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How to Hire an Effective Chief Marketing Officer

N2Growth Blog

Today’s CMOs aren’t just the masterminds behind ad campaigns or marketing projects—they’re key players in driving business innovation , focusing on customer needs, and harnessing technology. Their role now blends strategic decision-making with a deep understanding of market dynamics. A CMO wears many hats in the boardroom.

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Executive Search for Chief Strategy Officers

N2Growth Blog

By crafting and implementing strategic plans, CSOs guide the organization toward achieving its objectives and adapting to industry changes. CSOs also play an irreplaceable and vital role in integrating data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies into strategic planning, enhancing decision-making precision.

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Assess Your CEO’s Strategic Fit Over Time

Harvard Business Review

However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology. Ballmer had done his job, but the strategic needs of the organization had shifted. Boards Leadership Strategy'

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The Risks and Benefits of Using AI to Detect Crime

Harvard Business Review

Businesses are constantly experimenting with new ways to use artificial intelligence for better risk management and faster, more responsive fraud detection — and even to predict and prevent crimes. While today’s basic technology is not necessarily revolutionary, the algorithms it uses and the results they can produce are.

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Corporate Writing Doesn’t Have to Sound Like It’s Written by Committee

Harvard Business Review

Among managers, directors, and supervisors, that number drops to 21%. ” – Marketing staff, technology/telecom company. “The desire for management to include pet phrases or sayings gets in the way of clear communication. ” – Marketing manager, technology/telecom company. Josh Bernoff.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Employee trust in management and commitment to the company have been in decline for decades. Only a minority of companies have managed to buck this decline and have built companies worthy of the human spirit. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. How do they do it? First, it must start with the CEO.