N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Today, the CCO oversees various aspects of business operations, such as strategy development, customer relationship management, product development, and crisis management. The CCO often serves as a crucial bridge between a company’s day-to-day operations and long-term goals, offering valuable insights that influence its direction.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

APRIL 22, 2024

Here’s a rundown of the businesses that flourished (and failed) in 2023 and how companies should plan to face crises in 2024. In a business landscape where every move or decision is immediately broadcast through the grapevine of social media, companies that are not adequately prepared for a crisis could be left decimated in its wake.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

I am no stranger to the challenges of candidate management during a crisis. While in the second year of my profession the great recession hit and had a significant impact on my area of expertise including venture capital, and private equity-backed technology companies.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Interim executives are highly skilled and experienced individuals brought in at short notice to lead organizations during times of crisis, management transitions, or to spearhead major strategic initiatives. They provide rapid and effective leadership solutions during uncertain times and offer guidance to organizations.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

T O LEAD people from one place to another in good times and in challenging ones requires a framework like the one presented in Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison’s concise book, Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve. The framework is called, The Six Degrees of Leadership. Degree #1: Anticipate. Degree #3: Communicate.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Yes, a massive winter storm was especially bad for the company.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The extension process within the Crisis Leadership & Performance-Driven Execution framework’s Leadership GPS System evolves from the new reality in business analytics and organizational design. Preemptive Crisis Analytics as the new reality answers the call. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Guest post from Sam Hua and Nan Hua: Business people talk all the time about wanting to build ‘hundred-year companies’. The key should be survival, so the company will be alive and kicking in a hundred years, passed on across generations. As for a hundred years of growth – well, no company has yet managed to do that.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2021. An inspiring and practical look inside the mind of Bill Novelli, one of the founders of social marketing, Good Business challenges all of us to change the world for the better and is a blueprint for tackling today's critical issues.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. I was getting very few responses. This was going nowhere fast.

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Energy Crisis Leadership Absenteeism 52

Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2024

Ineffective leadership can cripple an organization, stifling growth and breeding discontent among employees. Recognizing the traits of poor leadership is the first step in correcting course and fostering a healthier, more productive workplace. Resistance to Change: In today’s fast-paced market, adaptability is key.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

These individuals bring a wealth of expertise and an outside perspective, allowing them to evaluate the company’s situation and design effective strategies objectively. They are particularly effective in crisis management scenarios, using their expertise and calm demeanor to steer a company through turbulent times.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2015

Instead of going about their business as usual, as people at other companies would do, 25,000 employees at Market Basket (they call themselves associates) protested in the streets for six weeks to get Demoulas back. With 90% of sales gone almost overnight, the company was basically shut down.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 28, 2024

The latest HR leadership insights from Blu Ivy Group suggest that attrition rates among HR leaders could be extremely high in the coming months. Image: Pexels HR Leadership Insights—Are CHROs Planning on Leaving Their Companies? The “dirty work” has become a permanent HR responsibility.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 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. How is your company living out its values amidst the storm? Communication. With Words.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Due to this lack of preparation, the leadership group advised all its staff members to return to the workplace as states reopened, rejecting reports of a worrying rise in cases in Texas. Unsurprisingly, this caused trouble, starting with an outbreak of COVID-19 in the workplace which originated from a company-wide meeting.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. So what went wrong and what can leaders learn from the example?

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 130

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 16, 2011

Daniel is the IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practices at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the director of the Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship. Business, it seems, has entered the age of crisis. Such misconceptions can lead to severe management mistakes in a crisis situation.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Along the way, she learned some valuable lessons about leadership and culture. The company was sparked when Stefania noticed that doctors in local hospitals were running like chickens with no heads, from appointment to appointment. Each market did reasonably well. Should the company go public or stay private?

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Leadership. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. Ever since the Tylenol tampering recall of 30 years ago, the performances of companies in crisis have come under public scrutiny. In the CEO Afterlife.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Researchers looked at how CEOs expressed empathy during conference calls with financial analysts amidst the COVID-19 crisis. However, companies whose CEOs acknowledged the human side of the pandemic fared better in the stock market than those whose CEOs didn’t. The study examined 510 such calls involving 448 major U.S.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 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. Communication. ” Follow David on Twitter at @ThoughtPartner.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The elite of higher education would have us believe that leadership can be taught, especially if you are one of the privileged attending classes at a top tier university offering courses in leadership. Either way, we assume that leadership is dependent on personality traits and/or skills. Crisis leadership in action.

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Brigette Hyacinth

APRIL 9, 2020

I am saddened to see so many companies quick to terminate employees—companies making profits, who don’t have to terminate staff and still choose to do so. Some companies have been extraordinary. Any effort a company is putting to keep their staff will go a long way in sustaining the culture and brand.

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Company Short-term Long-term Emotional Intelligence 115

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

While many companies are turning to more flexible models, far too many are still being run as old-fashioned bureaucracies. Many companies can’t properly manage their resources or their people. They aren’t sure what’s urgent or important, and without a big-picture view they end up jumping from one task and one crisis to another.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. It’s typically not the player with the highest market value.

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Books Leadership Blog Crisis 234

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Sample Prompt: Write a draft for a company-wide memo announcing the new remote work policy (attached). <POLICY Sample Prompt: Suggest five innovative product ideas for the <YOUR NICHE> of the <YOUR MARKET> market. Identifying New Market Opportunities Example 4.3. <POLICY DOCUMENT> 3.1.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

Immelt states in Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company : The best leaders absorb fear. This was the case with GE Digital, a new subsidiary created to provide software and Industrial Internet of Things services to industrial companies. When you have a strong team, you can weather any crisis.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. My role changed from hiring entry-level roles in the local market to hiring professional and executive-level roles virtually across the country. Many lives and businesses were impacted overnight.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. No industry or organization is free from the risk of a crisis. Communication.

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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. 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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HR Digest

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Don’t say the job market is rough. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now aware of the importance of embracing technology in order to grow through the crisis. As long as the worker is doing their job the company must provide benefits and perks that matter most. Invest in the right technology. on the job.

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Crisis How To Long-term Technology 98

Leading Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Of all the business and career memes to gain popularity, few have compromised integrity in business, leadership, and personal success more than the expression “Fake it till you make it.” Horn then takes us through her journey as the CEO of a public relations and marketing communications agency. What do you do?

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’ve condensed this research into what I call the “Lucky 13” (I’m not superstitious): critical elements that set apart leading companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It has always been true, but it is worth repeating: “ What will differentiate the winners from the losers won’t be technology or capital but leadership and a willingness to learn. ”. In business or life it is important to remember this: “ When you compete against another company, you’re looking backward. Don’t personalize every crisis.

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