N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We reach out to highly-qualified passive candidates who are not actively looking for positions and are not part of an application process and market our clients’ opportunities to them. Executive Search Consultants Who Understand the Market .

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2014

How can new leaders at organizations large and small help stir things up in a positive way that produces new innovations, generates new energy and engages staff? Nadella, by contrast, set a strong direction from day one, clearly laying out a destination in his focus on “mobile-first, cloud-first” technologies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

The achievement of current goals and objectives free up the time & create the resources to move on to bigger and better things…Trying to do too many things at once will impede progress, dilute effort & energy, add to chaos and lead to burn-out. Bottom line…success equals focus. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions. The bottom line is this…as an employer you need to possess an extreme bias toward performance.

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 24, 2011

The position of Product Manager is the single most important individual contributor role at any technology (product-focused) company. The following five practices will guide you to become an effective product leader: Build relationships: Product managers depend on others in engineering, marketing, sales, etc. The opposite is also true.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

The most important job for startups is to focus on their (probably one) product and to subsequently scale up. Optimizing innovation makes up the majority of what established organizations already do today. They require great technological conversions. But technology may, in fact, be a minor part of the task.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. We must slow down the technology speed and its consequences. They're the ones on behalf of the team who step up and do a faceplant with an oncoming tomato. Thanks, Sami impassioned Hi Mike.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2013

At the bottom of this post , I tell you how to get an advance copy of half the book, a 50% discount off the full book when it releases next week and a copy of Mark Sanborn’s Doing Leadership eBook - all FREE. Ben… …provides a guide for contemporary leaders to leverage technology for the benefit of their organizations.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 17, 2019

Yet we allow unqualified managers to engage in hiring activities that not only may result in poor hiring decisions, and related costs, but also damage your reputation in the hiring, and wider, market place. How well does your company communicate and live up to its employee value proposition to its existing employees?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

They are expanding, becoming larger and more complex as they seek to establish a presence in new markets. Driven by technology, our interconnection and inter-dependence as individuals, as companies, and as countries are expanding exponentially. Using technology to manage at a distance. Organizations are made up of people.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2013

Forbes the Worst CEO Screw-ups of 2012. The veteran “Worst CEO” writer and market insider Greenberg picked Groupon’s Andrew Mason, who didn’t appear on either of the first two lists. Valuewalk says it “used our own proprietary technology to make the final decisions.” How can CEOs avoid ending up on the “Worst CEOs of 2013”?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

As the old saying goes “you only get one chance to make a first impression,&# and often times it is the perception of appearance that determines whether or not you are even afforded the opportunity to get up to bat. The truth is most people when first meeting someone will quickly attempt to size them up.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

They were the born leaders we all grew up with. I meant this post to be more of a thinking exercise than a choosing-up sides and fighting till the bitter end drill. They were your class presidents, team captains, club leaders, and the people who held virtually all the available leadership positions you can imagine early in life.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Bottom line…if you have high employee turnover (see “ Cutting Employee Churn “), a fractured corporate culture, a lack of leadership development and mentoring programs, regressive compensation programs, and a lack of C-level focus on talent then talent cannot be your biggest asset. I Think Not.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 12, 2023

Experts predict that AI will create new leadership roles and moreover, require leaders to adapt to new technologies. This is partly due to the changing demographics of the workforce, as more baby boomers retire and fewer young people enter the labor market. As AI evolves, it will transform leaders’ work and skills.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence. Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging. Vukelic notes that boutique firms create team structures to work on projects, and their “top-to-bottom” approach offers the client extraordinary attention to detail. Typically, Ms. Earlier, Ms.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Bottom line…personal responsibility and accountability have always been the ultimate leadership “hot potato&# in that everyone wants to be in charge, but few are willing to take ownership of the never-ending obligations that go along with the privilege of leadership. What say you??? 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Lost Ancillary Revenue : On average, a single account is good for a 30 -40% cross-sell and up-sell revenue increase over time as new products, services, joint ventures etc. Over a 10 year period of time, assuming only 2 annual referrals, without any cross-sell or up-sell value being added-in, you just lost another $200,000 dollars.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. Bottom line…check your motivations. With the proper perspective and focus it is quite possible to be both efficient and effective. Effective (N2Growth) [.]

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A person could either take several minutes to explain the evolution of technologies, mediums, shift in content paradigms, engagement practices and market dynamics that came together to make the Internet a more valuable and efficient space, or they could just utilize &# social media&# as a descriptive aid to make the connection.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

The second trend is technology’s recognition of the first trend. First is the time pressure for our attention. People simply don’t have the time to listen to, or read, unnecessarily long forms of communication. Emails, voicemails, instant messages, text messages, blogs, Tweets, Facebook updates, etc., I Think Not.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event. Heather Younger – helps organizations create safe spaces and a culture of listening.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. They make changes. I Think Not.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

When a widening gulf in salaries and benefits between the top and bottom ranks of an organization exceeds acceptable bounds, employees are less likely to feel a need to work harder, let alone possess the sense of loyalty, responsibility and trust needed to help solve a company’s most pressing challenges. And that would be a good thing. * * *.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2020

The secret to ticking all of these boxes and optimizing the potential for business growth lies in investing in the right technology. So, what type of technology is necessary to ensure that financial administration is properly taken care of from month to month? Marketing. Email marketing software. Read on for the details.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

China, for example, is pouring a ton of state funds into programs, investments, and technology that foster innovation. He is leading the charge on zero emission technology. We can teach leaders how they reinforce and recognize bottom-up innovation. Some research shows that the U.S Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Bottom line…Don’t manipulate for personal gain, rather facilitate for mutual benefit. It's sad that many potential leaders look past this and end up frustrated when they can't get people to act, little do they know they haven't developed trust. Thanks for stopping by David. link] Charles Hey Mike, you hit it right on.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 19, 2011

Getting a competitive product to market, and properly supported, at the lowest possible cost, while continuing to grow revenues, and profit, at acceptable rates. The answer is, we did want to keep the score going up. And the scores did go up. And we continued to grow the bottom line at the rate we had planned for.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bottom line – If you’re a leader then you need to watch this interview. We are living in a new era of technology and understanding and Pete has his finger on the pulse of how to relate/reach individuals. I find everything, in my realm on marketing, I get the best advise and insight from Christ. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you’re still asking these questions WAKE-UP – get your head out of the sand, and stop broadcasting your ignorance. Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results. Best practice only caught up with the great thinker’s ideas in the 1990s.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Insurance executives face unique challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies, including AI, evolving regulatory environments, and global economic uncertainties. This includes understanding market trends, anticipating risks, and crafting effective risk management strategies.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

The consequences of this approach are far-reaching, impacting not only the bottom line but also the organization's overall health and growth trajectory. Downsizing, salary cuts, and underinvestment in employee development can decrease morale, productivity, and overall company performance, ultimately impacting the bottom line.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. In the CEO Afterlife.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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