N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The payoff is significant: leaders discover or refine skills that help them innovate, lead teams with greater empathy, and navigate challenges with resolve. This combined methodology paints a comprehensive picture of an individuals potential, allowing decision-makers to fine-tune development strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. Today, the digital chiefs portfolio extends to orchestrating data-driven strategies, leveraging cloud computing to scale innovation, and architecting robust cybersecurity protocols.

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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

Innovation means more than just new products or services. Perhaps my favorite definition of innovation is Scott Berkun’s : “Innovation is significant positive change.”. Recently, the Institute for Corporate Productivity published a study surveying some of the top companies and people in the fields of management and innovation.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 24, 2011

For your company to achieve high performance, you need to acquire and nurture the best and brightest human capital available and keep these investments in your company. This is the bottom-line conclusion of a study recently published in the Journal of Applied Psychology entitled “Does Human Capital Matter? a stockbroker).

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this episode of Asking For a Friend, Jack Phillips, author of High-Impact Human Capital Strategy and Chairman of ROI Institute about how to calculate ROI for remote work vs. in-person work. 26:04 Karin: How do you calcuate ROI when it comes to innovation? . The more engaged, the more innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Emerging leaders empower their teams to achieve operational excellence and drive innovation by continuously refining culture, tactics, and strategy. Creating an environment that encourages openness, fosters communication promotes collaboration, and values innovation is crucial.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The CPO is responsible for aligning the organization’s human capital strategy with its overall strategic goals. This entails assessing the workforce requirements and identifying key talent needs to drive innovation and growth. They understand engaged employees feel challenged, recognized, and rewarded for their efforts.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

The role of the CTO has been redefined to include strategic planning, spearheading digital transformation, managing cybersecurity, and driving innovation. This expanded role determines an organization’s ability to innovate and maintain a competitive edge.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In addition, these leaders must maintain a relentless commitment to inclusivity, recognizing that diverse perspectives are essential for innovation and cultivating a vibrant community where each member can thrive. These efforts enable students to develop problem-solving prowess, entrepreneurial thinking, and adaptability.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Quantitative Return Drivers: Metrics such as Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Return on Investment (ROI), Return on Cash (cash-on-cash), and Return on Human Capital (ROHC) will give you more useful information than the static calculations mentioned above.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

The Need for Innovative Approaches in Succession Planning As businesses grow and adapt to the ever-changing business landscape, traditional succession planning approaches may not be agile enough to cover non-traditional roles. Human resource professionals are responsible for developing strong succession plans for non-traditional roles.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Rather than chasing flashy innovations, Mulally streamlined Fords operations, introduced the transformative One Ford plan, and unified the company under a shared vision. The true drivers of successempathy, vision, and executionare universal and transcend traditional industry boundaries, fueling both growth and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

While these metrics provided a degree of predictability in the past, they fall short in todays environment, where agility, adaptability, and innovation have emerged as the hallmarks of leadership success. Its not just about adopting new tools or methodologies; its about creating a culture that prioritizes growth, innovation, and resilience.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

When FastCompany published 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation this last Fall, within the first few days the article received over 2000 tweets from FastCo’s page alone. The reason: their company cultures stifle innovation. I recently spoke about this very challenge at the Human Capital Institute. They’re stuck.

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Women on Business

JULY 13, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Having a diverse workforce not only benefits company innovation and productivity but it also benefits the economy. Our nation’s human capital substantially grows as more women, racial and ethnic minorities, and gay and transgender individuals enter the workforce.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 28, 2014

While it wasn’t surprising to see innovation and customer relationships being included in the top 5 challenges, the study’s most revealing finding is how the top challenge for leaders worldwide was Human Capital – namely, how to engage, retain, manage and develop their employees.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2011

Guest post by LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture (learn more about LaMae at the end of this post). LaMae Allen deJongh, Managing Director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture. Experience tells us that when employees are unhappy they look for new jobs.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 29, 2019

