N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

His expertise lies in change management, organizational resilience, and leadership team development, helping businesses scale efficiently while maintaining agility in dynamic global environments. Her expertise spans customer-centric innovation, operational leadership, and leadership development in global organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. My goal was to meet with a globally diverse group of thought leaders and top executives to discover what is required to lead in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For example, an entrepreneur who excels in the startup phase may find that scaling operations globally requires a different skill set. Executives bring invaluable insights into the company’s operations and culture, while the board provides strategic oversight and an objective perspective.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Samsung Electronics is looking at global workforce cuts adding to over 30% of its overseas staff. The company reportedly has over 270,000 employees globally, spread across 76 countries. The real reason for Samsung’s global workforce cuts is likely to be a lot more complex. Samsung is currently facing similar strikes in India.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Understanding the Evolving Role of a Chief Operating Officer In the ever-evolving world of business, the role of a Chief Operating Officer (COO) is undergoing numerous transformations. Their role expands beyond mere efficient operations, reaching into complex problem-solving, organizational design, and corporate transformation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Identifying, attracting, and retaining top healthcare executives who can harmonize quality care, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and long-term growth is no small task. Through our executive search process, we pinpoint forward-thinking leaders comfortable bridging clinical insights with cutting-edge innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This role is no longer confined to technical oversight or incremental operational improvements. In parallel, their remit includes guiding organizational mindsets so that each business functionmarketing, sales, operations, human resourcesoperates cohesively under a unified digital vision.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Power of Culturally Diverse Perspectives: Exploring the Benefits of International Coaching in Global Leadership Mastery In today’s global business landscape, the ability to navigate and effectively lead across cultures is becoming increasingly vital for success.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

There are three fundamental forces that are transforming the nature of global businesses. And third is “a technological revolution fueled by the exponential growth of global data and digital technologies.”. Strategy #3: Refine Your Global Game. Operating Beyond: Rethink How Their Companies Operate.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Moreover, positioning compliance as integral to day-to-day operations creates space for more informed decision-making. By clarifying how a prospective compliance officer must operate, N2Growth can separate qualified candidates from those who will ultimately transform the role.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

Organizations must continuously evolve to remain relevant in a world where rapid technological advancements, globalized competition, rising customer expectations, sustainability imperatives, and the accelerating pace of change are redefining the landscape. Businesses face relentless pressure to create new products, services, and experiences.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We find ourselves amidst the challenges of living and working in a triple-threat world of a global pandemic, economic instability, and political unrest. 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. Leaders25 2020 Top CHRO Awards.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Why Business Acumen Capacity Is Essential for Scaling Seeing Around Corners : Scaling businesses operate in a VUCA world ( V olatility, U ncertainty, C omplex, A mbiguity). For example, recognizing how a surge in customer demand might stress operational systems allows leaders to act preemptively, rather than reactively.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Engaged for a defined period, they lead specific initiatives, manage transitions, or stabilize operations during times of change. As a global leader in executive search and leadership advisory, N2Growth specializes in bridging leadership gaps with agility and precision.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

The situation is too fast-moving, fluid and unprecedented for any of us to settle in for whatever the long haul is and keep on truckin’ with the same operating rhythm we’ve used up until now. For years, I’ve been a big proponent of identifying and following through on your optimal operating rhythm. Mine, at least, was like that.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Corporate and local cultures consist of several dimensions, and this is not limited to any of our global headquarters, which, like many global firms, can experience challenges aligning with foreign branches. However, it is also important to allow creativity and innovation. The key, then, is to make agreements in a good way.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Another common complaint about Business Review Meetings is that nearly always the time gets hijacked with discussions on day-to-day operating or tactical issues, especially when we have a room full of engineers turned managers; they quickly dive down into trying to fix the problem right then. Each global region gets 10 min.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. Recall how the U.S.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 11, 2025

When Bill Gates was propelling Microsoft to global success, he scheduled his calendar in five-minute increments - every second was prime real estate. Your EA becomes an anchor in this culture, ensuring that every part of the operation moves smoothly while maintaining your standards of excellence. Listen to the interview.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We leverage our global network to access high-caliber professionals across research and development, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and commercialization disciplines. We facilitate the development of diverse teams by advocating inclusive hiring practices, mentorship programs, and unconscious bias training.

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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. Some 54 percent of organizations say AI has been cost-effective for their business operations. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Operating Officer A Chief Operating Officer (COO) holds a distinctive and crucial role in the corporate ecosystem. Equipped with a holistic view of the organization’s objectives and a deep understanding of its operations, a COO is often considered the key driver of operational excellence.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

N2Growth, as a premier executive search and leadership advisory firm, recognizes the transformative influence a skilled Commercial Leader can wieldone who interlaces strategic vision, operational excellence, and people-centric leadership into a cohesive path toward profitability and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

” However, the landscapes by which leaders operate are anything but static as we enter 2024. The terrain is treacherous and ever-shifting, from the rise of right-wing politics to conflicts spanning continents and through the quicksand of global crises, including housing, migration, and energy.

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General Leadership

MARCH 30, 2014

For the non Air Force people, the TACC is the air operations center responsible for the planning scheduling and execution of all airlift and tanker operations, 24/7 365. By early October, we were trying to establish airfields for our troops and aircraft to operate out of. The Power of Empowerment.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

How does succession really work in multi-billion dollar, global, iconic, family-owned businesses? Tyson checks all of the boxes—a great leader, a great CEO, a great board chair, and a great father, who happens to own a well-known family-business—Tyson Foods a $25 billion, global enterprise. But what about real life?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Elevating Operational Excellence Through Evaluations A well-orchestrated evaluation process can illuminate the strengths and limitations of board operations, creating a roadmap for enhanced decision-making and leadership dynamics.

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Leading in Context

DECEMBER 20, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton As a global community, we have learned some things this year. Global citizens have learned that values are the most important defining characteristics of nations, and if we don't operate from a base of values we descend into conflict and chaos.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of a Strong Chief Commercial Officer in Business A robust Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) plays an instrumental role in businesses, providing strategic supervision, guidance, and management of all aspects of commercial operations. The CCO becomes paramount as enterprises navigate competitive landscapes and complex markets.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. These factors are redefining the shape of the global economic terrain.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

In Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"—the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire. Culture clashes, infighting among executives and engineers, dueling corporate traditions, and government maneuvering constantly threatened the venture.

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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. In today’s interconnected and globalized marketplace, having a reliable and diverse supplier base is essential for procurement excellence.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Darrin had spent the last decade reinventing this sleepy bank—revamping the bank’s finances, providing liquidity to investors, raining new capital, and doubling down on operational efficiencies—and turning the organization into a regional bank that people truly admired.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2024

The growth of industrialization, globalization, and an increasingly complex business environment have made it necessary to use more sophisticated methods to attract and retain high-caliber executives. It is the process of acquiring top leadership talent that shapes corporate strategy, improves operational efficiency, and drives innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

On the heels of unprecedented circumstances such as the global pandemic and the Great Resignation, companies need an elite, next-generation approach to filling these crucial executive roles, including executive, board, and C-suite positions. ” Here at N2Growth, we operate as a retained executive search firm.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Certain principals cut across the lives of such leaders as they transcend traditional leadership roles and prioritize the well-being of the communities, economies, and global society they serve. As founder and CEO of Chobani, a top-selling yogurt company, he “operates on a simple fundamental principle, that we do well by doing good.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

Staying updated with Artificial Intelligence advancements, automation, and FinTech is essential for optimizing financial operations and planning business growth. Navigating Transformation and Automation In our global economy, digital transformation and automation are reshaping the role of the CFO.

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