Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Guest post from Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage: What would your organization be like if every employee had a great manager? In every organization, managers are a key leverage point to drive higher performance and better business results. The impact managers have on turnover and engagement go straight to the organization’s bottom line.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

T HE vast majority of today’s business leaders are either embarking on AI deployment to improve their operations or are considering it. Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. One key reason why robust supply chain leadership is crucial is its impact on cost efficiency and profitability.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Navigating the complexities of leadership and management styles requires more than conventional wisdom; it requires a deep understanding of how different management styles impact an organization. Adizes’ generally addresses four management styles: Creator, Integrator, Administrator, and Producer.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

This includes a solid grasp of advanced accounting principles, risk management, cryptocurrency, and economic analysis. Another advantage of partnering with a firm like N2Growth is the time and cost savings it offers. Also, the cost of a bad hire can be significantly higher than the fees associated with a search firm.

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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. Sell yourself as someone who will give them a lot of business.

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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. Project Management: Mastering the art of overseeing projects from start to finish.

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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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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating. When leaders are pressured into leadership styles that go against their natural way of operating, they are set up for failure. We have opted for manager/employee alignment tools.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Lastly, making an executive hiring mistake can be extremely costly in terms of direct and indirect costs. These costs might be related to time and resources allocated on that hire, plus the resources needed to conduct the hiring process yet again, along with the costs associated with leaving that role unfilled.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2024

As the primary procurement and supply operations overseer, the CPO is crucial in improving procurement excellence. By utilizing this knowledge, the CPO can streamline procurement processes, cut costs, and create value for the organization. Furthermore, they must also prioritize compliance and risk management in procurement operations.

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Chief Procurement Officer CPO Supply Chain Compliance 243

Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Most of us have seen fear drive short-term results, but it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover. 06:10 – Consequences when you operate from a reactive place. Winning organizations know how to reframe fear into opportunities for learning and growth. They create resilient cultures of unfear.

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

Consider the following: If EQ is to us, what an engine is to a car – then self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate. “…self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate…” Our capacity for self-regulation acts in the same way. Lose brand power. Lose situational power.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

Ian McAllister, General Manager at Amazon, reports that one of his greatest challenges as a new manager was thinking too small. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. Those relationship building efforts will pay dividends in the future. 2- Failure to focus on strategy.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 These transformations typically involve a profound change in how a business operates, encompassing people, process, and technology.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Interim executives have become indispensable in addressing immediate leadership needs, whether due to sudden departures, organizational restructuring, or transformational change management. These factors can limit access to talent, elongate recruitment timelines, and inflate costs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Consequently, a business may be short of cash until payment is received.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. The operating model is how that is accomplished. The goal of the operating model is to deliver value at scale, to achieve sufficient scope, and to respond to changes by engaging in sufficient learning.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 21, 2023

Time management is critical for all leaders as they impact and direct their team's overall strategy and operations. I've developed a few essential methods for effectively managing your ever-growing schedule: Set clear priorities: Identify the most critical tasks and projects you need to deliver and have your teams focus on them first.

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2023

Absenteeism in the workplace can be a significant challenge for organizations, resulting in decreased productivity, increased costs, and a negative impact on employee morale. A key factor in managing absenteeism is understanding the hidden costs associated with it. Here are a few more strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

With the constant merging of smaller practices into larger health systems, those who remain independent often lack the necessary technical expertise to manage patient scheduling effectively. Case Study 2 Another real-world lesson comes from a Prescription Benefits Manager (PBM) headquartered in Puerto Rico.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Managing Subordinates (And Making Them Manage Theirs). Managing individuals is about helping them set the general direction of their work, ensuring that it is aligned with and understood by their peers, and staying informed enough to identify potential obstacles and problems as early as possible. Think about it this way.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

The Current Digital Landscape Today’s digital landscape is constantly changing, revolutionizing how businesses and industries operate. Extensive networks, data streams, and state-of-the-art digital technologies are increasingly becoming the foundation of modern operational strategies.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. Unless you consciously and deliberately weigh in on the cost of that relationship and make a decision to improve it, nothing will change. Dan McCarthy of About.com Management and Leadership shares How to be a More Strategic Manager to find out how.

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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

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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Operations Supply Chain Film Efficiency 101

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Furthermore, making a hiring mistake is extremely costly in terms of both direct and indirect costs. 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 Earlier, Ms.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 23, 2022

By understanding the complexities involved in automotive logistics and utilizing the latest technologies and methods, companies can improve operations across all stakeholders, including customers, employees, and shareholders. . For customers, automotive logistics can help streamline delivery times and reduce shipping costs.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

The cost is staggering. Drama costs the US workforce over $350 billion per year in lost productivity, absenteeism, passive-aggressive behavior, and wasted energy. Drama-based organizations and relationships operate at a fraction of their capacity.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Many corporate HR teams are operating in a legacy model, bogged down with hiring downstream talent and struggling to quickly and efficiently source top-shelf talent. Rising Cost of Talent: The surge of opportunities available to candidates today has driven up the cost of recruitment at all levels. It’s a win-win.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 16, 2018

Reduced Costs. Sure, the costs seem infinitesimal, but they can add up over time. In fact, according to a survey report by Citi, workers spend an average of 200 hours per year commuting to and from work, which produces roughly $2,600 in costs. Broken down, that’s a daily cost of $10 just on transportation alone.

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Team Stress Cost Transportation 221

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Regardless of titles or functional position, the lead role in a security organization is expected to wear many hats and solve a myriad of strategic, operational and tactical problems. Below is a list of security initiatives that a security leader would either manage or have parallel impact upon within a business: Data security.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Too often, information technology and operational tools are minimized as costs to be controlled. When you minimize them as costs to control, you strip your people of their powers and flexibility. Invest in Technology.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2024

This article explores the various aspects of ACA compliance costs and their impact on small business finances. Overview of the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as the ACA, was enacted in 2010 with the goal of expanding access to healthcare, improving the quality of care, and reducing healthcare costs.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2024

As businesses navigate an evolving market, they increasingly turn to Less Than Truckload shipping to transport goods cost-effectively and flexibly. This method improves cost-efficiency for shippers with smaller cargo and maximizes the use of available space within transportation networks.

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Efficiency Supply Chain Cost Transportation 92

Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Replacing these hand-picked team members becomes a highly unpleasant process, one that CEOs avoid at all costs—despite clear signs it’s necessary. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes.

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