N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

For businesses with a forward-looking perspective on attracting, retaining, and enabling their workforce, the influence of an executive dedicated to employee experience can be transformative. Leaders dedicated to employee experience can cut turnover by adopting methods that encourage mentorship, recognition, and a clear career path.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The focus is squarely on meeting the unique demands of private equity performance but will be familiar for many senior executive traits. portfolio company executives , diving into hiring assessment essentials in terms of hard skills to lead a portfolio company and run the business. Part two will examine parallel soft skill essentials.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Understanding Executive Search Executive search, or headhunting, is a specialized recruitment service companies use to identify and attract individuals for senior-level and executive roles. Executive search has a positive impact on a company’s strategy and growth.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The process of sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding an executive continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Many corporations are overhauling their approach to hiring executives and are more open-minded to change than ever before. About 247,100 openings for top executives are projected each year over the next decade.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . Although tangential compromises are available at a functional pinnacle, recognize that a senior executive candidate with the requisite years of experience will have broad traits baked in hard.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

They know how to make the most of available resources, build strategic partnerships, and optimize operational procedures to enhance the overall functioning of the institution. They are accountable for devising and executing policies advocating academic honesty, inclusivity , and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Managers must keep things in order through planning, executing, and evaluating. Think Google.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Executives are the best business leaders in the world. But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. What Is Executive Coaching?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Operating Officer is an organization’s powerhouse, ensuring every process and experience in your business runs like a well-oiled machine. This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. Strategic Thinking: Crafting and executing effective strategies to drive growth.

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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. The N2Growth Leaders25 Awards are considered to be the Oscars of professional excellence for Board and C-level executives.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 5, 2024

With my years of experience as an executive leadership coach, I’ve come to recognize patterns in leadership behavior that can signal danger for even the most promising careers. This behavior can overshadow the preventative measures that maintain a smooth operation. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Importance of Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur Regardless of their industry or background, the entrepreneur faces unique challenges on their entrepreneurial journey. This is where executive coaching steps in as an invaluable tool for entrepreneurs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Dealing with ambiguity is a competency quickly pushing its way up on the list of most wanted executive competencies, while simultaneously working its way down as a vital survival skill down the organization chart. You need every single brain cell operating on full cylinder at times like these, not censored with fear of making mistakes.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Role of Executive Search Firms in the Technology Industry Executive search firms play a vital role in the technology industry by helping organizations navigate the complex talent acquisition landscape. The role of executive search firms goes beyond simply finding candidates to fill vacant positions.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Understanding the Importance of an Executive Director in an Organization’s Success An organization’s success can be influenced by the strategic leadership and guidance provided by its executive director. This individual plays a pivotal role in shaping the vision, mission, and overall direction of the organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

If you are an executive appointed to lead an organization of several hundred people, then you need to go out and visit people. There’s nothing worse than a new and unknown executive issuing orders from their office by email. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. To tackle these issues, for the past five years, the new trend in executive hiring has been the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) role. And why is that?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I N MY THIRTY YEARS as an executive coach, I have seen a lot of change — the complete digital transformation of the workplace, increased diversity of the labor market, the shifting role of employers. Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

These changes necessitate a keen understanding of the current landscape to successfully navigate the complexities and ensure organizations’ continued operations and survival. Consequently, understanding the organizational landscape significantly impacts the design and successful execution of a robust succession plan.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

Those folks had deeper issues going on and probably needed a therapist more than an executive coach. There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. The problem was I had zero sales experience.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The process of sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding an executive continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Many corporations are overhauling their approach to hiring executives and are more open-minded to change than ever before. 4 Trends in Executive Hiring With Strategic Solutions. It’s a win-win.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The answers on “ how ” a business does what it does lies in its unique combination of systems that governs how it executes its mission. I like to call this collection of systems the organization’s “ Human Operating System.” Here are the key parts of every Human Operating System: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

The journey begins with employee recruitment and continues throughout their career, ensuring they are continuously growing and developing. Succession planning works quietly and continuously, weaving an unbroken thread of stability through the company’s operations.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

This process helps organizations align their current and future business goals, promotes employee career development, and ensures smooth leadership transitions. A well-executed plan can minimize the risks of abrupt departures or retirements, thereby maintaining business continuity and preserving institutional knowledge.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

Arjan van Weele , a Professor of Purchasing and Supply Management living in the Netherlands , discusses his perspective on leadership competencies that apply for any leader, no matter where you are within your career journey. Interview Summary. JH: The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings unique and new dynamics when it comes to leading.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In our research for Courageous Cultures , 67 percent of respondents said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” It’s easy for your team to get stuck in old ways of doing things, particularly if they think that’s what you want. Teach your team to be curious and to look for alternative solutions. “I

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Those folks had deeper issues going on and probably needed a therapist more than an executive coach. There was one time in my career where I was absolutely certain that my team didn’t like me. And, fourteen out of fourteen had been in retail sales for their entire careers. The problem was I had zero sales experience.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities. A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

When organizations send clients to me for executive coaching, the work usually focuses on one of two things: How the leader thinks about their job, and how they do that job. As a result, he would identify the solution, inform others, and tell them to execute. Tommy felt overworked and underappreciated.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 26, 2012

I’ve never understood leaders who make heavy investments in personal and professional development early in their careers, who then go on to make only minimal investments in learning once they have reached the C-suite. Learning and development are lifelong endeavors.

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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. Chase leads readers through his easy-to-use strategy model, Strategy = E x mc2, which teaches readers the art of strategy—how to build and execute winning strategies relative to the competition. Dig deeper.

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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. Or clogged, as most successor candidates do not perceive the significant opportunity for career progression at their companies.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

Where past generations tended to pursue career options for more practical reasons (e.g., It’s because executives have been duped into taking the wrong approach to engaging young professionals. Nathan is also a military veteran, having served with the Army Special Operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom. What a waste!

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. Balances day-to-day operations with a longer term view. 5 Easy Steps to Building Your Own Competency Model. A Legacy Mindset.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 1, 2025

As a globally recognized executive leadership coach, I transform organizational excellence through pioneering partnerships with C-suite leaders. Missing the Horizon New leaders obsess over daily operational details while broader strategic imperatives drift away. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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