N2Growth Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Interim executives are experienced professionals who can step in to fill a sudden leadership gap, manage a crisis, guide a merger, or spearhead a new initiative. The Impact of Interim Management on Business Continuity In a rapidly evolving business landscape shaped by technology and market shifts, interim executives provide crucial stability.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Whether expanding into new markets, managing crises, or driving innovation , they bring insight and clarity, combining data with intuition. A negative environment affects daily operations and hampers long-term growth and success. Every CEO’s impact is most visible in company decision-making.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

I am no stranger to the challenges of candidate management during a crisis. Consider the following recommendations for effective candidate management during a crisis: Empathize: In a situation like this, it is human nature to think about one’s own health, safety, career, and expenses first.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2013

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? Some guidance and information along these lines is becoming unavoidable.

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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. Thanks for sharing Peter.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Understanding the Duties of a Chief Commercial Officer In the past ten years, the role of the Chief Commercial Officer has evolved to include more than just sales operations. 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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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

JUNE 21, 2011

Instead, we’ve looked for a new scapegoat, chosen to operate from the same fundamental theories, and doubled down on the same fixes." That theory, says Roger Martin, “had the unfortunate effect of tightly tying together two markets: the real market and the expectations market.” THE STORY BEGINS. Like us on Facebook.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The COP26 summit last year inevitably resulted in grand policy announcements that attempt to provide top-down solutions to the climate crisis facing humanity. By contrast, small businesses that can adopt a climate-conscious stance can bridge any gaps between those who favor the market and those who favor the environment.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. Crisis Leadership exams can help find problems early when your chances for treatment and cure are better. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life.

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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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. The Market “is&# the Message : This view of messaging values the target audience above all else.

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2014

In any situation, but certainly when a crisis occurs, entrepreneurial leaders “ask themselves how they need to change to make the situation better, not how to get everyone around them to act more like them.” It is crucial to get this right because personal accountability is an extension of it.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. Well actually, no it’s not. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Every organisation is likely to face a crisis now and again. Predicting what a crisis will entail is impossible in many situations – but it’s how a team prepares and responds that can dictate whether and to what degree a business recovers. Periodically reviewing plans is one important strategy for managing crisis.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

Without a clear strategy, you get lost in operational and development needs, and eventually, everyone else beats you to it. This is alike to changing approach when the market shifts in business. In the game, just like in real life, this becomes more prominent in crisis times and, if ignored, can cause serious setbacks.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you entered a new market?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300.

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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. In times of crisis, great leaders are prominent in their apologies and prolific in the media. Invest in Technology.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

When Alan Mulally took over as CEO of Ford, the company was losing market share and facing deep losses because of increased competition and globalization. Let crisis spark an epiphany and change your outlook. Crisis can spark epiphanies, so pay attention to what your next crisis has to teach you about perspective.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. They make changes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

You need people on your team with both strategic and operational skills—two very different kinds of people. Once you know who they are, you can optimize not just your products, but your whole business—how you market, how you onboard, and how you support these people. You need a cushion of cash to allow you to focus on the long term.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message (the relevant message) regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. The Market “is” the Message : This view of messaging values the target audience above all else.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. The issue hasn't risen to a level of significance to merit their involvement, in which case you must get them to understand why the conflict merits their involvement.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Too often, crisis—a near-miss accident or a frightening diagnosis—is the catalyst that brings these revelations. Ambiguity prevents organizations from operating with focus, discipline, and engagement. It allows product quality issues to persist to the point of costly and reputation-sapping recalls, or market-share erosion.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The moral of the story is this…A lack of delegation creates operational bottlenecks, delegation confused with abdication creates organization chaos, and effective delegation of authority vs. tasks creates personal and operational excellence. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These people are said to be ‘always focusing on the next crisis’. The ultimate achievement in business is sustainable operation – the company always survives and never disappears. This was Nokia’s problem. Many business people, the most successful ones, often say that their companies are 6-18 months away from failure.

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