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Is Your Organization Digitally Mature?

Leading Blog

Only by fundamentally changing the way the organization works—through flattening hierarchies, speeding up decision making, helping employees develop needed skills, and successfully understanding both opportunities and threats in the environment—can an organization truly adapt to a digital world. Digital Maturity.

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Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity

The Horizons Tracker

It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that a recent survey from SolarWinds found that just over half of organizations regard their cybersecurity functions as mature, with budget constraints and a lack of skills and capability to keep abreast of the ever-evolving threat landscape the key barriers to progression. You can’t buy maturity.

Maturity 122
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The Wisdom Wave: Preparing for the Surge of Senior Professionals.

Rich Gee Group

In an evolving job market, the value of older workers is becoming increasingly recognized. Older workers offer a wealth of experience, maturity, and a nuanced understanding of business dynamics that can be invaluable to any organization. Invest in Lifelong Learning: Provide opportunities for continuous learning and skill development.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

Sales and marketing positions appear to provide broader sector hunting grounds, but reality can be different, and there are still many constraints. ’ Whatever credential candidates hold, they will likely be trench fighters with soft skills and charisma to lead and dilute egos. A search partner with industry knowledge is critical.

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Teaching The Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Scale Their Business

The Horizons Tracker

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly difficult, and while many have strong technical skills, the art and science of running a business are often somewhat harder to master. Skills for scaling. “In addition to business model innovation, practitioners stress the importance of social capital for entrepreneurs.

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Older Workers Stay If You Invest In Them

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article , I highlighted how the Covid pandemic heralded an exodus from the labor market by older workers, with this making a significant contribution to the labor shortages seen across the economy today. Complexity , defined as job demands on workers that require aptitude, skills, training, thought, creativity, and judgment.

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What it Takes to be an Entrepreneurial Leader

Leading Blog

Given the proper skills and insights, most entrepreneurs can become successful or what Derek Lidow calls entrepreneurial leaders. Lidow says that an entrepreneurial leader does not need to be the best in each of these skills but shout have mastered them to the point that they are beyond simply competent. But they don’t have to.