N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Operating Officer is an organization’s powerhouse, ensuring every process and experience in your business runs like a well-oiled machine. This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. Project Management: Mastering the art of overseeing projects from start to finish.

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Art Petty

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager's Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy working environment and support manager and team success.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Newest in the series is the HBR Project Management Handbook. Nieto-Rodriguez defines projects as : Limited in time; they have a start and an end. Further, he explains that projects differ from operations , which are day-to-day activities, and which generally follow similar patterns and objectives every year.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2020

Businesses need managers to run successful operations at various levels and across various departments. These managers efficiently plan, manage, supervise, control and monitor business operations. Self-management and time management are also attributes that successful managers display.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 8, 2019

One of the largest barriers in several organizations is that many managers still tend to think using hierarchical paradigms. Targets, management on result, and control remain the magic words. Roughly speaking, a network organization is about communities and community management, raising the question of how you build communities.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Crowdsourcing educational projects is perhaps not what immediately comes to mind when one thinks of crowdfunding, but research from the University of Michigan highlights not only how popular it is but how effective it can be. Indeed, each funded educational project on the platform achieves up to a 1.6% Operations management.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the realm of facilities management, the twin pillars of efficiency and sustainability are increasingly becoming inseparable. Understanding the Synergy First off, let’s unpack the idea behind sustainable facilities management. That’s the goal. That’s the goal. But how do we get there?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of an Interim Executive Interim executives come into play when a company needs swift, decisive leadership—whether it’s to address an unexpected gap, navigate a tricky transition, or steer a project requiring specialized skills. Their impact goes far beyond simply managing the status quo.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

In today’s business environment, project managers are now recognized for their critical role in keeping essential business functions running smoothly. As such, there’s been a corresponding boom in demand for workers with project management skills. Change Management. Business Expertise.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Construction sites and projects pose high risks for workers and people around them. The risk is even higher for construction workers and personnel, facing various safety hazards during operations. Continue reading to learn more about construction site security, traffic management, and its importance.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. These leaders specialize in transformation management, guiding organizations through significant changes while maintaining operational stability.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2021

Organizational capability to develop and continually strengthen a change management muscle is required for success in a world characterized by uncertainty. Here are a few examples to consider for data capture, including change management and project management factors. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. CHANGE MANAGEMENT.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” If we could only choose one aspect of our project to succeed, what should it be and why?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. Leaders and managers often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. But they are both vital to your success and don’t have to be complicated.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Training Remote Managers. Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams. These numbers are supposed to increase in the coming year and will be challenging for team leaders and managers. Operations Before Experiences. Training modules will be hybrid.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2024

Middle managers are a much-maligned presence in the workplace, with few people having much good to say about them. However, research from Wharton reminds us that this image is often unfair and that middle managers can play a crucial role in a functioning workplace.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Managers are expected to handle the workload; leaders are expected to determine what comes next.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 30, 2024

Embrace a Strategic Mindset Transitioning from senior management to the C-suite requires a shift from operational to strategic thinking. Participate in cross-departmental projects to gain insights into areas outside your expertise. Cultivate Leadership Excellence Leadership at the C-suite level transcends managing teams.

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Clinton M. Padgett

MAY 11, 2021

Project planning is very much like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The same thing happens with projects. Management of People and Processes is Not an Exact Science. I like to use this Kilimanjaro analogy because it aligns so closely with the project management experience. But what happens once you start climbing?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A COO’s role is integral to any enterprise’s success, serving as the right hand to the CEO and ensuring the seamless functioning of business operations. The COO is often tasked with translating strategy into action, leading critical functions ranging from operations and finance to sales and marketing.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2021

Managing international expansion is a very exciting job prospect that also comes with a great deal of responsibility. This article has been created to help you understand how you can easily and effectively manage your business’ international expansion. Use Translation Management Software. Create a Clearly Defined Timeline.

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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. Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Operational Refinement: Oversee operations to minimize waste, boost efficiency, and ensure ethical sourcing in the supply chain. Reputation Management: Enhance the company’s reputation by aligning sustainability efforts with broader business objectives to drive brand strength and financial performance.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 22, 2024

Several trends are reshaping how organizations operate and manage talent. Role Expansion: Asking employees to take on additional tasks or projects outside their job descriptions. One such trend is 'quiet hiring' — a company filling job openings with current employees without publicizing vacancies.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Episode 237: Do you ever get frustrated that your manager wastes time with bad delegation? Alright, today’s question comes from a manager named Declan, and that is not Declan’s real name, but we’re going to use the name Declan here. So Declan was frustrated, but so was his manager. (

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For Managers: Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed or Overloaded Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. As a manager, you want to do what you can to prevent the snowball of overwhelm from picking up speed as it rolls downhill. Here’s what I need.” The boss says.”

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 29, 2024

The members were highly skilled, the project had clear goals, and the resources were plentiful. Yet, despite all the advantages, the team fell short of its objectives, and the project ultimately failed. Tools like project management software can help track progress and keep everyone informed.

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HR Digest

MAY 4, 2024

This shift highlights the critical role of Human Resource (HR) strategies in managing gig workers effectively, considering their increasing prevalence across industries. This includes the adoption of new talent acquisition strategies, onboarding processes, and performance management systems tailored for short-term and flexible roles.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 3, 2023

While diversity, equity, and inclusion have seldom been higher on the priority list of organizations, managers still exhibit a wide range of biases in the workplace. The study utilized Project Implicit , a resource developed by researchers at Harvard that provides a virtual laboratory for testing implicit biases.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2023

There are unprecedented opportunities at the intersection of AI, project management, and sustainability. Unfortunately, without proper execution, projects to implement AI come with complexities, costs and a carbon footprint that undermine sustainability goals.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In addition, the CCO manages and implements strategies to drive revenue growth, break into new market segments, and foster customer engagement. A strong operational understanding forms the basis of a CCO’s role, facilitating a balance between strategic planning and effective execution.

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Art Petty

JULY 25, 2021

It's time to change your team's operating approach. The post Leadership Caffeine™—Rethinking Your Team’s Business Reviews and Operating Approach appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

The business world doesn’t stop just because you need to optimize your operations. In fact, your business must be positioned to implement new capabilities and modify operations on a dime, regardless of what is going on behind the scenes. The business should be deliberate in establishing a common project management language.

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HR Digest

JULY 3, 2019

Works with SMEs in the HR department to create, maintain and revise standard operating procedures for the HR team. HR Project Manager - Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY. The post HR Project Manager – Clarkson University – Potsdam, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

From managing strategic direction, evaluating group and company operations to communicating with various stakeholders – the daily schedule of a CEO can be relentless. So, if you’re a relatively new CEO or you’ve been at the helm for a while – how can you manage your time more effectively? Master Delegation. Power Sessions.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health? Author Nigel Cassidy / Photography Fabio De Paola Some people say the problem with the NHS is too many managers. Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. As much as anything, this is a management story.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Interim executives have become indispensable in addressing immediate leadership needs, whether due to sudden departures, organizational restructuring, or transformational change management. They are required to possess a unique blend of hard and soft skills, industry-specific expertise, and a deep understanding of business strategy.

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