N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Board Chair Coaching: A Catalyst for Organizational Growth As a firm that works with top executives in some of the world’s largest companies, we have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of board chair coaching in driving organizational growth. The role of board chair coaching in this endeavor cannot be overstated.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Role of Board Advisor Coaching in Shaping Success Board advisor coaching plays a critical role in shaping the success of organizations and their leaders. By partnering with experienced board advisor coaches , executives gain access to invaluable insights, strategic thinking, and unbiased perspectives.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the State of Enterprise Architecture 2023 , only 26% of respondents fully agreed that their enterprise architecture practice delivered strategic benefits, including improved agility, innovation opportunities, improved customer experiences, and faster time to market.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

During COVID-19, the organization immediately moved from desktop-based work to remote & mobile- based setup, a difficult shift entirely done under the leadership of CIO. Evaluate ROI and substantiate it with relevance, optimization and impact Utilize your tech investments to deliver financial and operational agility.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For that, executives can partner with an experienced leadership team coach. Performance coaching allows leaders to dive into their skills and work and find precise and nuanced ways to improve. This sort of coaching benefits not only the executives themselves but also their organizations as a whole.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Entrepreneur coaching can be a transformative experience for both emerging and seasoned business leaders. This is where the true value of entrepreneurial coaching shines. A skilled coach tailors guidance to align with each entrepreneur’s goals, creating a roadmap for achieving their full potential.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What is transformational leadership? The transformational leadership approach encourages, inspires, and motivates employees to innovate and create the change necessary to shape the future success of the company. For the latest insights on leadership, sign up for our newsletters. ]. . | Transformational leadership theory.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

Executive coaching, a synergistic alliance between a professional coach and an executive or a team, is designed to tap into the inherent potential of the coachee to enhance performance, learning, and development. The realm of executive coaching extends beyond mere skill enhancement.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Too often, an organization may launch something that looks like an agile program, calls itself an agile program, claims to operate like an agile program, yet really isn’t an agile program in the least.

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CIO

JANUARY 17, 2023

Veteran CIOs, researchers, and advisors share the changes they’re seeing, offering a look at the new rules of IT leadership and the old ones they’ve replaced. They also have to invest in the technologies that enable agility and change, such as cloud computing. Basically, a heavy hand on the steering wheel of the operations,” he says.

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Agile42

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Welcome to our comprehensive nine-part series exploring the multifaceted world of coaching in agile environments. We’ll be publishing a new article every two weeks, diving deep into the nuances, challenges, and best practices of agile coaching. Enjoy reading! Enjoy reading!

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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CIO

APRIL 2, 2025

The first is to foster a culture of agility, collaboration, and AI-driven innovation, driven in part by our new Office of AI. To drive democratization, we follow ECTERS, which is educate, coach, train the trainer, empower, reinforce, and support, which helps nurture and embed internal AI talent. Its a three-pronged effort.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This year, the conference took place virtually on the vFairs conference platform, attracting over 350 registrations from Agile enthusiasts, speakers, and volunteers from around the world. The conference has always focused on industry trends, best practices, and challenges, empowering enterprises on their journey toward business agility.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Power of Culturally Diverse Perspectives: Exploring the Benefits of International Coaching in Global Leadership Mastery In today’s global business landscape, the ability to navigate and effectively lead across cultures is becoming increasingly vital for success.

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Luis Goncalves

JANUARY 31, 2018

Agile Retrospective Format. In today´s post, I want to talk about the Agile Retrospective format. I met several Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches that facilitate Agile Retrospectives without knowing this concept. In my opinion, a successful Agile Retrospective must follow somehow this structure.

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CIO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Implementing AI tools isnt enough; we must invest in training, coaching, and support for our teams so they can fully integrate these capabilities into their work. The disparity in adoption levels revealed a very real change management curve that required enhanced support and coaching to help teams integrate these solutions, Downing explains.

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CIO

MAY 3, 2024

The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today’s enterprises. The Scrum master leads this process, providing guidance to the team and product owner and ensuring agile practices are followed by team members.

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

With OKRs, employees set their goals with the guidance of their leads, often done through one-on-one coaching sessions. It was Jon Doerr , a venture capitalist who has worked at Intel under Grove’s leadership, who introduced OKRs to Google, which was then just a small company with 30 employees. He calls this ‘stretched goals’.

