Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At the same time, even though she’s only been there a few months, she’s already making a major impact in raising the bar for her team, prompting them to think and act in new ways and bringing a fresh energy to an organization that has been set in its ways and needs to innovate. Have fun learning. There’s always more to learn.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. You must choose to get off the sideline and into the game, then you must choose to endure the learning curve, and finally you must choose to deploy the needed resources to be successful.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Integrating innovative technology into leadership is not merely about automation or efficiency; it capacitates strategic alignment with market dynamics, competitor activities, and shifting customer demands. This potential redefines traditional leadership roles and strategies, bringing a new dimension to corporate management.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

The dust from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse is nearly settled, but as we look at the new landscape, we need to take a hard look at what can be learned from it. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021. All rights reserved.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe When People Don’t Know. We want to engage people, empower them and avoid micro-management, yet there are times when we must step in and serve them more directly. Read the rest of the post here.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Work Your Ass Off Until You Figure It Out.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This content borrows from the great work of Ichak Adizes and his research into corporate lifecycles, and management. Just four essential functions can define the fundamental role of management for any team, department, or company. Entrepreneur drives innovation and growth. Entrepreneurship and the continuum of change.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Ranking is good for command and control, but not good for change and innovation. Our unlearning curve must be greater than our learning curve if we are going to succeed. They are not leaders, but managers. Rank Has Its Privileges? Ranking people limits their potential. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.”

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

There was also a rapid and steep learning curve for staff to familiarize themselves with the new technology, with many reporting frustrations with the various technical issues they encountered, particularly around a lack of access to HIPAA-compliant platforms. There were also challenges in terms of reimbursement for remote services.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Over the course of my career, Ive had the opportunity to lead a number of organizations and each one involved a series of steep learning curves. Even the most successful operations do some things poorly, so managing an enterprise involves constant improvement.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2024

An informed comparison between EFT and ACH differences enables smart decision-making, ensuring effective cash flow management and cost savings in various financial activities. Aligning payment methods with business cycles and operational demands can streamline cash flow management and optimize financial planning. What Are ACH Payments?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2014

In today’s rapidly changing and exceedingly competitive business environment, it is imperative to continually uncover new and innovative ways to stay ahead of the curve and, most importantly, not get left behind. Break the Innovation Chokehold: How to Stop Ruling Like a (Not-So-Benevolent) Dictator and Start Encouraging Big Ideas.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2024

The study looks at how managers can make these disruptions less of a problem by adjusting how individuals work and think about time. Time has a learning curve, too.” These disruptions aren’t just a hassle—they can actually cost businesses money by causing health issues, more mistakes, and lower productivity.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an interview, Christy Pambianchi, EVP and Chief People Officer at Intel, highlights the importance of continuous learning and innovation in HR, emphasizing Intel’s phased approach to implementing AI tools. Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2020

Each year, businesses in the United States waste about $8 billion managing paper alone. It’s a shocking statistic, given the amount of lip service business owners around the country pay to innovation. The last thing you want is a software solution that has a steep learning curve.

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HR Digest

JUNE 10, 2019

It’s essential that both business leaders and managers create time to master new tech before the introduction to the workplace. Showcasing what the technology can do would help workers to easily develop the enthusiasm to learn and try the tools. It means they can help managers smoothen the path of tech introduction.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. But not before we learn from it. In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

If you use this tool effectively you will be able to manage big complex issues down to the core elements that are effecting the decision. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

My research revealed that their company had in fact founded LLB, which younger generations of management did not know. Change is innovative. One can always learn from the past, dust it off and reapply it. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

If you use this tool effectively you will be able to manage big complex issues down to the core elements that are effecting the decision. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

The recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding of even one new employee is a time-intensive process every manager takes seriously. When you don’t have a lot of opportunities to practice, it’s easy for your learning curve to remain flat. Becoming a Manager. 5 Things New Managers Should Focus on First.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

Whitney Johnson, an executive coach, argues that on-the-job learning is the key to keeping people motivated. When managers understand that, and understand where the people they manage are on their individual learning curve — the low end, the sweet spot, or the high end — employees are engaged, productive, and innovative.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

The best managers know they’re supposed to give the people they lead challenging assignments to keep them interested and engaged. But what do you do when someone you manage gets to the top of their learning curve — and doesn’t really want to be pushed any further? David Lewis Taylor/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

According to Méndez-García, one of the best models for making sense of a non-linear world is the S-curve , the model we have used to understand the diffusion of disruptive innovations, and which he and I speculate can be used to understand personal disruption — the necessary pivots in our own career paths.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

In an era of transformative cognitive technologies like AI and machine learning, it’s become obvious that people, practices, and systems must become nimbler too. Working with new technologies in new and nimbler ways creates the need for additional innovation in talent practices. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

As we practice innovating we are propelled up a personal learning curve — and we begin to accomplish our dreams. As we learn by doing and do by learning something will eventually (and inevitably) not work. Or is failure a tool that will help me innovate more effectively? Learn the right lesson.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

As we practice innovating we are propelled up a personal learning curve — and we begin to accomplish our dreams. As we learn by doing and do by learning something will eventually (and inevitably) not work. Or is failure a tool that will help me innovate more effectively? Learn the right lesson.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? ​ Click "READ MORE" to learn from the career advice of the experts. What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? Initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Only through knowing other cultures deeply can a manager effectively connect the dots between them and highlight meaningful differences between cultures that impact business strategy. Other consumer-focused companies such as IKEA and Starbucks are following in KFC's footsteps, but the learning curve is both steep and long.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hiring managers often view newcomers to their organizations as not only long-term assets but also short-term burdens: people who need to be inducted, trained, and given lighter loads as they get up to speed, inevitably slowing everyone else down. Take Jeff, an IT manager at the financial services firm Vanguard.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Rookies: Bumbling newbies that require copious management? In the realm of knowledge work, rookies tend to outperform those with experience, especially when it comes to innovation and speed. Needing to close a knowledge gap quickly, hyper-learning kicks in, causing them to seek out guidance, experiment and get rapid feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

When you transition from team member to manager, you aren’t just moving to a higher league; you’re playing in an entirely new game. We found that people in “rookie mode” — new to something important and hard — are surprisingly strong performers in terms of both innovation and speed. Why is this?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Johnson shares this insightful S-curve derived from research on innovation. People, projects and organizations could be in one of three phases on this learning-innovation curve. No more steep learning curves, no extreme challenges – just another day at the office. But they are stuck.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Last year, for example, I was approached about a senior management role at a fast-growing Boston start-up, but ultimately they didn’t offer me the job. There are likely a variety of reasons why things didn’t work out, but I have since learned that my not “showing up” was a contributing factor. Managing yourself'

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Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Retail Budgeting 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

Watson's offspring will be zealous research assistants, not managers. This technology has climbed an astounding learning curve — and there's no reason it should stop here. These won't be mission-critical jobs. But before humans, their mental superiority reconfirmed, relax in their jobs, they should keep one thing in mind.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

The reason: There''s a big learning curve with Big Data, one that companies such as Netflix and Amazon had to embrace in the 1990s to deal with hundreds of millions of customer clicks. It''s a learning curve that most other large companies have not yet faced. Information & technology Innovation Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

We include five categories of AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning.). Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI. However, we are likely at a key inflection point of AI adoption.

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