N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. The increasing demand for interim executives reflects a broader shift toward flexible leadership models.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2013

Their business model is unique and there are so many lessons for our businesses and organizations from their story. Community Involvement Leadership Development Light Your World Growth Learning Runa startups talent management Teamwork' Runa is a wonderful example of a B-Corp, doing well and doing good.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Idea people are more comfortable with risk. I’m a big believer in the power of assessments. How does Flywheel do it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Understanding the Evolving Roles of Chief Marketing and Chief Digital Officers In today’s interconnected marketplace, the role of the CMO extends far beyond traditional advertising and brand management. Their leadership is crucial in ensuring the organization remains agile and responsive in an era of constant technological change.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2018

For several reasons, such as disruptive threats, digitalization or blurring industry boundaries, established companies are increasingly forced to create new business opportunities, i.e. to come up with adapted or even entirely new business models. Shrinking life times of established business models are tied to the fact that.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Trap #1: Neglect: Sticking with Yesterdays Business Model Things change. Every component of your business plan needs to be objectively examined for potential vulnerabilities. These entrenched division managements fight off any attempts to initiate significant change that might disrupt their fundamental comfort.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. From experience keeping an eye on a candidate’s knowledge of how a specific business model works are essential and non-negotiable.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s an approach that researchers refer to as boosting the “dynamic capabilities” (DC) of the business, with analysis revealing that firms who adopted such an approach did better than those who didn’t, with the approach particularly effective for smaller businesses.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

This essay explores the concept of resilience in the context of business and outlines strategies for building a sustainable business model that can withstand and even capitalize on change. Resilient businesses anticipate and prepare for challenges, leveraging their strengths and resources to navigate uncertainty effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The Holy Grail of enterprise sustainability is business model reimagination and reinvention – not digital transformation – at least how many businesses are attempting it. If you’re stuck in the purgatory of a legacy based business model, don’t transform – reinvent.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 2, 2021

The move towards service-based business models has been notable for a number of years, with companies like Rolls-Royce being among the pioneers, with their “Power by the Hour” model. It’s a business model that has been especially hard hit by a Covid-19 pandemic in which so much activity has been curtailed.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

This includes the dexterity to recognize the potential impact of technological disruptions on the business model and to react proactively. Through executive development initiatives, N2Growth supports leaders in mastering these situational styles, empowering them to respond nimbly to evolving business demands.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2022

Working on the business model is a fundamental part of pretty much every “lean startup” program, which makes it a fundamental part of pretty much every accelerator and incubator. Research from INSEAD reminds us, however, that simply having a good business plan is not sufficient to make a startup a success.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In addition, the CCO manages and implements strategies to drive revenue growth, break into new market segments, and foster customer engagement. Above all, risk management skills and sound business acumen are required to drive profitable growth and sustainable business expansion.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Featuring commentary from the leaders themselves describing how they handled each situation, it helps managers better understand not just what emotional intelligence is, or how to measure it, or how it is linked to bottom-line results: it also shows how real leaders used their emotional intelligence to deal with real situations.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Professor Rebecca Henderson , an esteemed professor of management at Harvard Business School and a world-leading expert in reimagining capitalism, was interested in the Bank’s trajectory and purpose. He wasn’t used to that kind of attention deep in the heart of Arkansas. Yet, he could no longer fly under the radar.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2020

But given the shockwaves reverberating from the market disruption that’s taking place, many normal business models are no longer operational, and new models must emerge. It’s possible that employers simply don’t see the value that such extraneous abilities or connections can generate.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

Embracing the Shift Towards Eco-Friendly Green Business Practices In today’s business environment, sustainability has become an essential component of corporate strategy. They strive for business models that not only drive economic value but also make a positive impact on the environment.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In addition, executives are investing more time in succession management activities. When the business environment in which leaders and organizations must operate has changed considerably. The alternative to current individual succession plans is to manage a leadership portfolio approach. About $3,750 per HIPO annually.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. In today’s post I’ll examine the benefits of, and the need for corporate reengineering… Anybody could be a CEO if business were a static proposition. They make changes.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part four will balance needs with compromises and float tangential opportunities to expand horizons and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘pink giraffe’ management candidate. The bar is set high.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

As the CPG space evolves through extraordinary advances in technology and data analytics, finding candidates with the skill set required to succeed as executives in new omnichannel delivery models requires recruiters to think out of the box to cast a wider net outside of traditional CPG roles for candidates. Agility is key.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

These changes have necessitated new capabilities and forced even the most established players to make radical departures from their business models. Take, for instance, the automotive industry. His new book (co-authored with Marianna Zangrillo) is The Next Leadership Team: How to Select, Build, and Optimize Your Top Team.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Let me take this thinking one step further…I simply wouldn’t recommend clients accept capital from investors who can’t wield influence on their behalf, and add significant non-financial value to their business model.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

Traditionally, entrepreneurs love to talk about their product, but investors need to know about more than just the product - the market, the team, competitors, business model, etc. Then it’s time to move on to why it’s better than other solutions, followed by the business model and how you are going to make money.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

The Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer, or CRO, is absolutely essential for propelling business growth. They are responsible for managing and optimizing all revenue generation processes within an organization, and their decisions can significantly impact the company’s financial success.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 27, 2017

Even seasoned senior managers look to continually enhance their skill sets to differentiate themselves from other job seekers. Management job seekers with lean management experience can separate themselves from the competition. Here are five reasons: Companies Invest in Lean Management, Creating Lean-Related Jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Confidentiality: Safeguarding Your Personal Information Another critical area of concern is the management of your data. Referrals are often the cornerstone of a reputable executive search firm’s business model.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

To think of it this way “ obscures Alibaba’s breakthrough business model and the window it provides on how the economic scene is evolving.” The technology and business model Ming Zeng, the chairman of the Academic Council of the Alibaba Group, describes in Smart Business: What Alibaba’s Success Reveals About the Future of Strategy.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Facility managers should be rewarded for maintaining highly sustainable environments, not merely reducing costs. Finance and development providers should be rewarded for sustainably managing what exists already, rather than pursuing new ventures. Move to a more circular business model.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Rocket Fuel for New Manager Success by @artpetty. A Beginner's Mind Helps Solve the New Manager Conundrum by @artpetty. Successful companies are based on providing that opposite truth in an effective business model. BruceTulgan. Are You Missing the Messages Hidden in Silence? Is It Too Much To Ask That Work Have Meaning?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In the US, new online firm Betterment has made it remarkably easy for ordinary customers to set up and manage investment portfolios. By making it clear that the business is open to new ideas, leaders can help create a culture that stimulates them. Their steady, reliable business model of the past is no more.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 11, 2013

If any of these components are missing, it’s not an indictment of the platform, but it should be a reflection on the worker and their manager. A new chief executive must engender trust and confidence in the workforce, while going to school on understanding the culture and the business model.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 29, 2019

“What ultimately constrains the performance of your organization is not its business model, nor its operating model, but its management model.” (The The Future of Management, Gary Hamel) Factors of organizational success: Jim Collins… Continue reading →

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