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. What I discovered was a community of like-minded individuals—colleagues, mentors, and new partners—who believed in the business as much as I did.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From an external vantage point, evolving technologies, shifting consumer behaviors, and global economic trends must influence the qualities sought in incoming CEOs. For enduring success, this framework must incorporate elements that foster continuity and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

The best leaders have a propensity for looking for ways to leverage digital technology for competitive gain.If It’s the only way you can help your business leverage data and information technologies in the pursuit of growth and profitability. Digital technology and media are omnipresent in business nowadays.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance. Rapid technological advancements, globalization, and changing consumer demands are just a few factors contributing to the constant flux in the corporate landscape.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Innovative models, digitalization, technologies—these are all important. Mentors are important mostly for lower levels in leading. Becoming teachable and open and being around other great insightful people, including mentors, has helped me tremendously. But what matters more is how leaders lead other people.”

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating. Worse, manual management opens the door to human errors like coach or mentor mismatches, mis-scheduling, and loss of data. There is no one way to be a leader.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

“Be sure to look at ideas from the other (customer) side” – Ken Barker , CEO of Crailar Technologies , who is developing (get this) the first natural fiber alternative to cotton that the clothing industry has ever had. Ltd , a local eyewear brand nationally known for their innovative wooden-framed eyewear.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

To cultivate human connection and a sense of trust, you need to replace bonding activities from office culture with innovative virtual bonding activities. Get your senior staff to mentor junior ones. The mismatch between expectations and reality leads to drain and dissatisfaction from videoconferences, what we call “Zoom fatigue.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# then you are likely just paying lip service to the value of talent.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2024

Typically when we think of mentoring, we see the process as one that sees benefits flow from the wise mentor to their less experienced mentee. Research from Columbia University suggests that mentoring can be just as beneficial to the mentor as it is for the mentee. This then makes the process more enjoyable too.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 24, 2024

It fosters innovation by including different perspectives, experiences, and skills. The Role of Mentoring and Coaching in Succession Planning Mentoring provides personalized guidance and invaluable insights drawn from the mentor’s experience.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Talent Shortage in Healthcare The healthcare sector faces a significant talent shortage, particularly in emerging roles that require specialized skills in innovation, commercial strategies, and digital technologies. Offering solutions for hiring, outsourcing, training, retaining talent, and mentoring.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Thanks, Sami impassioned Hi Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

From regulatory changes to technological advancements, staying abreast of these developments is crucial for both finance organizations and executive search firms. The financial services industry demands leaders who can strategically manage risks, drive innovation, and stay ahead of the curve.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

However, a group of teachers, mentors, and friends in my small town of Nixa, Missouri became an incredible support. As those friendships deepened, my mentors counseled and wooed my parents back together. I shared valuable experiences with a wide network of like-minded individuals, several of whom are now friends and mentors.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

The significant increases in employee engagement have been partially eroded due to global anxiety and rapid technological advances creating uncertainty about job losses, although Africa’s engagement levels continue to rise. However, rapid technological advances are a threat to job creation.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 11, 2013

The book is available for free at www.HowManyTheBook.com Naga Siddharth heads HR for the Cloudnine group of hospitals in India and is a Human Technology Innovator according to him.]. And then it occurred to me as to what could be the fatal flaw to aspired HR innovation. That, is in the realm of the individual’s own effort.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 30, 2024

Networking with industry leaders, mentors, and peers can open doors and provide critical insights. Seek out a mentor in the C-suite who can offer guidance and support, and potentially advocate on your behalf. Tangible achievements in driving revenue, improving efficiency, or innovating processes are critical.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? A great example of this would be carving out time in your already too busy schedule to mentor someone in your organization with great potential. I Think Not.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For instance, a study from KU Leuven University and the European Central Bank found that large companies do understandably innovate more often and more successfully than SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The more partners, sympathizers, champions, allies, supporters, enablers, influencers, advisers, mentors, friends, and family you have helping you succeed, the faster you will achieve your goals. For sometime now believing in the power of mentor-ship. No single person can or should go it alone in today’s business world.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, your boss's boss, and so on. Stanford Professor Ilya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying VCs’ counterintuitive approaches to decision-making and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

A 2012 survey by human resource firm LRN Corporation found that bosses who genuinely trusted their workers and gave them more autonomy saw these benefits: less misconduct and absenteeism, as well as greater engagement, innovation, customer service and financial growth. Calling all mentors. Poll the ranks. Communicate.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. It means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading. It actually took much more effort to mentor, teach, engage, than to just say yes or no. Mark Oakes Mike, This is a very interesting post!

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

It entails leading a team to achieve business goals while encouraging innovation and change, instilling a culture of ongoing learning, and advocating for agility. N2Growth’s Proven Strategies for Nurturing C-Suite Executives N2Growth uses an innovative and all-encompassing approach to support the development of C-suite executives.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you find that you lack skill sets and competencies in certain areas seek out mentors and coaches to shore-up your weaknesses, and more importantly, use your professional advisors to assist you in leveraging your strengths. On with the exam… Section I: Character. They are not afraid of change and growth in fact they tend to relish it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Their assuredness and technological expertise have radically changed office dynamics. These differences are potentially lethal to your business, particularly when leaders aren’t prepared to make the most of the talent and innovation the young employees bring. M ILLENNIALS NOW MAKE UP the largest percentage of the workforce.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The information they gain through questioning and listening lays the groundwork for reflection, making decisions and/or mentoring. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 13, 2018

We all know that companies compete fiercely to stay ahead of the technological curve. Moreover, when 3,000 corporate leaders from 25 countries were surveyed as part of General Electric’s Global Innovation Barometer , their top concern was “a need to better align the education system with business needs.” A win for corporations.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. That’s about it. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We are living in a new era of technology and understanding and Pete has his finger on the pulse of how to relate/reach individuals. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Mark Sanborn

MARCH 15, 2025

Disruptive leaders challenge the status quo, foster growth, and drive innovation within their teams and organizations. Its about questioning the norm, driving innovation, and encouraging continuous improvement. Under his leadership, NVIDIA hasnt just adapted to trends but created themtransforming the way we interact with technology.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Smart leaders leverage influencers by involving them in modeling, mentoring and coaching. When it comes to social media fail fast and fail smart. I Think Not.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 29, 2024

For instance, market trends evolve from traditional retail to e-commerce, new technologies like AI and blockchain emerge, and consumer behaviors change from brand loyalty to value-based purchasing. Seek Feedback : Actively seek feedback from your team, peers, and mentors. Innovation often comes from trial and error.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. Others include a lack of focus on culture, failure to question assumptions, and poor innovation.

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