N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Understanding the Criticality of Leadership Transition in 2025 CEO succession represents one of the most consequential inflection points in an organizations lifecycle. The boards dedicated stewardship ensures the proper identification and cultivation of individuals whose leadership styles harmonize with the organizations vision.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

In fact, if you're reading this text, just stop right now and benchmark your activity against your reflective thoughts – Is what you're doing, in alignment with your true priorities, or have you been sucked down into the weeds? The old "what if I only had 'x' number of hours to work in a week, what would I focus on?"

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I have spent decades advising CEOs, executives, and senior leadership teams globally in both Fortune 500 companies and emerging market enterprises. These insights stem from my work with diverse leadership teams across multiple industries, cultures, and business environments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of Supply Chain Leadership Starts with the Chief Procurement Officer Supply chain leadership plays a pivotal role in driving organizational success and resilience in today’s dynamic business environment. One key reason why robust supply chain leadership is crucial is its impact on cost efficiency and profitability.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This role demands a strong grasp of how different elements work together, blending leadership strategies with technology, diversity, equity, and inclusion to achieve organizational success. Professional certifications in leadership, sales, or other related fields can also be beneficial.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

How does that play out with regulations, decisions about marketing, products, and convenience or revenue. 14:47 – As you consider a culture of integrity, Brittany shares her benchmark to know whether or not its happening. 17:47 – Then Brittany shares her “grandma test” for marketing with integrity.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The five suggestions I put forward in this post have leadership as the core, though I don’t dwell on leadership per se.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Executive search firms specializing in the life sciences field have a deep understanding of industry trends, market dynamics, and the specific skills and experience needed for executive roles. The Importance of Leadership in Driving Innovation Innovation is the key to success in the fast-paced and highly competitive life sciences industry.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

His topic: Leadership in a VUCA world. I am not surprised he picked this topic as he is charged in growing Unilever’s businesses in emerging and highly VUCA-prone markets. But we would like to explore the relationship between VUCA and leadership in more depth. Like Manwani, this year our theme is Leadership in a VUCA World.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

including digital marketing success. The digital marketing promise has always included the ability to measure the impact of your online marketing dollars. Delivering on this promise has been a challenging activity that many leaders grapple with when measuring digital marketing benchmarks for success.

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Chart Your Course

MAY 2, 2013

Filed in Job Benchmarking, Growth Curve, Retention. According to a study by WorldatWork, “Retention of key talent – those employees who are the strongest performers, have high potential or are in critical jobs – is even more important during economic recoveries when organizations compete aggressively for market share and talent.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] In most cases your wins won’t put you out of business, but your losses most certainly can.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t benchmark against others – benchmark against a unique and better version of you. Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. My thesis is a simple one; Don’t copy – create.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 17, 2013

In an evolving digital work place, it is critical for leaders to think of their products, services and leadership in terms of SoCoLoMo. Employee Trust: 82% of employees say they trust a company more when the CEO and leadership team communicate via social media. The Digital Marketer: Benchmark & Trends Report 2012.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 9, 2011

According to Marketing Sherpa's 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Survey, nearly two-thirds of marketers are expecting their email marketing budgets to grow in 2011. Ten percent of more than 1,100 marketers surveyed say their companies' email marketing spend will rise by at least 30 percent.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Here’s what sets an exceptional COO apart: Leadership Ability: Inspiring and guiding teams towards a shared vision. Their leadership style should enhance and support your strategic objectives, and they should embody your core values and mission. Are they demonstrating the expected leadership and operational capabilities?

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2011

I was intrigued, so I authorized a test of these callbacks in his market. It gave us a great quantifiable benchmark we could manage to , AND , I can tell you it does have a strong correlation to the bottom line results (Reichheld’s big claim in his book).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Already approaching a Billion square of projects not only in the United States but also from India to Sweden and Israel to Bhutan, if you are not familiar with the Arc platform, that helps a building owner measure performance and benchmark against others, you are missing out on what is transmogrifying the built environment.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

They present analytical frameworks and tools to foster an organization's ability to systematically create and capture "blue oceans"—unexplored new market areas. Clients: You set the customer service benchmarks in your industry — develop comfortable relationships with clients. History: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean is a strategy developed by W.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

You have to watch your competitors and seek to always adapt to changes in the market, and innovate for solutions. The post Employee Turnover – The Hidden Cost appeared first on Leadership Speaker | Motivational Leadership Speaker | Greg Smith: Chart Your Course International. So what’s the good news?

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Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 14, 2023

Listicle: Benchmarking and horizon scanning: A manager’s guide Written by Mark Rowland Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Frazer Lowrie CMgr shares his views on the top tools for internal and external benchmarking Benchmarking is a big part of Frazer Lowrie ’s working life.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation. And it is an article I will continue to update – Because at every event I get the opportunity to meet and see new speakers that might be a great fit for past clients of mine.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Too many business leaders are preoccupied with the next answer to growth and find themselves stretched thin – trying to play in too many disparate markets and pursuing multiple strategies and directions that undermine rather than reinforce each other. As a result, they forgo the right to win in any market. .

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. They must be bold in their actions, willing to take calculated risks together that will have the greatest potential to achieve major, market?shifting By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. shifting results.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values. Google’s leadership ardently focuses on sustaining a culture of innovation, collaboration, and transparency.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s how it could improve leadership behaviors: Realigning Incentives: By capping CEO pay, H.R.6191 Market, Industry, & Demographic Considerations: Different industries, geographies, and markets have varying norms and expectations. Kudos to the Bill’s authors, U.S. Keep serving!

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s how it could improve leadership behaviors: Realigning Incentives: By capping CEO pay, H.R.6191 Market, Industry, & Demographic Considerations: Different industries, geographies, and markets have varying norms and expectations. Kudos to the Bill’s authors, U.S. Keep serving!

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 3, 2024

In today's fast-paced, information-overloaded world, mastering the art of storytelling is not just a theoretical concept, but a practical skill that can significantly enhance your leadership and communication abilities. Let's delve into how you can harness this powerful tool and transform your leadership style. Make it tangible.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Don’t benchmark against others – benchmark against a unique and better version of you. Don’t embrace the practices of your peers, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to unlock hidden value and create advantage in the market. My thesis is a simple one; Don’t copy – create.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

During the past decade, the number of headlines reporting significant problems with leadership behavior has increased dramatically. No matter how strong a person might be in other leadership competencies, this derailer will limit his or her ability to succeed. Why Do Leaders Fail? But they can certainly lead to a failed career.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Today we are pleased to share a post from Lisa Kosak of Green Thumb Leadership. Trust me; our leadership was in name only. Mark’s parable about a leadership journey was very relevant. A non-profit board that I serve on is rebranding, and we are facing a leadership deficit. Forward a year and I acknowledged my errors.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 17, 2012

At first, the answer to this question might seem obvious – the goals you’ve established are meant to ensure your organization’s continued profitability, to increase or sustain your market share, create a new demand for your products or services, and so forth. Or how much their company’s market share grew?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions. Assessing the leadership team’s and employees’ readiness to embrace new ideas and behaviors is vital.

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