Recently I supported the DEX Innovation Centre in Liberec, Czech Republic during a mentor day that involved helping several of their startups from across Europe in their attempts to scale up. Search for resources – Whilst this is commonly regarded as financial capital, the analysis found that human capital was much more important.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Are you taking the advantages of human capital? Here are 5 ways to capitalize on the people value of your team: Brainstorm – Have assigned times periodically where everyone on the team gets to give input into the organization’s future. How are you currently taking advantage of human capital?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Creator: Innovators and Visionaries Creators are the pioneers of new ideas and visionary strategies– naturally inclined towards innovation, thinking outside the box, and envisioning future possibilities. Their leadership style is often characterized by: Creativity and Innovation: Generating groundbreaking ideas and solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

A strong north wind has rapidly shaped the industry’s evolution through innovation. These innovations have revolutionized various industries and have the potential to continue shaping our future. One of the most crucial skills for future tech leaders is adaptability.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A new paper from the University of Cambridge argues that business model innovation will be key to emerging from the pandemic in the best economic health. “We propose that recent developments in digital technology offers the opportunity to accelerate productivity growth through business model innovation. Developing human capital.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 4, 2019

The paper set out to explore whether investors value human capital data, and if they do, what kind do they seem to prefer. ” Human capital. At the moment few companies disclose human capital data and there are no laws requiring them to do so. So why the disconnect?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

At N2Growth, we consistently observe that organizations committed to rigorous board assessments experience faster adaptation to market shifts and higher rates of innovation. These evaluations serve as diagnostic tools that reveal how effectively boards are delivering on their strategic mandate while preserving corporate values.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 6, 2011

On March 7-9, I’ll be speaking about leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation at the National Human Capital Summit in Atlanta. I hope you’ll check it out and consider attending.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ultimately, the strategic importance of the Chief People Officer (CPO) lies in their ability to create a high-performing workforce that drives innovation, productivity, and, ultimately, business growth. Collaboration brings individuals together, leveraging their diverse perspectives and skill sets to drive innovation and achieve shared goals.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 29, 2013

HR brings human capital to life. In the high tech world, innovation is critical to survival. With this in mind, HR constructs the recruiting strategy, implements, and nurtures a culture conducive to innovation. Nothing is more important to the corporate brand than its human capital.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Beyond alarming questions of what is "fair" to the innovators themselves, few have considered how these human capital controls might impact the quality and quantity of innovation--and ultimately economic growth. We need diverse social and professional connections to innovate. New Mindsets are the Missing Link.

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HR Digest

MAY 14, 2024

What is human capital management? Human Capital Management (HCM) represents a shift from traditional personnel management to a comprehensive approach focusing on optimizing workforce productivity and effectiveness. Image: Freepik What is Human Capital Management (HCM)?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

Furthermore, the Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report reveals that 75% of organizations consider the future of work, including automation and AI, as a top business priority. These statistics underscore the critical need for innovative talent development strategies to successfully navigate the ever-evolving landscape of work.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 9, 2013

people), innovative practices such as job rotation, leadership development through coaching, mentoring, action-learning, and next-generation behavioral performance evaluation must all be considered. The challenge is to put these and other innovative tools to use in a structured manner to build an enduring leadership succession program.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2018

One of the greatest untapped opportunities in business today is to access the dormant human capital that we often fail to capture and inspire. With only 30 percent of professionals being engaged, the vast majority of human talent is not showing up at work to innovate, create, build, change, and find better ways of doing things.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The infusion of diverse thoughts and skills does more than just foster innovation; it boosts resilience and adaptability, too. Equally important are individuals who showcase innovative thinking, as this trait is essential to driving growth and navigating the uncertainties of the future business landscape.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the latest edition of the Global Innovation Index, the United States came home in 3rd spot. Over the years the Index has been produced, the US has always maintained a presence in the top 10, underlining the innovative potential of the country. The post Is America Losing Its Innovation Edge? ” Losing top spot.

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