Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

They point to shiny startups and the seemingly unstoppable progress of technology, and proclaim that our age is on track to solve all problems and cure all ills. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. What crisis, you may ask? A crisis of imagination, a crisis of ambition, a crisis of vision.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, characterized by ongoing technological advancements and unpredictable market dynamics, the role of interim executives is undeniably crucial. Another notable trait is exemplary crisis management skills.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

This broader perspective means staying abreast of shifting regulations, disruptive technologies, and market trends. Indicators such as crisis management skills, communication style, and adaptability are equally crucial. During the screening process, technical prowess is just one aspect of evaluation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

So, whenever a leader or an organization adopts any new strategy, technology platform, methodology or approach, that adoption has to be driven by both a need and with leadership clarity. Communications Crisis Management Leadership Public Relations Rants Strategy avoid crisis Crisis Leadership ferguson learning risk Risk'

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

I am no stranger to the challenges of candidate management during a crisis. While in the second year of my profession the great recession hit and had a significant impact on my area of expertise including venture capital, and private equity-backed technology companies.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Employment Is Dead : How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work by Deborah Perry Piscione and Josh Drean - (January 2025) With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwells most personal book yet.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New technologies, shifting regulations, and a heightened focus on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals meant that professionals needed to stay ahead of the curve. Suddenly, my heart—both metaphorically and literally—was in crisis. Believe in yourself, trust in your journey, and never quit.

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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

JUNE 2, 2014

What if the board does not have technology expertise? Or if their technology expertise is antiquated? Technology expertise in this case, by the way, does not refer to the CEO or former CEO of a technology company. Rather it indicates a true technologist in the form of a Chief Technology or Chief Information Officer.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Having a CFO with a “head in the cloud” might be a good thing if we’re talking about cloud computing, cognitive technologies, and AI that has significantly influenced this role. Even though many are still behind the curve, there has been a considerable technological evolution of finance function.

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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

The Role in Risk Management and Crisis Response When assessing the CEO’s role, it’s vital to recognize their role in risk management and crisis response. In a crisis, the CEO becomes the central figure, balancing two critical roles: the chief responder and the organization’s public face.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Resilience goes beyond crisis management; it’s about anticipating change and transforming potential disruptions into opportunities for innovation and growth. With the rise of digital transformation and advancements in AI technology, these executives are now at the forefront of integrating innovation into business operations.

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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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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Gallup found that “almost all forms of social time boost mood, but technological remote forms such as texting and social media have thresholds—mood drops after moderate amounts. Your organization’s ability to bounce back from a public health crisis, or any crisis, depends on how resilient your employees are.”

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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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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 15, 2013

It is essentially impossible not to and this is particularly true in the ever-changing and evolving technology industry. CEO Profiles Crisis Management Operations & Strategy Success CEO Onboarding CEO Succession Planning Dell Computers Dell Computers CEO Micahel Dell Offboarding Succession Planning'

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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

MARCH 22, 2021

Their strategy is to use technology and reliable service to consolidate the highly fragmented foodservice industry. Stefania then started focusing on tightening key processes, upgrading the technology platform, and creating a meritocratic culture where anyone could share their ideas and make improvements. ezCater’s business took off.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Today, the CCO oversees various aspects of business operations, such as strategy development, customer relationship management, product development, and crisis management. CRM deals with strategies, technologies, and practices to manage, analyze, and significantly improve an organization’s customer interactions.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. In a world of pandemic, it’s the only way forward.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Underinvestment in Technology. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Failing technology. A company of Southwest’s scale does not get this far behind in technology without repeatedly ignoring the advice of their IT department. Invest in Technology.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Managing outrage has moved from being an occasional leadership challenge, like handling a PR crisis, to a necessary and critical leadership capability, like strategic thinking or financial acumen. Along the way, Shapiro offers a "pivot" framework for leaders in technology and beyond to stay flexible and agile.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Why the Best Leaders Ask For Help In A Crisis by @LollyDaskal Lego CEO Niels Christiansen On Play During Covid-19 Pandemic via @TIME #Lego makes a hundred billion bricks a year. It’s Not Technology via @HarvardHBS. Practical Tips On How To Overcome Obstacles by @LaRaeQuy. 25 Ways You May Be Stressing Yourself Out by @FrankSonnenberg.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 28, 2024

After the COVID-19 crisis, organizations had to pivot in many ways to continue to meet targets and keep the wheels turning with their business. Businesses have been faced with one challenge after another, shifting from layoffs to technological changes, leaving HR teams to handle a rush of crisis after crisis.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In a time of crisis, we need to know more. They are destined to last longer than a human lifetime, to adapt to changing tastes and technologies, to endure long into the future as symbols of faith and human imagination.” Much of what she is talking about here defines the year 2020. So, if we can’t predict the future, what can we do?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

These seasoned professionals step into senior roles within an organization on a temporary basis, engaging in strategic decision-making, crisis management, turnaround schemes, or filling gaps due to sudden departures or absences of incumbent executives.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

From WSFS’s Mark Turner , we saw the value of taking a step away from daily demands to appreciate the way technologies may be changing how we lead and our own timing for stepping down. From Progressive Corporation’s Tricia Griffith , we can see the benefit of more lateral and more inclusive leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

Despite the status of the Covid-19 outbreak as the single biggest health and socio-economic crisis since the Second World War, it’s also hard to dispute the transformative power of coronavirus across the board. How Can Leaders Successfully Innovate in Their Companies.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

We will return to face-to-face networking once the health crisis dissipates, but who knows how long that might be? There will be a massive reliance on using available technologies. Our regional response has been to provide both access to the technology and the opportunity to experiment. What does the future hold?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

With the news awash with dramatic predictions about the impact new technologies will have on society and the workplace, it’s perhaps understandable that trust in digital technology can be low among customers. ” The post Companies Need To Win Customer Trust In New Technologies first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

You’ve upped your communication, re-iterated your strategy, praised your team, adopted remote working practices, embedded flexible working, invested in technology to implement all this, pivoted your working practices, and in some cases product offering, all to accommodate the new world we find ourselves in.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 16, 2020

It could be that processes are too cumbersome, technology is breaking down, or they aren’t getting the information they need. Additional Reading you might enjoy: H ow Great Leadership is Generated in Significant Crisis. The One Aspect Of Crisis Management That No One Talks About. Take accountability first.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

Apart from exploring the map, conducting diplomatic and warfare activities, the player has to build cities and make improvements, manage people and resources, develop technologies, and build an army inclusive of defense systems. It’s essential to boost morale and keep your people happy, and you cannot win without it.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. Technology has created the opportunity to know. Or even better yet, watch this TedTalk by reknowned Don Tapscott. You are not in control. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Chinazom reflects on his leadership journey, starting from childhood responsibilities to leading a team through the financial crisis, showcasing how mental health awareness can forge stronger teams.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

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