N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Role of Executive Search Firms in the Technology Industry Executive search firms play a vital role in the technology industry by helping organizations navigate the complex talent acquisition landscape. Technology leaders must possess diverse skills and competencies in this ever-changing landscape.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Leaders and managers often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. That’s the danger of focusing on strategy or vision (the trail ahead) to the exclusion of the operational and management realities you face today (the ground beneath your feet). The Danger of Focusing Only on Strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2017

Otherwise, the introduction of digitalized commerce technologies will only amount to paving over the cow paths! The assembly-line, given the power of today’s digital technology, is becoming an unnecessary construct. In essence, business processes need not be limited by reporting lines or geography in this kind of operating model.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

From the era of large mainframes, command line interfaces, and backing up data on tape to the modern world of cloud computing, user-friendly interfaces, and low-code/no-code software development, technology has continued to change rapidly and has significantly shaped our lives and businesses.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Interim executives need to be decisive and inspire and motivate their teams, fostering a positive and productive work environment even in uncertain times. The Impact of Interim Management on Business Continuity In a rapidly evolving business landscape shaped by technology and market shifts, interim executives provide crucial stability.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The CEO defines an organization’s direction and culture, shaping a vision that motivates employees, engages customers, and builds confidence with investors. Every decision—big or small—creates a ripple effect across the company, impacting everything from employee motivation to customer satisfaction, competitiveness, and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

As the healthcare industry continues to undergo rapid changes, driven by advancements in technology and evolving patient needs, it is crucial for healthcare organizations to stay ahead of the curve. However, implementing telemedicine requires the proper infrastructure, technology, and traditional healthcare delivery model changes.

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Here are three steps to help you effectively build, manage and motivate a cohesive, efficient global business team. With workers located in different locations, real-time and face-to-face communication is completely dependent on technology. Use Motivational Strategies to Boost Worker Engagement. Follow Smart Hiring Strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Theoretical Foundation: Adizes’ Creator style aligns with the concept of transformational leadership, which emphasizes inspiring and motivating followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes. Their strengths include: Organizational Skills: Designing efficient workflows and operational frameworks. exemplifies the Creator style.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

N2Growth, as a premier executive search and leadership advisory firm, recognizes the transformative influence a skilled Commercial Leader can wieldone who interlaces strategic vision, operational excellence, and people-centric leadership into a cohesive path toward profitability and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities. A strategic-minded CPO deeply understands market trends, supplier dynamics, and emerging technologies. Technology can play a pivotal role in the initial stages of the CPO search process.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 2, 2014

Personal and private information found its way into the hands of those who have no reason to possess it and are motivated by objectionable ambitions. What if the board does not have technology expertise? Or if their technology expertise is antiquated? But where is the technology savvy? CEO’s abound on this board.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Healthcare executives need to possess a deep understanding of the industry, including its unique regulatory landscape, emerging technologies, and evolving patient needs. Effective healthcare leaders possess the vision, charisma, and motivational skills necessary to inspire teams and drive positive change.

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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. Tech Savviness: Leveraging technology to boost operational efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Importance of a Strong Chief Commercial Officer in Business A robust Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) plays an instrumental role in businesses, providing strategic supervision, guidance, and management of all aspects of commercial operations. The CCO becomes paramount as enterprises navigate competitive landscapes and complex markets.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2023

But we’re gonna start with a conversation about strategy and tactics, because leaders and managers can often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. The trail ahead, to the exclusion of the operational and management realities that you face today, that is the ground beneath your feet.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. At the lower level of an organization, employees usually have direct knowledge of specific activities.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This role extends beyond managing hiring and employee development; it requires a comprehensive understanding of the company’s financial health, operational needs, market dynamics, and technological trends. This includes understanding employee data, turnover rates, and engagement metrics, among others.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. In a world of pandemic, it’s the only way forward.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By honing their emotional intelligence, leaders are better equipped to navigate complex relationships, inspire and motivate their teams, and drive sustainable business outcomes. 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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Furthermore, the highest success rates among entrepreneurs come from founders in middle age and beyond with the average age entrepreneur “behind the fastest-growing new companies (especially in the technology sector) was forty-five years old.”. We need to turn our attention to what an entrepreneur really is and why they do it.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Complexity is in. Other people’s agenda becomes our narrative.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. Make it a point to keep the lines of communication open, so that team members feel free to speak to you about day-to-day operations.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In some ways it’s only natural that we see an increase in discussions on potential challenges for organizations in operating under a multi-generational workforce. And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

This is a cultural intervention in which leaders seek out a few employees who are already known to be master motivators, adept at inspiring strategic awareness among their colleagues. These master motivators are invited to recommend specific measures that enable better ways of working. That’s where neuroscience comes in.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Rebooting Work by Silicon Valley legend Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler is a sensible look at the changing nature of the workplace and how you can use emerging technologies to take charge of your career. Webb believes that technology presents us with an opportunity. We may move from frame to frame but we tend to operate in one.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

With the huge menu of communication technologies available to companies, messages should be delivered in person, electronically in written, audio, and video, as well as the old fashioned way, printed hard copy. Misunderstanding Motivation. It is the pursuit of perfection that motivates.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 21, 2016

Guest post from Robert Galford: It has been hard to ignore the recent spate of stories about the newest techniques and technologies designed to increase employee efficiency, motivation and/or engagement. You may have the technological tools at your disposal, but they should not be the only tools in your belt.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2017

It focuses on the cultural aspects of strategy, leadership, motivation orientation, risk management and change adaptability. The work here identifies ways to optimize performance and determines the people and technologies needed to streamline operations.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Taking a focused and strategic approach to understanding needs and motivators with your candidate will help accelerate alignment and build lasting trust between both parties. Many corporate HR teams are operating in a legacy model, bogged down with hiring downstream talent and struggling to quickly and efficiently source top-shelf talent.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

As Harvard lecturer and global trend watcher Vikram Mansharamani shows in this eye-opening and perspective-shifting book, our complex, data-flooded world has made us ever more reliant on experts, protocols, and technology. Too often, we've stopped thinking for ourselves. The outcome was phenomenal.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This leads to greater job satisfaction, increased motivation, and improved productivity. 2) Invest in Technology and Automation: Investing in technology and automation is a great way to benefit all stakeholders of a company. ultimately improving the public image for investors who want long-term success.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

Technology, social media, and the digital economy have resulted in trust incidents becoming increasingly visible to the general public. Trust needs to become baked into the DNA, strategy, and day-to-day operations of all aspects of business because it impacts relationships with all the business stakeholders.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In a rapidly changing healthcare environment, leaders must be able to embrace new technologies, regulations, and cutting-edge practices while effectively managing the needs of patients and care teams. Interviews also gauge a candidate’s leadership style, approach to teamwork, and ability to inspire and motivate others.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. There is a lack of employee engagement and productivity as accuracy levels decrease, absenteeism increases, motivation is lacking and an unhealthy degree of competitiveness exists.

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