assuming “we know what’s best for our customers” is akin to a death knell. “We have a strategic plan,” said Southwest Airlines founder and retired CEO, Herb Kelleher.

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