N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer is a key member of the executive team, collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and COO to steer the organization’s overall growth strategy. Outstanding CROs demonstrate a talent for innovation, change management, and strategic decision-making.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Interim leader Scott Boatwright has secured a permanent position as CEO of Chipotle, and the leadership change marks an unexpected shift in the company. In his previous position, Boatwright had reported to the CEO directly about the specifics of managing the 125,000 employees and 3,600 restaurants.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 23, 2020

Focus On Trust: Successful Leadership In Times Of Crisis.(Forbes) 6 Ways You Can Show True Leadership During a Crisis (Inc.) 4 Leadership Skills for Crisis Management (Daniel Goleman, using your emotional intelligence) 4. Crisis leadership Guiding the organization through uncertainty and chaos (Deloitte) 5.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Quiet firing” came about in response to it, describing the passive-aggressive behavior of managers who withhold opportunities from quiet-quitters instead of firing them altogether. Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers. When your executives have different visions, you have a problem.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Steve Digioia of Steve Digioia provided Leadership Series: Ron Kaufman. Communication. and of leading.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Fisher , author of the new book, To The Top: How Women In Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting The Rules For Success. “We Throughout the book, current executives and aspiring leaders will gain insight and understanding into the future of great leadership. Aim to have at least three women on your management team and on your board.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question. Realize that P.E.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Our research on CEOs and their senior leadership teams reveals that regularly reevaluating and adjusting the leadership team is crucial for optimizing a company’s performance over time. Instead, leaders must reassess their leadership teams, from redefining existing roles to creating new roles to altering how different roles interact.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Experience Officer The Chief Experience Officer (CXO) might not have the same name recognition as a CEO or CFO, but their influence is felt across every aspect of a company’s strategy and operations. But the CXO’s influence goes beyond data.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 21, 2013

We just finished a “ Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager ” program this week for a large client. The audience was mostly engineers – program and project managers, the ones in charge of designing and making complex stuff. You’ll be able to hold your own in management and board meetings. They will call you on it.

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CEO Insider

JULY 30, 2022

You are a top-notch CEO, CFO, COO, Senior Executive and/or all others in leadership roles… and you are frustrated and disappointed that with all the money and time that you have given to DEI, there is still no measurable change- even though your organization managed to make the list Top 100 places to work. So, […].

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided 8 Steps to Avoid Flipping Your Lid in Challenging Leadership Situations. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided 5 Strategies to Address Conflict as a Manager. Let’s Get Started.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Thank you all. Learn more about RLI here. Let’s Get Started.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As equality has risen up the corporate agenda in recent years, a growing number of companies are creating a dedicated leadership role to focus on diversity and inclusion, with around half of S&P 500 firms having a chief diversity officer. They also believed these qualities were the most important for successful EDI leadership.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

They were designed for predictable environments, traditional ways of getting work done, and organizations where lines and boxes defined how people were managed. This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). The relationship between the CFO and CHRO is vital.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

After all, I had earned it, having just finished a 28 year run as a CPA, cable company VP of Operations, football stadium project manager, VP of Development for another cable company, and finally, a cable company SVP of Operations. They kept the “fire in my belly” every single day I stepped into the leadership arena.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

The leading candidate is the scheming CFO played by Frederic March, a passionless, colorless bean counter groping for power, but with no vision beyond increasing dividend payouts to stockholders. This 1954 movie brought the truly timeless and consequential components of leadership into focus for me.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Thank you all. Learn more about RLI here. Let’s Get Started.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 20, 2012

The company has been a role model of servant leadership since its founding by Herb Kelleher (and others). During the financial earnings call, CEO Gary Kelly , CFO Laura Wright and Executive VP Robert (Bob) E. Jordan reflected the company’s commitment to servant leadership. Improved Results by Acquired AirTran.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

However, four main steps are proven to be effective: Step 1: Leadership alignment. Anyone occupying the Chief Transformation Officer role must have a vital stakeholder management skill and cross-functional background instead of other more specialized executives. Step 2: Culture alignment. Step 3: Strategy alignment.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 23, 2023

In an earnings call on Tuesday, UPS CFO Brian Newman reported that the company decreased compensation and benefits by $205 million in the second quarter by eliminating 2,500 managerial positions annually. At a Tuesday earnings call, Donald Bassell, CFO of ARKO, a convenience store operator, reported that personnel costs had increased 6.5%

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). CFO is one of the end goal positions for all accountants. The position of CFO demands the most considerable expertise, maximum experience, and exceptional leadership skills.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles. The following is a guest piece by Kate Rodriguez.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. What changed for you with these events?

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 24, 2014

However, once you move from being a bookkeeper to being a CFO, you are dealing with the future […]. For Executives Micro-Managers Organizational Leadership Personal Goals' Accounting is a black and white world and as such attracts people who like certainty.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: The Right Culture Matters. David shares a better way to meet your leadership challenges.” ” Find Beth on Twitter at @bethbeutler.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. Your CFO should be Captain America with the emotional range of a rock.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 9, 2015

And the cruel joke is that most leaders had the chops to make their way up the ladder and succeed — now the skills that got them there (getting things done) have no place in leadership. This is where most C- and VP level executives fail – you need to lead with greater impact by applying emotional intelligence to manage your team.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Another common complaint about Business Review Meetings is that nearly always the time gets hijacked with discussions on day-to-day operating or tactical issues, especially when we have a room full of engineers turned managers; they quickly dive down into trying to fix the problem right then. Each global region gets 10 min.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO. No one turned a head. What can be done?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Senior leaders and staff benefit from enhancing their technical knowledge with natural and learned behaviors like empathy or leadership. Digital transformation managers. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO. Big data specialists.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Your underlying (and often unconscious) attitudes and motivations determine what you pay attention to and focus on in your leadership role. Before delving into 7 key leadership motivation patterns, let’s first look at 3 often-missed truths about performance. Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The publication date of this post, December 1, 2020, marks the 20 th anniversary of our leadership development company, The Eblin Group. Likewise, we’ve had around 700 rising leaders participate in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program since the first cohort we ran in 2005.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

In many organizations and occupations, “management by walking around” and micromanagement have fell by the wayside, either by design or out of necessity. After all, the role of “manager” must have been invented for a reason, right? In the absence of that kind of leadership, it’s up to us to lead ourselves. Stick to a schedule.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. After serving in a variety of leadership roles over the last two decades, I still have a lot to learn. In my experience, the myriad of leadership characteristics can be boiled down to the Qs.

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