N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

CMOs are now at the forefront of crafting holistic customer experiences, leveraging data analytics to gain insights into consumer behavior, and developing strategies that drive engagement across multiple channels. Their leadership is crucial in ensuring the organization remains agile and responsive in an era of constant technological change.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of leadership, how we assess and cultivate leadership qualities is undergoing enormous transformation. We delved into the quickly changing environment of leadership and the critical need for organizations to adapt their strategies to keep pace with shifting sands. What values drive them?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today, organizations face multifaceted challenges that demand agile and decisive leadership. The increasing demand for interim executives reflects a broader shift toward flexible leadership models. Industry insights support the critical role of interim executives.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 9, 2024

Lack of emotional agility limits life. Emotional agility enables you to gain advantage from fear, worry, stress, and doubt. Emotionally agile leaders: Communicate powerfully. This post provides 10 ways to master emotional agility. Bounce back quickly. Address challenges confidently. Embrace change openly.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Bush and Barack Obama, Mike Hayes, says Never Enough is about aiming for excellence, agility, and meaning in everything we do. Never Agile Enough. Agility is about awareness and being flexible enough to do what needs to be done to get the desired outcome. What plays into agility is knowing how to think.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At N2Growth , we recognize the transformative impact that strategic leadership in this position can have. This comprehensive guide explores the multifaceted responsibilities of this executive role, the critical importance of strategic leadership, and how to effectively navigate the complexities of recruiting for this pivotal position.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The importance of this role in high-performing organizations cannot be overstated: research from various organizational studies shows that effective operations leadership is one of the most reliable predictors of sustained performance and competitive advantage in business.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Most of my clients these days are seeking help in developing strategies that will enable them to become more agile and quick. But, many struggle to embrace the deeper implications of what that really means to build business agility. But, what does it really take for a business to become more agile?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Welcome to the March 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. And CULTURE is a symptom of LEADERSHIP. Development. Communication.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Understanding the Future of Executive Development The roles within senior leadership are evolving swiftly, and so too must the models in place to prepare future captains of industry. As industries continue to advance rapidly, executive development and leadership training have become increasingly important.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

At least three things seem to be critical for executive leaders and their leadership teams in a BANI operating environment: agility, seamless, no drama collaboration, setting the early warning radar system to high. Having the agility to quickly respond as a team is going to be critical. Forewarned is forearmed, folks.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Each year, after reading dozens of leadership books I select my pick for “best new leadership book” of the year. Even though this book came out in late 2023, it is better than any other leadership book I read during 2024, so that is why I choose it. Agility thrives on diversity, new ideas, and fresh experiences.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Welcome to the September 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Find Claudio on Twitter at @CDMorelli.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Not everyone will respond to your leadership. Leadership is a human endeavor and humans have choices. It builds confidence, creates agility and develops grace. The same is true in leadership. No matter how good you are, there will be skeptics.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

It uncovers profound insights into the structural and functional challenges organizations encounter, offering a transformative lens for leadership in this era of complexity. The Leadership Imperative Leaders play a pivotal role in fostering these connections.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Organizations, particularly startups, require changes in executive leadership talent in the business lifecycle to capitalize on growth potential. NerdWallet is an example of when the rapidly growing company missed profitability targets and subsequently changed its leadership team. First, learning agility.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals. How do they affect Leadership? First, leadership is more complex.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Developing future visionary leaders is essential for sustaining organizational growth and maintaining a competitive edge in dynamic markets. Investing in their development is not merely prudent it is a strategic imperative. This evaluation should transcend routine checklists and focus on substantive performance metrics.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

What is important is to develop a culture that constantly asks the questions: Where do we go from here with what is working? Trap #5: Bloat: Rationalizing Your Loss of Speed and Agility Success usually means adding more and more people, which can create fragmentation and slow down decision-making. That requires real leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. At N2Growth, we have seen this combination of entrepreneurial agility , technical fluency, and strategic foresight become a hallmark of the most effective digital leaders.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2021. Upstanding : How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

In every forward-thinking organization, the need for thoughtful planning around key leadership roles is undeniable. This process allows organizations to be prepared for both expected and unexpected leadership changes by identifying and nurturing potential leaders who can step into critical roles when the time comes.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Role of High-Impact Performance Coaching in Leadership Development of Executives Performance coaching is pivotal in developing executive leaders in today’s dynamic business environment. One of the key benefits of performance coaching for executive development is the opportunity for self-reflection and self-discovery.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

N2Growth recognizes that a leadership role dedicated to compliance is fundamental to success in any high-performing organization. By modeling and reinforcing values-based leadership, the individual in charge of compliance can help organizations remain agile, competitive, and steadfast in their governance commitments.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Traditional qualities like decisiveness and charisma are no longer the sole markers of exceptional leadership. By offering personalized guidance and strategic insights, I help leaders harness these traits to transform their leadership approach and achieve greater impact.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Importance of CIO Leadership in the Modern Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, digital leadership has emerged as a critical factor for success. To start, it is essential to clearly define the specific traits and skills required for effective digital leadership within your organization.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

T HE context of leadership has changed. Rose Patten puts it this way in Intentional Leadership : “The spotlight on leadership has moved to how people lead in challenging and changing circumstances. Good leadership happens when someone, by intention, has a positive impact—whether through empathy, inspiration, or wisdom.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

At its root, leadership is a collection of competencies. But when conditions change or obstacles emerge, they are agile enough to generate and evaluate new solutions on the fly. The more perspectives at the table, the more creative, strong, well-developed ideas are likely to emerge. Great leaders create vision and inspiration.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Execute with agility. Agility allows you to make good decisions quickly and learn as you go. To get to Thrive, you must combine the rigor of developing and testing insights with speed of execution. What should we do? Thrive In Thrive an organization begins executing an adaptable strategy. Homkes talks about learning velocity.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Increasingly organisations are realizing the power of shared leadership and collective teams to help them navigate this volatile marketplace. They have learnt to be agile and adapt to their changing environments through sharing leadership and can teach us some key leadership skills to help us survive in these challenging times.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That requires better strategic thinking, creativity and innovation, and greater agility and responsiveness. I believe, as a consequence, that we need more significant and different investment in leadership development, especially where we need transformational change. We need to re-think leadership development methods.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

T O LEAD people from one place to another in good times and in challenging ones requires a framework like the one presented in Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison’s concise book, Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve. The framework is called, The Six Degrees of Leadership. Degree #1: Anticipate. Degree #5: Learn.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When cultural change abounds, the irony I frequently observe is organisations engage in less leadership development, rather than more. High on leadership, low on resources. Her situation demands better strategic thinking, more creativity and innovation, and greater agility and responsiveness. My personal concern.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. In today’s leadership and strategy methodologies, leaders and organizations need to have five strategic rules of leadership clarity present in order to achieve greater outcomes of effort within their organizational designs. By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Understanding the Core Values of N2Growth Based in King of Prussia, PA, N2Growth is a global leadership consulting firm known for its cutting-edge developmental methodologies. Our leadership and coaching solutions are trailblazing and underpinned by a robust philosophy driven by a core set of values.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 14, 2025

And that starts with adopting an agile leadership mindset. What Is an Agile Leadership Mindset? An agile leadership mindset is exactly what it sounds like. The key to developing this mindset, however, is learning how and when to adapt.

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