Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines. And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Operational Excellence is a systematic approach to improving business processes and performance. It can also significantly impact a company’s ability to attract and retain talented employees. However, many companies struggle with attracting and retaining such talent. This is how it can do it.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2024

The safe operation of heavy trucks is paramount to ensure the well-being of drivers, other road users, and the integrity of transported goods. Implementing effective strategies for safe operation mitigates the risk of accidents and promotes efficiency and professionalism within the trucking industry.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 13, 2024

A well-trained leader can inspire team unity, encourage innovation, and improve operational efficiency. Such training programs can offer employees a better understanding of company values, integrity, and purpose. Operational inefficiencies can become widespread, resulting in a detrimental effect on overall business performance.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Connecticut-based company, among the largest in travel, didn’t provide specifics on the number of employees who would be affected or the financial impact of the reorganization. As per company’s spokesperson, the review was specific to Booking.com and not its other brands, such as Priceline, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.

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Lead from Within

MAY 1, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving business the significance of well-defined and meaningful company values cannot be overstated. Furthermore, a report by Great Place to Work found that companies with strong, values-driven cultures tend to outperform their peers in terms of financial performance, innovation, and employee satisfaction.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In the previous three parts of this series, we realized the challenging factors around searching for and placing an ideal candidate to lead a private equity portfolio company. A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company. Realize that P.E.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In today’s fast-moving business world, technology plays a key role in how companies work. How things work IT advances have brought major changes in how companies design their production processes. They found that many companies sold products both internally and externally, a mix they call plural selling.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

portfolio company executives , diving into hiring assessment essentials in terms of hard skills to lead a portfolio company and run the business. Adding a new CxO might create temporary instability in a firm that has relied on generations of insiders or in the case of a more recent startup, a mercurial leader to harness the company.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For small business owners, reducing operational costs is essential for the success of the company. With rising overhead expenses and competition from larger companies, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing costs associated with running a business.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 9, 2024

And with financing being one of the primary reasons startups go under, the right strategy needs to involve improving upon your operating capital. What Is Operating Capital? Sometimes called “working capital,” operating capital is the sum of a business’s current assets minus its current liabilities.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2023

Does your business struggle when it comes to operational efficiency? Efficiency can have a huge impact on the overall success of the company, productivity, employee morale, and many other key metrics, so it is an area that is always worth addressing if there are improvements that can be made.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain and logistics, businesses are constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency and reduce operational costs. In this blog post, we explore the significance of advanced pallet wrappers and their impact on streamlining warehouse operations.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

An acquisition can mean different things for the company that is acquired, but very often, the change in ownership leads to job cuts. Salesforce has announced layoffs at Own, a data-management startup that was recently taken over by the customer relationship management company. billion for the company.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2021

Deploying an operational risk management program that does the intended job remains a challenge for many businesses today. The industrial sector and others have witnessed rapid changes that significantly altered the way businesses operate. They need to train all employees to make risk-based thinking part of everyday operations.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Operating Officer is an organization’s powerhouse, ensuring every process and experience in your business runs like a well-oiled machine. This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. Tech Savviness: Leveraging technology to boost operational efficiency.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 23, 2022

1) Invest in Employees: Investing in an employee is one of the most effective ways to benefit all company stakeholders. By investing in employees, companies can create a positive working environment where employees feel valued and appreciated. It also helps to retain top talent that otherwise would have moved on to other companies.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Why do some young companies become unicorns ( a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion) , while others don’t? May and Pablo Dominguez provide readers with a powerful framework of universally applicable principles that enable any company to effectively accelerate its ability to scale and grow.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any company cannot do without a workforce. There are no companies that operate like any other resource without labour. But also ineffective and poor quality work of the company’s personnel can lead to deterioration, Click to continue reading.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

However, while often not “planned”, our research shows that many leaders’ paths follow this pattern because they have been operating with a serendipity mindset. A serendipity mindset is not a mythical power that only specific leaders are born with but a way of operating in both our professional and personal lives that can be learned.

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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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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Rhett Power discusses a few ways business leaders can balance business innovation with operations when focusing on digital transformation. The post Can Companies Strike a Better Balance Between Business Operations and Innovation? Nearly the whole world moved to remote work back in 2020, and organizations responded the […].

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 19, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the business environment, offering companies unprecedented opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and drive profits. Here are seven tangible ways AI will boost your profits in your company, backed by real-world examples and data. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Operating Officer A Chief Operating Officer (COO) holds a distinctive and crucial role in the corporate ecosystem. Equipped with a holistic view of the organization’s objectives and a deep understanding of its operations, a COO is often considered the key driver of operational excellence.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence has transformed industries, improved efficiency, and provided innovative solutions, but it also brings along a set of ethical challenges that your company can’t survive without addressing. The sheer scale at which AI operates means that when issues do arise, their repercussions can be extensive.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A COO’s role is integral to any enterprise’s success, serving as the right hand to the CEO and ensuring the seamless functioning of business operations. The COO is often tasked with translating strategy into action, leading critical functions ranging from operations and finance to sales and marketing.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I bet if I asked you what your company is all about you’d give me that same ol’ rehearsed elevator pitch. I like to call this collection of systems the organization’s “ Human Operating System.” Here are the key parts of every Human Operating System: 1. But, if I asked you how. You just might stall.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Learning and Development teams of companies are working overtime to figure out ways to keep the organizations functioning in these difficult times. Here we bring you a few learning and development trends for 2022 to help companies introduce impactful and efficient training programs. Training Remote Managers.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 31, 2023

They are tasked with translating strategic direction into operational reality, managing teams, and dealing with the practicalities of day-to-day work. Strategic Thinking: While they're closer to operational details, middle managers also need to be able to think strategically.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2022

In the second part of this series, we will continue this theme on executive hiring for a private equity portfolio company by examining parallel soft skill essentials and core, soft credential constituents. This instance focuses on a handful of core demands specific to portfolio companies, aligned to soft skill talents. The Soft Skills.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2021

Many factors can make or break your business, including scaling your operations towards growth. Scaling in business is when a company is leveraging resources and increasing revenue. Before you scale your operations, you need to plan your growth in that regard and set goals. Plan your success. Housekeeping. Your employees.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2024

With the increasing prevalence of remote work, companies are reevaluating their traditional hiring practices and exploring alternative approaches to meet their staffing needs. One such approach that is gaining traction is partnering with outsourcing companies to leverage remote talent.

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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. Here is why your organization should be interested in partnering with an executive coaching company.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2023

Efficient fleet management is an essential aspect of running a successful business, especially for companies that rely on the transportation of goods and services. Why Efficient Fleet Management Is Good For Your Bottom Line Efficient fleet management is integral to the financial success of any company with a transportation component.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 25, 2022

These tests are used by recruiting companies to select deserving candidates for filling positions that require enough occupational expertise. The following article throws light on how recruiting companies work upon the test to hire candidates. Benefits of Ramsay Assessment Test for Recruiting Companies.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. Companies recognize the benefits of bringing in external expertise to navigate complex situations without the long-term commitment of a permanent hire.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Operations managers have a tough and challenging role, particularly in 2021. If you’re working in operations management, or you aspire to become an operations supervisor, take a look at some of the challenges you’ll be facing in 2021: 1. As we move towards a ‘new normal’, businesses are facing unexpected obstacles. Cost Cutting.

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