N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

At N2Growth, we believe that fostering an inclusive environment is not just ethically sound— it’s a critical driver of innovation and sustainable growth. Organizations that cultivate environments where everyone feels valued and heard are better positioned to foster innovation, boost employee engagement, and inspire loyalty.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

Leaders must be agile, as demonstrated by the case of Peter Wennink, CEO of ASML, who navigated the intricate web of international trade relations. Moreover, the evolving leadership narrative encompasses a commitment to sustainability, technological innovation, and, most crucially, fostering an environment of trust, diversity, and inclusion.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

The C-Suite Executives Role in Business Strategy The C-Suite executive team comprises the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), and other high-ranking ‘chief’ executives. The digital landscape has redefined the boundaries of commercial leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

This covers not only understanding how digital platforms work but also appreciating their strategic value and harnessing them effectively to drive innovation and change. As technology increasingly permeates every facet of business, CEOs must ensure that their organizations not just respond to, but anticipate and stay ahead of digital trends.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 2, 2024

A recent study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that hospitality businesses showing care and empathy towards employees during crises can gain significant brand loyalty and future business from customers with strong ethical values. “Customers are supporting brands that they believe in,” the researchers explain.

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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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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This recently introduced bill, officially known as the Curtailing Executive Overcompensation bill, targets the widening chasm between CEO and worker pay. Since 1978, CEO pay has soared by over 1209%, drastically outpacing the growth of average worker wages. The data backing this move is telling. Amazon paid $13.7

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This recently introduced bill, officially known as the Curtailing Executive Overcompensation bill, targets the widening chasm between CEO and worker pay. Since 1978, CEO pay has soared by over 1209%, drastically outpacing the growth of average worker wages. The data backing this move is telling. Amazon paid $13.7

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In countless cases, leaders have missed opportunities to tap into the enormous potential associated with the development of character to create innovation and excellence. It is critical to understand that character is not just about morals and ethics but, in its fullest form, about human flourishing through better judgments and well-being.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2024

How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). Nurture your sustainable organization with ethical purchasing decisions. Encourage habits to maximize every resource.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 17, 2018

Summer Sanders CEOs must see the upcoming organizational challenges from multiple perspectives with a big picture. The visionary CEOs like Richard Branson, Warren Buffett and Lou Gerstner have an innate ability to see the big picture. Emphasize ethical values. The big picture people are highly creative and innovative.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Research from Indiana University reveals, however, that rather than being purely driven by consumer needs, the propensity to recall products can instead be driven by the length of tenure of the company’s CEO. “This phenomena is even more likely when the previous CEO left under poor circumstances, becoming more blame-able.”

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. Sourcing Innovation Collaboratively. Larry Page at Google also did it.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This suggests that the informational benefits of duality often outweigh the ethical risks. The flip side On the other hand, companies where the CEO is also the board chair tended to separate the roles, showing that existing ties between the board and management influence this decision. million on average compared to $5 million).

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. A shining testament to the value of being an authentic leader and never sacrificing your integrity, Lutoff-Perlo details the ins and outs of her extraordinary 40-year career.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

During one of the most turbulent times in Silicon Valley history, Brad Smith was the steady-handed, innovative, and always resilient CEO of Intuit. “Well, my intelligence didn’t increase after that terrifying episode, but my work ethic did,” Brad told us. Brad Smith has a unique perspective.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

CEOs must not overlook the intricacies of genAI costs. CEOs must integrate the multifaceted costs into their strategic vision, acknowledging nuances such as inference cost, fine-tuning cost, prompt engineering cost, cloud expenses, talent costs, and operation costs.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A revitalized culture embraces change as an opportunity for growth and innovation. A revitalized culture places trust-building at the forefront, emphasizing integrity, honesty, and ethical conduct. A revitalized culture fosters a growth mindset, encourages creativity, and rewards innovation.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

CEOs by nature are time-starved species. CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity. Maybe they’ll work for you or for your CEO.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2022

We increasingly want the organizations we deal with to be purpose-driven and to behave in an ethical way. It’s already well established that a diverse workforce has various organizational benefits, including greater innovation and employee commitment.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 20, 2022

Indeed, the researchers even suggest that the economic conditions we encounter when entering a role can provide an ethical baseline that endures. The researchers looked at over 2000 CEOs of US companies who had received non-scheduled stock option grants between 1996 and 2005. Driving misconduct.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

After taking a couple days to mull it over I’ve decided to select a few presentations that will be most relevant to the themes I typically write and speak about i.e. leadership, connection, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh is always thoughtful. why is everyone smiling?

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? I am making the case for CMOs and CEOs to recognize the necessity of their own direct and passionate involvement as chief brand custodians. This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. So, wouldn’t you expect a heck of a lot more corporate attention to commercial brands?

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 06:16 pm under connection culture Life is good! why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

New and innovative digital technologies are changing the playing field every year. In such a competitive and creative environment, you need a nimble mind and a strong work ethic to stay on top of new developments and ahead of the field. In the digital age, change is the only constant.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. The CEO said, “We’re in the peace-of-mind-business.” At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. Main menu Home.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 23, 2024

Work ethic. Discipline. Intelligence. Creativity. These are the attributes that most people associate with success. And they’re all important. But a person can display all these traits and still not reach the highest levels of achievement.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Ethic, cultural, racial, or religious idioms that were accepted and used in the past may no longer be appropriate today. Start paying attention to the reactions you receive when speaking and cut out the words and phrases that are spurring a negative response. * * * Laurie Cure is the President and CEO of Innovative Connections.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 20, 2012

During my tenure as a CEO, my Board of Directors never challenged me with questions pertaining to the corporate culture. Other than ensuring an ethical environment in the organizations they govern, I suspect today’s Boards still don’t give culture the attention it deserves. I wasn’t surprised in the least.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Innovative Commitment Google and Tesla exemplify the power of fostering a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t just the breakthrough concepts which often sets the course for extraordinary companies, but ongoing innovations small and large.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Some of the most creative job titles that have emerged in the recent years across the recruitment boards include the following: (the innovative, original title and their traditional versions included too). Director of Ethical Hacking (Hacker). Chief Cheerleader (CEO). President and TeaEO (CEO). Chief Troublemaker (CEO).

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2012

Triple Crown leaders have the goal of building and sustaining organizations that are excellent (high performance), ethical (do the right thing), and enduring (stand the test of time). It requires some finesse to get people on the same page while protecting the innovative mavericks and creating the conditions for operating in a state of flow.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

The point I ask you to ponder is this: Leadership teams often espouse the need for change and innovation, but rarely apply this thinking to themselves – why? This attitude precludes the advancement of change initiatives and cripples innovation. Need to reinvigorate a stale enterprise? Thoughts?

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Today, there’s a venerable list of female executives who have shattered that glass and gone on to illustrious careers as successful CEOs. Less diversity hinders creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. Success in the new economy requires creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. That was two decades ago.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2018

Organizations populated with lonely people experience lower employee engagement, poorer quality of decisions, and a reduced rate of innovation. Chuck Schwab inspired people who worked at the company he founded, Charles Schwab, by establishing a mission to provide the most useful and ethical financial services in the world.

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