Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Employees want to see those in leadership positions show calm under pressure, where moments of crisis or stress are met with more openness and creativity; where they can show different ways of handling and solving a problem - showing that theres another way forward, even when others cant see it.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Evolving Role of the CMO Previously, a Chief Marketing Officer’s or CMO role mainly involved traditional marketing activities like brand management, public relations, and market research. However, recent technological advancements and industry shifts have expanded and evolved this role significantly.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This matters to effectiveness in the business domain, too, where such practices are often ignored or dismissed, even though they support ones centeredness and capacity to maintain focus, be creative, and make good decisions, even under great pressure. The takeaway? The reality is that this is not the key to productivity.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A complex regulatory environment, stringent compliance standards, advanced technology integrations, and a diverse array of patient populations add layers of difficulty to the process. N2Growths extensive evaluation process ensures that the leaders we recommend can manage these dynamic forces in tandem.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As technology evolves, leaders are faced with an important question: How do you lead effectively in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Many people think leadership in the AI era is all about understanding technology or staying up to date with trends.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They came of age during the early technological revolution, making them adept at using email and other digital tools. Implement Reverse Mentoring : In addition to traditional mentorship, leaders should consider reverse mentoring, where younger employees mentor older ones, particularly on technology and modern workplace trends.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2018

With the onslaught of AI and other disrupting technologies, the workplace will undergo rapid changes. These changes are not just causing disruption to businesses, but are also becoming a big problem for the managers to face. Managers and their teams are feeling insecure, causing major health hazards. The Tsunami of Change.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial it is for future leaders to go beyond traditional management techniques. The future demands leaders who can manage teams, drive meaningful change, and uphold integrity. Develop Digital Literacy: In an era of rapid technological advancement, digital literacy is essential.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Today I will share my thoughts on our youth and their relationship with technology and its potential impact on the future C-Suite. Ubiquitous online access and dependence on digital platforms for real-time information, both professionally and recreationally, has accelerated innovation in leveraging and utilizing technology.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Physical skills are steadily declining as automation technologies become more advanced.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s CMOs aren’t just the masterminds behind ad campaigns or marketing projects—they’re key players in driving business innovation , focusing on customer needs, and harnessing technology. Success in this role hinges on the CMO’s ability to adapt quickly to market trends and technological advancements.

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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. ?. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Many leaders see their roles as presiders/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. Leading in the Digital World : How to Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Inclusivity by Amit S. But it's not.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

To me, the selfie stick is a metaphor for Corporate America’s creativity dilemma. Organizations seek ways to boost creativity. But myopia is an enemy of creativity, and what is more myopic than a selfie and a tiny screen? What creative process do they use to envision and actualize their themed areas? People laugh at me.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2023

Technology is commoditizing many products and services, and “easy” jobs are going away. The secret to surviving and thriving in the automation revolution is in what computers can’t replace: human creativity, empathy, and critical thinking—especially in unpredictable environments. If you’re not sure, you’re not alone.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Leadership Planning As the digital revolution unfolds, it’s becoming clear that technology plays a substantial role in enhancing leadership planning. While human resources professionals can no longer overlook the importance of technology, a delicate balance must be maintained.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As organizations increasingly rely on technology to drive growth and innovation, the role of digital leaders has become paramount. Digital leadership is not limited to technology-driven companies; businesses across industries recognize the need for influential digital leaders to stay competitive in the market.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. Of course, as a team leader, you will need to be equipped with strategies to manage such a variety of styles and temperaments.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 1, 2014

For example, in “ Seven Ways to Sell Your Ideas to Management ,” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shares how to present your ideas in order to get them implemented – a skill you need to master if you want to be an influential leader in your company. Management Issues. Need advice on a management issue?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Creative use of AI in the workplace can help employees get familiar with the technology while inhibiting their apprehension about working with it. However, the technology has reached a point where it can create first drafts and samples of content that allow an employee to cut down on the time spent manually writing out the content.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Smart new technologies. And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. Scott and Lynda Gratton. Longer, healthier lives. Are our jobs under threat?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” Creative Construction is the process of sustaining and rejuvenating an existing organization’s innovative capabilities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 8, 2024

Shake up the workforce with remote offices and emerging technologies. The World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration results citing continued overwhelm, economic instability, lower levels of motivation, and poor management are symptoms of this upheaval. We call this conflict cocktail, The “Wedge Driver.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2013

It is essentially impossible not to and this is particularly true in the ever-changing and evolving technology industry. We know the PC market is in a free fall and we know the financials of the company ad nauseum, but what about the brainpower, ingenuity and creativity that is needed to steer this behemoth in the right direction?

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Their analysis revealed that the regular influx of interns offers seasoned executives continuous insights into current cultural trends, which directly influence the company’s creative output. The junior staff believed that managers would be concerned about the risks generative AI posed to accuracy and explainability.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

At the peak, Alibaba’s technology platforms processed 325,000 orders and 256,000 payments every second. Singles Day is a technological marvel. The technology and business model Ming Zeng, the chairman of the Academic Council of the Alibaba Group, describes in Smart Business: What Alibaba’s Success Reveals About the Future of Strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2020

In this episode you’ll get several ways to ensure that your remote meetings are the best use of everyone’s time – including how to take advantage of technology to do […]. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 16, 2020

There are specific things you can do to manage those who are struggling to perform remotely: Create a trusted dialogue. It could be that processes are too cumbersome, technology is breaking down, or they aren’t getting the information they need. The One Aspect Of Crisis Management That No One Talks About. Demonstrate empathy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Guest post from Taffy Williams : Leaders must be creative and agile in their thinking in order to create the leaders of tomorrow. It is easy to stand back and give orders and assume all knowledge resides with top management of the business. 6) Letting them lead too : One of the hardest things for managers to do is give up control.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 15, 2022

Augmented reality has often seemed like a technology that has struggled to find a real purpose. Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that the use of AR in training could have unforeseen consequences, however, not least in terms of reducing innovation and creativity. The post Might AR Stunt Our Creativity?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

To stay relevant, we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can't. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more experience the better. The Digital Age will raise the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace. Society venerates experience.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust. My job and my manage r are the two strongest links to net thriving.” Many find spending time with their manager to be the worst time of their day. Remove abusive managers. What can leaders do?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. These transformations typically involve a profound change in how a business operates, encompassing people, process, and technology.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 15, 2020

As a manager, take action now to make sure your organization maximizes the potential of all its people, helping them develop the most vital skills for their shifting roles and functions. Creative thinking skills. The workforce of the future will heavily rely on creativity as well. A high emotional IQ.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the demanding realm of leadership, effective time management is not just a skill; it’s a strategic advantage. Here are the best time management tips for busy leaders who aim to excel in their roles and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Set Clear Goals: Goal setting is a cornerstone of effective time management.

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