CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

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CO2 Business Leadership

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Unseen Backbone of Business Leadership In the dynamic world of business, the role of an Executive Assistant is often the unsung hero in the narrative of leadership success. Executive assistants must possess a blend of tactical expertise and strategic thinking.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. You have lots of great reasons to want better leadership support for your team. An executive visit can really help provide strategic context and reinforce important priorities. How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

If you’re frustrated by your organization’s current strategic planning and execution processes or the outcomes from that work, you’re not alone. Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. If companies want to input, leverage, and embed these digital brains into their business, they’ll need an API to connect the LLM to various business applications,” he says.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. Fractional CIOs operate in a sphere that’s significantly different from their traditional, full-time counterparts. What does a fractional CIO do?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Chief Operations Officer acts as a bridge between the company’s strategic vision and operational execution, making key decisions, formulating strategies, solving problems, and driving operational excellence. The role of a COO is crucial in ensuring the overall success of any organization.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. This position is often seen as the linchpin of a company’s commercial strategy, controlling marketing, sales, and customer service efforts to achieve optimal success.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. No surprise that all six values rise and fall on leadership. Surveys were built for mass production, not carefully and strategically customized for unique cultures.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

Every company has a set of capabilities that, when properly leveraged, can serve to devastate the competition. So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Here’s a simple framework that I use with clients to form their company capabilities profile.

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CO2 Business Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Navigating the complexities of the corporate world requires more than just a sharp business acumen; it calls for guidance, insight, and strategic foresight. This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company.

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2024

Until then, the IT part of Radisson was considered a cost center, but thanks to that plan, it became a central pillar of the group’s strategy. Also during the pandemic, we completely restructured and created every IT element the company needed: new ERP, purchasing systems, hotel management systems, and HR systems, for example.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Digital technology has become a guiding light in these uncertain times, taking on a more prominent role in companies’ strategic plans. It allows them to test different strategies and forecast potential outcomes. These factors are redefining the shape of the global economic terrain.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What we’re noticing about leadership, teams, and company culture. About your leadership? I love to reflect on what we’re seeing in our work with clients and within our own company at Let’s Grow Leaders. We see a renewed commitment to strategic planning groups. What are YOU NOTICING?

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

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CIO

MARCH 8, 2023

“I was able to see that the breadth of technologies I could use in education was small compared to the tech that could help global private-sector companies,” she says. Like other business leaders, Koinig also discovered the appeal of working on strategy. “I I run my shop very tight, much like a military command.

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CO2 Business Leadership

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Are your strategic planning practices flat and uninspired? Have you reduced your planning process to a once per year, budgeting exercise? Do your senior people feel disengaged and removed from your strategic planning? Does the rank and file even understand what’s in your strategic plan?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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CO2 Business Leadership

JULY 25, 2023

in building strategy, the ‘ professor ’ style works well; in motivating people to action, the ‘ innovator ’ style is effective). The question was well-taken, as people had voiced feeling overwhelmed by the plans. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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CO2 Business Leadership

JULY 25, 2023

in building strategy, the ‘ professor ’ style works well; in motivating people to action, the ‘ innovator ’ style is effective). The question was well-taken, as people had voiced feeling overwhelmed by the plans. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2023

It is up to CIOs to change this narrative so that companies can maximize the value of IT. The title of my presentation has been “Digital Transformation Strategy,” subtitled “How to effectively exploit the IT resource to gain sustained competitive advantage.” Business IT Alignment, IT Leadership One final thing.

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Fast-forward today, almost every company makes use of a goal-setting strategy, giving high regard to the importance of setting objectives in driving remarkable results. Some companies set goals twice a year, others four times a year. According to Grove, these answers whether a company has achieved its goals.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As a trusted advisor and expert in leadership development, I have witnessed first-hand how these services have transformed organizations into powerhouses of success. Instead, organizations recognize the importance of a holistic approach incorporating key principles and strategies to achieve sustainable success.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

In fact, CIOs listed numerous roadblocks to IT strategic success in the 2024 State of the CIO Study from Foundry, publisher of CIO.com. Downing developed strategies to deal with this challenge so that it does not impede progress. 1 challenge listed. It slowed the pace of our ability to advance on our objectives,” he adds.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. Most organizations, and even most strategy consultants, are using strategic planning frameworks built for business models that were designed during the industrial age. IT’S TIME TO INNOVATE STRATEGY. By Mark Hefner. Of course you wouldn’t.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Project management professionals drive, guide, and execute company-identified value-added goals by applying processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor, and close all activities related to a given business project in alignment with the organization’s overall strategic objectives. Budget for surprises.

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CIO

JUNE 30, 2023

OKR quickly became an important focus for Google, and companies such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Dropbox, Spotify, AirBnB, and Uber have since followed suit. Embraced by tech companies, OKR can help businesses stay on track in a fast-paced, ever-changing industry, while still encouraging innovation.

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CIO

JANUARY 2, 2023

But “digital,” ignoring its unfortunate conversion to noun-hood, should focus everyone’s strategic attention on creating competitive advantage, increasing revenue by supporting the design of more interesting products, and improving customers’ experience working with your company. Business IT Alignment, CIO, IT Leadership.

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CIO

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At insurance company National Life, CIO Nimesh Mehta says his IT team saw productivity increase 26% during the pandemic “because I think people didn’t have anything better to do than work,” Mehta says. “It comes down to finding a balance” of what can be done effectively remotely and what needs to be done in the office, he adds.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

The following article — Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning — was written by Gabriel Najera — Founder, Najera Consulting Group. Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning. Who has the time do a strategic plan with so much work to do?”

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Luis Goncalves

APRIL 12, 2018

How Communities of Practice Help Companies Have Learning and Growth-Driven Employees. Some CoPs are highly organized, with codes of conducts, standard roles and responsibilities, strategic plans, even budgets. They are ideal for all types of organizations, from brick-and-mortar companies to web-based companies.

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Coveros

JANUARY 5, 2024

It serves as a guiding beacon that provides direction and inspiration for the organization’s future activities, strategies, and decisions. Motivational to engage others on the journey—the vision must align with the strategic themes, mission, and purpose. Below are a few names of companies followed by their vision statements.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 11, 2019

Why Does the Vision of Your Company Matter? It is important for every team member to understand the purposes behind the company’s initiatives, processes and actions. like how you see your company a few years from now. The way you set your goals should be guided by what your company vision is. Mission Statement. ?.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As the title suggests, the CPO is primarily responsible for overseeing the people aspects of the organization and aligning them with the overall strategic objectives. This executive role focuses on developing and implementing human resources strategies to manage the workforce and create a positive organizational culture.

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