N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. CHRO for HSBC.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Guest Post By Meghan Hall, Business Management Blogger (Learn more about Meghan at the end of this post). For a seemingly multitude of reasons women have failed to gain a foothold in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM jobs. Start… Just, Start!

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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.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

I would caution that size is not always an indicator of success, and more importantly, not a risk mitigator,” said Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth, a Philadelphia-based management consulting and executive search firm. “A Vukelic served as the chief operating officer of N2Growth. Earlier, Ms.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The rapid pace of technological advancement and evolving business models are transforming the job market at an unprecedented rate. I have identified ten job titles within the realms of leadership and business operations. Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The need for short-, mid-, and long-term planning will always exist as a critical factor in successful business regardless of changes in technology. Completion Times Need to be Continually Extended – Because of inadequate planning and Management Oversight NOTHING got done…Because NO-ONE Planned! – Elliott Jaques.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The new CEO at Chipotle formerly held the position of the Chief Operating Officer before being asked to act as the interim leader. In his previous position, Boatwright had reported to the CEO directly about the specifics of managing the 125,000 employees and 3,600 restaurants. Now, the position has been made permanent.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 29, 2025

Following the announcement of the Worlds Happiest Workplaces 2025, Lord Mark Price CMgr CCMI CVO has concocted six tips to help managers create a culture to attract top talent and drive sustained success. Software company SAP has referenced CMI findings on toxic work culture in an article about human capital management.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC and Xen Wireless form StrategyDriven Analytics to provide utility industry executives and managers with asset management program benchmarking data supporting operational and investment decisions and fleet and individual plant performance assessments. Online and Outage Work Management.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2021

“Women have almost caught up to men in the fields of technology, engineering and mathematics, right? As with so many policies, for this to be effective, it’s vital that senior managers lead by example. Indeed, recent data suggest that the proportion of female computer science graduates is actually going down.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2016

Aaron Wittersheim is an accomplished entrepreneur with more than 20 years of business and technology experience. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at Straight North , a Charlotte Internet marketing agency specializing in lead generation for middle market and large organizations. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. The case illustrates how information technology, innovatively, insightfully and courageously deployed, can change the structure of an industry.

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LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

People who are on the edges of innovation or leadership or management. You know, we’re using satellite technologies at the time. We took it online, we built learning management systems to make it accessible. I had this interview once with this guy who is this chief operating officer of this great big organization.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

At Salesforce.com, Rajani Ramanathan is the chief operating officer across the products and technology division. As might be expected of a savvy engineering leader, Rajani began measuring how deeply her managers were tapping into the intelligence and capability of their teams. I call these leaders "diminishers."

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Sheryl Sandberg, who became COO, brought management savvy and government relations experience, both essential to an expanding high-profile company.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

The story of one such innovation, NPCI's Inter-Bank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS), shows how far ahead India is with this technology. With the ease and convenience of transfer and instant nature of payments, IMPS is now being used for merchant payments, bill payments, cash-on-delivery payments and as a corporate cash management tool. (A

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

James Serafino, in facilities management, handled the framing and hanging. William Porcelli, in technology, set up the online submission and voting process. And Jared Kaplan, a music buff from the technology department, volunteered to DJ the evening. This wasn't just about art on the walls anymore.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Here are some of the lessons learned from Citi’s experience: Use technology that supports the space. Managing people Organizational culture'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Here are some of the lessons learned from Citi’s experience: Use technology that supports the space. Managing people Organizational culture'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. Why Your CEO Is a Security Risk.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.” It also reflects how the burden of managing a gender-diverse workplace is placed on the female employees themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Despite having a full plate of client projects, she signed up to work on a massive survey to understand the concerns of chief operating officers. I never realized that we have behavioral economists on staff who can apply psychological and cognitive research to help clients with technology implementation projects.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Tapping into this talent has implications for HR management, calling for new approaches to screening talent, including sourcing, selection, and role definition. That’s strategic because 51% of store managers started as entry-level associates. Sourcing for Commitment. now has more than 13,000 alumni across 16 cities.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Unfortunately, the challenge for leaders is that there is no formal management theory for how to build, leverage, and measure the level of passion in your employees. How technology is changing the way we work. It essentially falls into that ambiguous category of “you’ll know it when you see it.” Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. My manager suggested I take a staff role for a while to create a less busy schedule. And I’ve always tried to exceed my manager’s expectations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

With the rise of social media, millennials are empowered by technology. But conscious movements manage this tension and turn it into an opportunity. A good example here is Lean In, a conscious movement launched by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. Hiring key employees you’ve never met face-to-face may seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” Having risen through the supply chain ranks, she spent most of her time reacting to operational missteps and customer complaints.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 award-winning Management Thinker 2015-17, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. General Bernie Banks – Former General US Army, head of Leadership Development West Point, currently Associate Dean Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prior to his current (and second) stint as CEO, Harry was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a technology company in Silicon Valley I’ll call “ScorpCo*”. It took Harry years to make changes, and he had the support of the board to make it happen. Wall Street rewarded the company for making its numbers. Harry was demoted.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Retention is fundamentally linked to purpose, notes Aarthi Scott , Managing Director, Large Customer Sales for UK and Ireland at Google, Employees need to feel their work contributes to something greater. This makes retention a strategic priority not only for employee well-being but also for cost management and operational stability.

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