N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Can we do the work that must be done today, on-time and on-budget? In the middle, of course! The middle management team makes or breaks strategic execution! So, commit to establishing the understanding that they’ll need to help the rest of your organization grasp and commit to your vision and strategic plan.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Focused primarily on schedule, scope and budget, project managers often overlook the biggest risk to their project’s success: the unexpected obstacles people place in the path during implementation. Strategic Planning. Though many try, the leadership team alone cannot implement a strategy. Project Management.

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Steve Farber

JULY 24, 2017

But the success of Anytime Fitness didn’t really take off until its leadership began managing certain tensions that all entrepreneurs face. Often times, of course, that mindset leads to an onslaught of new ideas, some good and some just a distraction. It’s been tabbed as the No. It’s hard to beat tattoo loyalty.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Every company has stakeholders, though a few with their own proprietary interests chart the course in their own vision, or lack thereof. One rarely advances more than one rung on the ladder during the course of service to the organization in question: Resource. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment.

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In addition to mobilizing and engaging local employees, this also offered leadership opportunities and visibility with executive leadership for a strong group of highly engaged mid-level professionals. Of course, a day is just a start so the Global Day of Service is just one initiative of Cloudera Cares. Make it engaging.

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CollabNet VersionOne

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Stay tuned in October as we make some exciting announcements around both of these events and of course if you plan to attend either one, we’d love to connect. You can look forward to a full schedule of keynotes, sessions, and trainings ranging from basic SAFe leadership to advanced sessions for seasoned practitioners.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The 1970′s brought the first wave of strategic planning. Without mapping a course, how can any organization reach a destination? The quality audit by objective outside communications counsel can also examine the production, marketing and strategic planning functions.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. ’ This is where your leadership ripples are most strongly felt, no matter how big or small your ‘pond’ may be. This is Part 3 of 4.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Inflate budgets. It’s a popular topic and it gives you a legitimate reason to go to the golf course when the sun is shining or quit at 5 PM. Strategic Planning execution innovation leadership strategy' Long lunches are ideal: they are effective and enjoyable. Fervishly promote work-life balance.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

Jason Westland introduces us to a Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM TM ), which defines the best practice phases, activities and tasks required to complete a project on time and within budget. Always keep your plan up to date, recording actual vs. planned progress.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Clear definitions: The key to successful AIOps implementation Making the commitment to implement AIOps requires a strategic plan of action, of course. Devops, IT Leadership, Software Development. So it’s important to establish the rationale and context in which AIOps will be deployed. What problems are to be addressed?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

These are my concluding pieces of leadership advice. Leadership and executive development skills are steadily learned and continually sharpened. One course or a quick-read book will not instill them. The achiever thus becomes a lifelong mentor to others. Know where you are going. Find common meeting grounds with colleagues.

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PowerSchool

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Setting a basic learning requirement like a course in substitute teacher classroom management establishes a baseline of skills to help substitutes and their students succeed every day. Easily accessible data insights improve communication between HR and district leadership, helping schools get the resources they need.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

They evolve, meander and veer off course. In steering company cultures back on course, I recommend several steps in the process: Discourage street talk, slang and trite phrases out of the mouths of your staff when interfacing with customers. Corporate cultures are rarely nurtured. Write your company’s own service lines.

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General Leadership

APRIL 16, 2014

In a fascinating study of 60 top management teams who were engaged in an annual strategic planning, problem solving, and budget setting summit, researchers set out to determine what it was that made some teams perform better than others. Of course, this doesn’t mean we should never have negative interactions.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 26, 2022

While the CIO is responsible for the technical side of digitization, the CDO takes on the strategic tasks and the direct business connection with the overall digitization course of the company. Of course, the line between all these positions gets more blurry as time goes by. Leadership. CTO vs CDO. Communication.

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2024

Nimesh Mehta, SVP and chief information and strategy officer, National Life Group National Life Group The 2024 State of CIO research clearly depicts a more prominent, business-centric role for IT leadership. Charting the business course In keeping with their evolving role, CIOs are spending more time on business innovation and planning.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

This is an excellent way to share each other’s progress and give understanding for courses of choice. Relate Articles: The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning. The Big Picture of Business: Goal Setting… An Important Part of Strategic Planning.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

This is an excellent way to share each other’s progress and give understanding for courses of choice. Reconnecting with old friends, former colleagues and citizens for whom you have great respect. Benchmarking. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Problems are, of course, opportunities to take action.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

An accounting firm may suggest that an economic forecast is a full-scope business plan (which it is not). A trainer may recommend courses for human behavior, believing that these constitute a Visioning process (of which they are a small part). Determine their abilities to collaborate and interrelate with other consultants.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

What will happen if you add a channel, trim budget for another or initiate a new contact policy? Of course, it’s the “defined sense” that makes things murky. The millions of customers in its database represent the gamut of buying histories, buying propensities, profitability, demographics and cost to serve.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

That is a dangerous course of action and stands to further devastate a music industry that has systematically killed the golden goose over many years. He guides companies through growth strategies, visioning, strategic planning, executive leadership development, Futurism and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate.

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