Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

During her tennis career, Serena Williams maintainedand still doesa healthy, largely plant-based diet as part of her philosophy of eating to live rather than vice-versa. Laurent Valosek is CEO of Peak Leadership Institute.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Performance measurement is a critically important capability that drives all businesses which are only becoming more relevant and compelling with the advent of AI and automation technologies that give us more of a predictive capability than ever before. There is no better way to do that than by choosing to be vulnerable and authentic.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 11, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women make up half of the total workforce in the United States, but they make up only 25% of the workers in the technology industry and hold just 15% of senior management positions. Technology can be fun, creative and challenging, but its not an easy journey so don’t give up.”

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Only 25% of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce are women. Lisa Hook, CEO of Neustar, Inc., Finally, women make up around a third of the workforce in technology but represent less than 7% of high-tech VC partners and 15% of angel investors.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. Blog Post ).

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 10, 2011

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 The Best Way To Grow Your Business & Career. Ask someone. That’s it. Go out there into the world, and ask people what they think. Sounds too simple, doesn’t it?

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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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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The New CEO : Lessons from CEOs on How to Start Well and Perform Quickly (Minus the Common Mistakes) by Ty Wiggins Becoming a CEO is a high-stakes moment, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the seat. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Rebooting Work by Silicon Valley legend Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler is a sensible look at the changing nature of the workplace and how you can use emerging technologies to take charge of your career. To become a CEO of your own destiny. Webb believes that technology presents us with an opportunity. Be brave and be bold.

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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. The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

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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? The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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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

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. After all, being in touch with your emotions, as well as being in tune with the emotions of others is an important trait for any leader to possess.

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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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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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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Further, the approach taken early in a career can help or hinder in the future, and that goes for any field. In so many cases, new technology exceeded most peoples' imaginations, and inventors had to break new ground in more ways than one. He was the founder and CEO of Chem Systems, Inc. Spitz immigrated to the U.S.

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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., Humble, authentic leaders who really understand their craft are equally scarce. Michael Hyatt (@ MichaelHyatt – www.michaelhyatt.com ) is that rare commodity.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Focusing solely on skill development Early in my career, I worked as a corporate trainer. With today’s technology, there is absolutely no excuse to manage leadership development programs manually. Technology can eliminate the guesswork when matching coaches and coachees, scheduling, and tracking development.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Women Offered Fewer Career Advancing “Hot Jobs” Than Men. Women in Technology. Women CEOs and the State of Female Executives. s Record Number of Women CEOs Reaches 20. Let’s hope the numbers continue to change for the positive in 2013 so companies hire and promote powerful, diverse teams and leaders.

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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

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The truth is that great companies are those which can thrive and prosper in the absence of sophistication.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2010

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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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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. As Harvard lecturer and global trend watcher Vikram Mansharamani shows in this eye-opening and perspective-shifting book, our complex, data-flooded world has made us ever more reliant on experts, protocols, and technology.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2023

Technology is commoditizing many products and services, and “easy” jobs are going away. But people still turn to human managers who can understand how they feel, c oach them in their careers, and build culture. These are areas where machines excel: providing accurate information quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. With exponential technologies, multi-Generations at the workplace, new off-industry competitors challenging incumbents, the Covid-19 New Reality….

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

My engagements with CEOs often focus on helping them to embrace change through disruptive innovation. Many times it is simply because companies have been doing the same things, in the same ways, and for the same reasons for so long, that they struggle with the concept of change.

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Leading Blog

JULY 4, 2021

The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer. Gladwell asks, “How is it that, sometimes, for any number of unexpected and random reasons, technology slips away from its intended path?” This book discusses seven tests that all leaders face in one form or another.

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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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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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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2014 that you might have missed: All Our Patent Are Belong To You by @elonmusk Technology leadership is not defined by patents. From @nytcorneroffice with @AreTraasdahl, #CEO of @Tapad - " That Monkey on Your Shoulder Isn''t Mine ". TeslaMotors. Where''s Silicon Valley talent from?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 18, 2014

Aaron is a globally recognized social entrepreneur and the CEO of Imperative , a technology platform that enables people to discover, connect and act on what gives them purpose in their work. Today I’m pleased to present a more purposeful edition of the More Human Podcast , with my guest Aaron Hurst.

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Once again, great post.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Great CEOs realize the importance of being consistently, purposefully and intensely engaged with their CXOs.

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