N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The CEO defines an organization’s direction and culture, shaping a vision that motivates employees, engages customers, and builds confidence with investors. The CEO also balances immediate needs with long-term goals, transforming strategic ideas into actions everyone can support.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2013, the average CEO tenure stood at 7.6 This notable difference between median and average tenure suggests various factors are at play, including increased shareholder activism, faster business cycles, and the impact of disruptive technologies. One risk of a long CEO tenure is the potential for performance to plateau.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 20, 2016

This month’s festival gives tips about professional development for leaders. Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about favorite apps and technology. How do you invest in your professional development on a regular basis? Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. What tools do you use to stay productive?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. 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

JULY 6, 2018

O N JUNE 9th last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2017 commencement address. He zeroed in on the distinction between technology and what it means to be human. Technology is capable of doing great things. But it doesn’t want to do great things. It doesn’t want anything.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Role of High-Impact Performance Coaching in Leadership Development of Executives Performance coaching is pivotal in developing executive leaders in today’s dynamic business environment. One of the key benefits of performance coaching for executive development is the opportunity for self-reflection and self-discovery.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, Chief People Officers and CHROs are not only responsible for the high-value functions of talent acquisition and employee engagement, but they play a crucial role in shaping organizational culture, driving diversity and inclusion, and ethically leveraging technology for effective HR management.

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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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Lead from Within

APRIL 3, 2024

The role of a CEO is one of the most challenging and complex in the business world. While CEOs are often admired for their leadership, vision, and decision-making abilities, they are not immune to making mistakes. Successful CEOs understand that a happy and engaged workforce is essential for long-term success.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. The post January 2020 Leadership Development Carnival appeared first on Lead Change.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

I jotted down a lot of notes during the day, and I wanted to share what I thought were the 15 best nuggets of wisdom from the event: “Pay attention (to everything)” – Eric Winquist , CEO of Jama Software , who is delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to product development challenges.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. With this cybersecurity background, I was recruited to run another security company that had developed a clever computer card implementation of the emerging virtual private networking standard. Unfortunately.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes. Take, for instance, the automotive industry.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. ” Connect with Eileen on Twitter at @macdarling.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

If you think CEO means chief everything officer, your tenure in the C-suite won’t be long. Attempting to do everything yourself is nothing short of a recipe for disaster as a CEO, and in fact, is exactly the opposite of how top performing CEOs think. Leadership is about teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2011

While I rarely meet a CEO who is completely comfortable with turning the hiring process over to HR, most of them still seem to acquiesce and do exactly that…&# Who should do the hiring?&# is a question that more CEOs should spend time pondering. Here’s the thing; Anyone can make a hire, but not all hires are good hires.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 8, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Creativity/Inspiration.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Successful digital chiefs combine a nuanced understanding of emerging technologies with strong commercial instincts, aligning sophisticated digital strategies with core enterprise objectives to outpace market shifts and capture new opportunities.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A strategic-minded CPO deeply understands market trends, supplier dynamics, and emerging technologies. They foster an environment of continuous improvement and embrace new technologies and data analytics to drive efficiency and enhance decision-making capabilities.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Therefore, offering training and development options that make your staff members feel seen, heard, and valued is essential. Here are some things you can do to use training and development opportunities to motivate your staff. . Employee development helps to ensure that everyone is on board with your practices and procedures.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

The CEO needs to be leading the parade, setting the vision, and pointing the way. Great things happen at the intersection of people and technology. Prioritize people over your technology. Develop a people rhythm. She is the Global CEO of the international consultancy Proudfoot. Well, yes, she does.

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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. Companies are changing too.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Talent Trends: Emerging Leadership Skills for the Future The continual development of digital technology and automation in today’s corporate world demands a new paradigm in leadership. Developing a workforce that’s adept at leveraging digital tools is central to this objective.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. Along the way, Shapiro offers a "pivot" framework for leaders in technology and beyond to stay flexible and agile. The result?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Leaders who rest on their laurels without making the effort to develop their skills will eventually be overtaken by those who view leadership as a professional skill to be developed and refined. Before we move on, and as a caution to those who are natural leaders, natural ability will only take you so far.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

I share a couple of perspectives below on technology—what it can do and what we shouldn’t expect it to do. Technology doesn’t solve humanity’s problems. Technology is an enabler, but humanity has to deal with humanity’s problems. CEO of snack company Kind, Daniel Lubetzky in Inc. It was always naïve to think so.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2018

Most articles that try to tell you how to become a great CEO will talk about actions, plans and processes. To be a great CEO or an effective leader you must first start with who you are as a leader. Once you have clarity in that area, you can move on to what, when, where, and why of being an effective CEO. So how do you start?

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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. Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. Nothing will test your metal as CEO more than your ability to make decisions. That said, nobody is immune to bad decisioning.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

It is about investing in the development of other people. When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. The Innovation Ultimatum : Six strategic technologies that will reshape every business in the 2020s by Steve Brown.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Technology has helped us to connect and communicate, but these are superficial connections. You need to develop successful working relationships with your team and you cannot depend on technology and social media alone to do that for you. Effective conversation is more important than just communication.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As businesses navigate the complexities of 2025—including technological advancements, shifting workforce demographics, and global market fluctuations—embracing inclusive leadership is essential. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, aptly stated, “A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone.”

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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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