N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Additionally, due to the increasing use of technology and digital tools, the Chief Revenue Officer needs to harness data, AI, and other cutting-edge tech to boost performance and stay ahead of the competition. Outstanding CROs demonstrate a talent for innovation, change management, and strategic decision-making.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

But the call for digital transformation really gained popularity after 2011 when Capgemini, in partnership with MIT, officially coined the term , defining it as “the use of technology to radically improve performance or the reach of businesses.” More recently, KMPG reported in its 2023 Technology Survey that a majority of U.S.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

And when it comes to business and management IT jobs, 63% were classified as “high transformation” due to AI. And online education company Pluralsight conducted a survey of IT professionals in the US and UK and found that 74% worried AI tools will make many of their daily skills obsolete. We won’t be able to.”

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CIO

AUGUST 22, 2023

To help close this digital maturity gap and drive digital transformation as a core competency, CIOs and their leadership colleagues must establish and enlist digital transformation leaders across the enterprise. Product leaders are most responsible for a digital transformation initiative’s scope, priorities, and change management.

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Apps Associates

JUNE 14, 2022

A Change Management Strategy should be a part of every digital transformation. In this multi-part series, we dive deep into the Apps Methodology for Change Management and this service should be a part of any digital transformation initiative. A Change Management strategy should be a part of every digital transformation.

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Apps Associates

MAY 11, 2023

She points out that while flexible work may seem like the new norm, it is not a blanket change applicable to all sectors; every company’s needs are different. As the Practice Director for Change Management at Apps Associates, it got me to thinking; achieving successful outcomes with hybrid work requires the deliberate management of change.

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CIO

APRIL 24, 2024

But until there’s a change in corporate will and the CIO’s vision combines with other management to drive a full-scale project, success can only be measured by the strength of the corporate culture. “I Change management is the real heart of digital transformation, even before technologies.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“If the organization has little to no trust, especially between software development teams and management or your executives and anyone under them, the transformation of anything will not work,” she said. Agile can help build trust between teams, stakeholders, and leadership, but agile cannot correct a lack of trust between people.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As every CIO can attest, the aggregate demand for IT and data capabilities is straining their IT leadership teams. The 2023 Enterprise Search: The Unsung Hero report found that 98% of organizations say they are improving search capabilities on portals, CRM tools, ecommerce sites, and online communities.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

CIOs should be drivers of change — which can create stress — while taking proactive and ongoing steps to reduce stress in their organization and across the company. As a CIO, I feared having an IT outage reported to me at the executive meeting that monitoring tools didn’t capture and automations failed to remediate.

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

IT projects fail at alarming rates — nearly 70% of them , according to project management tool provider TeamStage. CIOs and project managers understand these risks. IT should have stopped the internal project then, but leadership didn’t know the users had gone on to another system.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Leadership in Organizations Strategic leadership is the driving force behind an organization’s transformation and success. Organizations can find leaders who excel at harnessing these tools by collaborating with firms like N2Growth, which specializes in identifying top talent.

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CIO

MAY 27, 2024

A common assumption is that employees are reluctant to use AI-powered tools out of fear that these solutions will out-perform their own work, and in time, make them replaceable. Under Jaksic’s leadership, KEO has already found several use cases that aid efficiency without diminishing creativity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 30, 2024

Episode 269: In this episode of The Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast , hosted by David Dye, you’ll dive the into change challenge and the fascinating world of behavioral economics with guest Melina Palmer. Taking the time to truly listen to what someone needs can have a powerful, positive impact on your leadership.

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2022

He’s able to spot synergies in supply chain processes that could create efficiencies, and connect leaders in high-performing geographies with lower-performing regions that could benefit from their perspective — even if they’re not in the same business division. It’s just that we were doing it with tools, not people,” Fazal says.

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CIO

JULY 3, 2024

One rule to keep in mind is that for every $1 spent on building gen AI applications, about $3 is needed for change management, including training people and actively tracking performance. Gen AI high performers are almost three times as likely to do just that, according to McKinsey’s latest survey on the state of AI.

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CIO

JULY 16, 2024

To wit, Deloitte’s 2023 survey of CIOs and other IT leaders found that just 37% saw themselves as owners and drivers of innovation, while about a third saw themselves as providers of tools and analysis undergirding innovation. Creating a high-performing team of technology executives is critical.”

