Women on Business

AUGUST 1, 2012

.” How about the 37-year-old woman, pregnant with her first child, named the new CEO of a $5 billion company that last year had net profits of $1 billion. With Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo appointment, there are now 20 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. So how do you get to be CEO of a Fortune 500 company? Build a brand.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Over the last 20 years, I have had the opportunity to recruit, develop, and hire hundreds of leaders, from first-line managers to CEOs, across all major business functions and industries around the globe. We are given powerful moments in our lives and our careers where we have the chance to galvanize the people around us.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. In my experience, the CEOs who put their employees first were the most successful at building businesses and the most fulfilled. I can vouch for that in the CEO afterlife; I remember people, not profits. John, I wish more CEO bloggers were as direct as you. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. But unlike finite measurements such as sales, market share, profit, stock price or market cap, momentum remains an intangible – a powerful one. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This number hardly improves when the job market is looked at where less than a third of all computer science jobs are held by women. Whatever the case, women are snubbing the tech industry from an early age which leads to the gross misrepresentation in professional careers. Role Models Needed.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this interview with Author, Lisa Petrilli: Chapter Title: “Leading with Character by Leading from Within” Lisa Petrilli CEO, C-Level Strategies, Inc. lisapetrilli Get your copy now at thecharacterbasedleader.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or iTunes

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However I believe the more important emotional trait for CEOs and entrepreneurs to gain mastery over is what I call EC or emotional control. I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. As a CEO, how can you expect to inspire, motivate, engender confidence, and to lead with a lousy attitude? Leaders are not perfect, and as CEO, trust me when I tell you that you’re going to have your fair share of bad days.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

An inspiring and practical look inside the mind of Bill Novelli, one of the founders of social marketing, Good Business challenges all of us to change the world for the better and is a blueprint for tackling today's critical issues. Hot Seat : What I Learned Leading a Great American Company by Jeff Immelt with Amy Wallace.

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Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Today, work is weird, complex, and ever-changing — but you have the talent and tools to take advantage of this situation and grow your career. Past and present contacts, colleagues and friends are the lifeblood of any career (“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”). re-VISION your career. . Let’s get right to it: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 29, 2011

James (Jim) Quigley, Global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited is just such a leader, and the “something&# he leads is a global professional services juggernaut with more than $26 Billion in revenue, and 170,000 people located in more than 150 countries worldwide. Jim is a fully engaged CEO who leads by example.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you entered a new market?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Good Power : Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World by Ginni Rometty Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty recounts in Good Power , her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. The result: mixed signals.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Think about it…when was the last time you viewed a negative soundbite of a CEO who was engaged in active listening? Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. A key point for all leaders to consider is that it’s impossible to stick your foot in your mouth when it’s closed.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. My question is this…since when have fear and avoidance become prerequisites for success as a CEO? What do great CEOs do when the business model, the strategic plan, and the revenue hurdles don’t seem to be in alignment?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

A prominent divisional CEO at a billion-dollar MNC may have sat in on corporate board meetings and presented their region or division updates. The CEO must maintain control and keep to their script but accommodate active member involvement. Build trust through credibility among peers and employees within the workforce.

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 21, 2014

It boggles the mind that current co-CEOs of Market Basket blame employees for the company’s problems. In short, you won’t be confident enough to make decisions that could negatively impact your career but are best for the organization and it’s stakeholders. Here’s my list: 1. You are unwilling to listen.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

I’m going to admit at the outset that I was a strong proponent of Herzog’s concept for most of my career. However, now that I look back from the CEO afterlife, I realize that this view need not be pervasive. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. Their horizon is markets that do not exist.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. Sadly, the reality is messaging is so impactful that it will often times have a greater impact on your career than your performance.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

My business career is characterized with a bunch of David versus Goliath encounters. Clout allows these giants to grow, but there is absolutely no reason why a smaller player cannot become a market leader within their chosen market(s). Wherever I went, the major competitor was 20 times larger.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# Well actually, no it’s not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Home About Overview News Careers Contact Blog Services Branding/Identity Executive Search Leadership Development Overview CEO Coaching Executive Peer Groups Strategic Growth Consulting Innovation Management Personal Branding Reputation Management Social Media Consulting Pro Bono Services Clients Intermidiaries Downloads Blog Contactus N2growth Home (..)

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Over the years I’ve met more than a few CEOs who paid little or no attention to their board of directors, only to find themselves wondering what went wrong as they were being ushered out the door prior to the expiration of their employment agreement. As a CEO, your board can be one of your greatest allies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., I had a lot of success early in my career. Humble, authentic leaders who really understand their craft are equally scarce. Michael Hyatt : Very much so.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

If I only had a nickel for each time a CEO has told me “We have the best talent in the industry.&# If CEOs spent half as much time on talent initiatives as they do complaining about talent, their companies would see significant improvement thus obviating the need for all the complaining.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything. pastortom2022 Great post Mike.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Dig deeper.

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Books Short-term Leadership Long-term 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company. Sales and marketing positions appear to provide broader sector hunting grounds, but reality can be different, and there are still many constraints. A search partner with industry knowledge is critical.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. I experienced this personally in my corporate career. In other words, we can’t put the business cart before the leadership horse.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 15, 2020

Pamela McLean, CEO and cofounder of the Hudson Institute for Coaching, has been at the forefront of the field for the past three decades, using clinical and organizational psychology to provide the highest-quality coaching and development training to professionals in organizations and solo practice worldwide. Learn more and register here.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. Of course, an entrepreneurial leader needs to know about subjects like financial management, competitive strategy, market analysis, and the like. Donaldson and Karl Weber extract relevant lessons for leaders in Entrepreneurial Leader.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works.

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