N2Growth Blog

APRIL 22, 2020

COVID-19 has made CEO marketing priorities synonymous with survival. CEOs who have a focused, crisp, creative, and clear message, and who understand how to best communicate that message, will navigate the pandemic better than their less-skilled peers. The post CEO Marketing Priorities appeared first on N2Growth.

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Leading Blog

MAY 18, 2021

These same Agents of Stupidity hold leaders in all contexts back in a time when the clear thinking that leads to creativity and innovation is much needed. In the same way making “original” or “great” or “creative” the goal of any endeavor can be self-defeating.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Understanding the Importance of Evaluations in Shaping Leaders Ongoing market shifts and greater reliance on digital solutions have underscored the significance of regular, robust leadership assessments and evaluations. The heightened focus on continuous assessment also reflects a broader industry trend to invest in leadership development.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Are you feeling lost on how to market your book during the upcoming holidays? Join us for a 30-minute conversation as Becky Robinson discusses some creative approaches to marketing your books during the holiday season. Watch below! Register for this FREE webinar here.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Developing future visionary leaders is essential for sustaining organizational growth and maintaining a competitive edge in dynamic markets. These elements foster the development of creative problem-solving and decision-making abilities while promoting a culture of continuous learning.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Market leaders consistently miss out on great new ideas because they overestimate their market dominance.” Among them are, assume you are incorrect, reward and encourage dissent, study other markets and get outsiders to suggest ideas you might be missing. This creates blind spots and limits our creativity. What to do?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” The authors highlight a wide variety of examples of nondisruptive-market-creating innovations to help expand our view of innovation. Look beyond the existing market and environment.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

As an experienced leadership coach, I’ve helped many organizations actively seek out and cultivate these unconventional leaders – individuals who possess a unique blend of creativity, problem-solving abilities, and the courage to challenge the status quo. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

From orchestrating integrated sales and marketing strategies to nurturing high-value customer relationships, this role extends well beyond traditional oversight of revenue goals. These proficiencies enable clear, data-driven insights into shifting consumer demands and evolving market conditions.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

With a coach’s support, executives can dissect market trends, spot new opportunities, and position their businesses for expansion. Through one-on-one coaching sessions, leaders gain a deep understanding of their business, industry, and market dynamics. A key role of executive coaching is to instill a strategic mindset.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting from it. The result?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Strategic Planning and Decision-Making: Entrepreneurs benefit from coaches who guide them in developing strategic plans that account for market trends, competition, and industry dynamics. Market trends constantly evolve, and staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Recognize and reward creative thinking and problem-solving.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 29, 2025

Whether youre weighing pros and cons or analyzing a market trend, its like having a brainstorming partner on tap. ChatGPT helps you think outside the box by generating creative solutions and perspectives you wouldnt come up with. In marketing, it can analyze customer data to personalize campaigns. Need fresh ideas?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There are three critical steps senior leaders must take to make this vision a reality: Visibly Model Comprehensively Communicate Intentionally Amplify Lasting Business Culture Change Starts with Senior Leaders Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. Culture is simply “People like us, do things like this.”

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

Practical Implementation To implement this initiative successfully, senior management must endorse it wholeheartedly, ensuring that the junior board has a clear mandate and the freedom to operate creatively within the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

At N2Growth, we approach the healthcare leadership market with a nuanced lens, drawing on decades of industry experience to ensure that leaders possess the necessary technical expertise and the resilience, strategic insight, and emotional intelligence essential for inspiring teams and shaping the future of patient care.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

If you’re really stuck in the creative process, your heart is telling you something. But as I went to craft the talk, I found myself just staring at my computer, hopping on twitter, and finally finding time to take that run… as Steven Pressfield would say, I was deep into the resistance phase of the creativity process.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company. By 2023, its market cap reached $2.5

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

If the numbers show that your product category isn’t doing as well as it once did in Market Z, is there an emerging opportunity because the market still has potential and competition will be reduced because of this data?”. Unleash Creativity by Inserting Poetry into the PowerPoint. Creativity is how we manage our own change.”.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 10, 2022

As the internet has flourished, the job of the humble writer has become that much harder as the market has become flooded by professionals and hobbyists alike. That’s good because we want people to have a more competitive spirit and produce better and more creative content.”. Creative output. Pay for performance.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Business marketing strategies are getting more creative by the day. And this is due to a cut-throat competition that urges marketers to put their thinking hats on when it comes to advertising. But ever since, there is one marketing element that hasn’t changed over the years: Graphic design.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Effective engineering leadership lies at the heart of a premier academic institutions ability to differentiate itself in a competitive market. The research underscores that diversity in engineering teams leads to more creative solutions and stronger performance.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 15, 2020

Of course, critical thinking brings many other benefits as well, like the ability to consider which performance management system might work best for the organization or to evaluate which potential product might appeal to a given market. Creative thinking skills. The workforce of the future will heavily rely on creativity as well.

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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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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of evolving into learning organizations to remain competitive and adapt to continuous market changes. This ongoing approach to improvement allows businesses to adjust to market shifts and customer demands quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Executive search firms specializing in the life sciences field have a deep understanding of industry trends, market dynamics, and the specific skills and experience needed for executive roles. They set the tone and create a culture that fosters creativity and encourages innovative thinking.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2024

The journey of a creative entrepreneur is both exhilarating and challenging, requiring a unique blend of artistry and business acumen. Navigating the entrepreneurial landscape demands innovative thinking, strategic planning, and a keen understanding of the market.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

That punch is what gives brands what they most want from their branding, marketing, and advertising — a response. In an industry where mattresses are always on sale, we knew the brand had to do something to disrupt the market. Their advertising and marketing communications look and sound different from their competitors.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Many brands focus their marketing strategies on out-of-home consumption, socializing with friends and family, and humor to generate engagement. More clients’ opportunities require executives with social and emotional skills and higher-level cognitive capabilities, such as logical reasoning and creativity. Agility is key.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While it would be lovely to believe that everyone is well matched to their role and no skill goes to waste, the reality is that the labor market is riddled with the poor allocation of skills. A kind of creative destruction on an individual level.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Confident in her idea, she piloted her plan in two markets—her hometown of Boston and Greensboro, North Carolina. Each market did reasonably well. The right-sided genius in her encourages creativity, contemplative discussions, and new product features. Why not give these busy doctors more choice, Stefania reckoned?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2014

What can we learn from these top digital marketers, and how do we engage and influence them? Tami Cannizzaro ( @tamicann ), Vice President, Marketing, IBM. Jamie Coomber ( @Jamiec ), Global Director, Digital Brand Marketing and Communications, Converse. Lisa Weser ( @LisaWeser ), Senior Director, Marketing Communications, U.S.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2021

Are you wondering how to most effectively use a B2B video marketing strategy to attract leads and sales for your company? Many companies today struggle to mix B2B video best practices into their B2B marketing strategy. Your video marketing campaign should use tutorials to expand upon the strategy of using how-to videos.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

An inclusive succession plan enriches the work culture, improves decision-making, and fosters creativity, making organizations more agile in the volatile business environment. Incorporating flexibility and adaptability ensures the succession planning process remains resilient despite market upheavals or organizational changes.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

If you launch into the heart of the market, there’s always someone who will sell a similar product cheaper than you, and you have no way to go but down in what becomes a race to the bottom. Our director of creative services, June Leaman, often said, “One idea is a great idea. Committees are the death of creativity and productivity.

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