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Walker, a business consultant and coach. Inflexibility In today’s rapidly changing world, organizations need a leader who’s both agile and comfortable with change. “If IT Leadership “Once upon a time, the CIO was the chief information officer, responsible for the company’s entire IT infrastructure,” says Christopher M.

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Agile Alliance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Are you ready for your Enterprise Agility journey? Becoming Agile and getting to Enterprise Agility is a journey of incremental progress where, as with other journeys, you’ll explore, discover, experiment, and learn - at your own pace and in a way that's right for your Enterprise. Let’s take a look!

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scruminc

JULY 30, 2020

My talk on “Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail!” My slides are posted here - Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail. A recent Forbes survey indicated to me that about 47% of Agile Transformations fail and 77% of Agile Transformations are Scrum transformations so most of the failures are due to bad Scrum. Successful.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Investing in Agility. One of the recurring themes in this book is that, in order to be Agile, your organization has to buy in to the underlying Agile philosophy. They’re the secret to Agile success.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here tech leaders discuss how they’re innovating in an uncertain world by returning to the basics of good leadership, building trust, promoting transparency, and leaning into strategy over skillset. We need to coach in the moment not once a year. Embracing sustainability in IT leadership is a smart, strategic move for CIOs.”

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CEO Insider

JULY 15, 2024

To survive, all great leaders have “secrets” to keep them healthy, sharp, agile, in the move towards their best selves. Copyright CEOWORLD magazine 2023.

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CIO

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Unlike tech leaders pushing forward with transformational characteristics, these CIOs often do not see the value of manifesting growth and market leadership, Arnold says. By implementing agile methodologies and focusing on customer-centric innovations, the company not only modernized but also became a leader in its industry.”

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Accenture

JUNE 26, 2018

Over the last few years, we have seen a transition happening across Agile delivery teams. Where coaching used to be something you exclusively get from the outside of the organization, it is now crucial for organizations to develop an internal capacity to support, grow and sustain greater agility. Why is this?

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Evolution4all

AUGUST 5, 2018

I have recently been talking with several organisation leaders about Why Agile Portfolio Management is crucial. Why Agile Portfolio Management. In my opinion, Agile Portfolio management has the ability to solve or improve some of the issues I encountered in organisations. My first job was as a software engineer.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) The Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) certification is offered by ScrumAlliance and includes three certification modules, including CAL Essentials, CAL for Teams, and CAL for Organizations. According to PayScale, the average salary for a PSM I certification is $101,000 per year.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 15, 2023

One of the pillars of the ADAPT Methodology™ is the Agility part, that`s why talking about Agile Transformation Mistakes is very important! In this blog post, we make you aware of 14 common Agile Transformation Mistakes that you must avoid at any cost! Agile Transformation Mistakes 1. This roadmap will help you!

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Apiumhub

JUNE 16, 2021

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Working on a digital product, you need to understand how to lead your technical team, delivering high value for the users, while remaining agile and ready to change direction. Books offer an amazing opportunity to delve deeply into topics.

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Accenture

DECEMBER 5, 2019

What is Agile Transformation? Agile Transformation Strategy. Agile Transformation Roadmap. Waterfall to Agile Transformation. How to Ensure a Successful Agile Transformation. Agile Transformation Coaches. What is Agile Transformation? Is transforming to Agile necessary? Blog Posts.

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Mentormate

MAY 1, 2023

Agile transformation is a fundamental part of any successful digital transformation life cycle. What is Agile transformation? In simplest terms, Agile transformation is adopting agile principles that extend beyond product software development methodologies and foster a flexible, iterative mindset throughout an organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Importance of Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur Regardless of their industry or background, the entrepreneur faces unique challenges on their entrepreneurial journey. This is where executive coaching steps in as an invaluable tool for entrepreneurs.

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Agile Alliance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

At Agile2018, I had a conversation with Nienke Alma about her experiences as a member of a POCLAC leadership team at ING. POCLAC stands for Product Owner, Chapter Lead, and Agile Coach (pronounced Pok-lack).

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

By reducing research time from 35 minutes to under three, coaches can now build better relationships and improve their one-on-one guidance. Organizations can move from reactive reporting to dynamic, AI-driven decision-making, driving greater agility and impact, says Snowflakes Tafvizi.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You may have heard about coaching and wondered what it entails and how you might incorporate it into your role. Do you need to have “coach” as part of your job description in order to use coaching skills? This article defines coaching and shows how anybody can use it in their role. By Damon Poole.

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