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But on offense, when you have an automated change management solution in place along with processes to scan your code, your organization can more easily find and understand vulnerabilities before they become a problem. When I see issues at the customer level, the first question to ask is, “What changed?” Hybrid Cloud

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CIO

JUNE 25, 2024

Organizations can use project management tools to track progress, manage tasks, and ensure accountability. These tools can include project management software, shared dashboards, or task tracking spreadsheets,” Sonty says. It’s also important to have performance metrics in place.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

The Need for Effective Leadership Succession Regardless of size or industry, every organization goes through leadership transitions. This inevitable change can sometimes cause instability and uncertainty within the workforce if not managed carefully. The identification process, however, requires an analytical approach.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

A recent study by the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) shows that 73% of change management professionals surveyed also have other, non-change-related job duties. Using change management methods, HR can truly take on the role of facilitator of organizational success.

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CIO

AUGUST 24, 2022

From these activities, we were able to benefit from increased workforce planning; consistent payroll and benefits administration; managing, tracking and improved visibility into employee skills; talent management; recruiting; and alignment of individual performance to strategic goals,” Nardecchia says.

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CIO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A clear vision not only excites and aligns; it helps teams to answer key questions and by extension mobilize for execution: How would associates access the tool? Underpinning their product-led approach and speed to market was executive leadership alignment and participation. What would be the core use cases?

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CIO

MAY 7, 2024

In addition, we’re investing in our tools with generative AI to facilitate migration. After all, every reorganization takes time and requires proper change management. But the change is necessary because SAP is going through a transformation, and that also demands an organizational transformation.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2024

Navigating technology and change management When it comes to trust in AI technology, CIOs are mindful of hallucinations and discrimination risk. Plus, projects must be accompanied by upskilling and change management activities because the way teams are organized and how they work is destined to change significantly.

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CIO

JULY 14, 2023

What is the main purpose of change management? In modern IT, change management has many different guises. Project managers view change management as the process used to obtain approval for changes to the scope, timeline, or budget of a project. What are the benefits of change management?

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CIO

JUNE 26, 2023

With this as a guide, they can then plan and estimate costs, determine budgets, identify human resource needs, and establish plans for communications and quality management. The role also requires a business mindset, team building and conflict resolution capabilities, and change management expertise, among other key skills in high demand.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There’s the additional need to simultaneously manage changes throughout various API lifecycles to retain reliable integrations. Managing APIs is similar to managing building software,” says Busse. This is important, as APIs are vital to plug in gen AI and LLMs, which are key tools to remain competitive, adds Busse.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The breadth of generative AI tools and their capabilities seems to expand daily. Tools can perform actions varying from predicting behavior, providing meaningful insights based on recent interactions, optimizing workflows and daily tasks, suggesting which products to buy, creating new products, images, and art. It is not new.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Dow is reaping the benefits of a year-long program to roll out new digital technologies to one of its largest manufacturing sites, resulting in improvements in performance, reliability, and employee experience. It’s a project that has earned Dow a CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership.

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CO2 Business Leadership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Executive coaching is a professional development process where an experienced coach works with executives, managers, and other high-potential individuals to enhance their leadership and management skills. Leadership Skills: A New Paradigm In the realm of executive coaching , leadership development takes center stage.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As change is inevitable, many business leaders find themselves looking for ways to move with the times. However, high-performing leaders know that leading organizational change has as much to do with wha needs to be done as it does with how things are done. What Exactly Does Leading Change Management Mean?

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CIO

AUGUST 31, 2023

Ball embodies the key leadership attributes that separate top CIOs from the rest, differentiators I’ve dubbed the 7 Cs, because these leaders maintain a laser-like focus on customer, culture, cultivating talent, courage, change, communication, and collaboration. According to data from Statista, $1.3T

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The truth is that even these world-class leaders have room to grow and can find ways to identify their weaknesses, optimize their performance, and become even better leaders. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal. How is that possible?

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CIO

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Skills: Skills for this role include knowledge of application architecture, automation, ITSM, governance, security, and leadership. Cloud systems administrator Cloud systems administrators are charged with overseeing the general maintenance and management of cloud infrastructure.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Today’s COO wears many hats and is instrumental in executing corporate strategy, fostering innovation, driving technological integration, and steering the company toward its goals with insightful leadership. Thus, empathy and inclusive leadership have emerged as indispensable traits in the modern COO’s repertoire.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

Furthermore, they wrote that companies should address what each pillar entails, as well as its benefits, required capabilities, C-suite sponsors, and key performance indicators (KPIs). times the size of the entire industry — an ambitious plan that earned Sysco a 2023 CIO 100 Award for innovation and IT leadership.

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