N2Growth Launches Cloud-Based Platform Vue
April 11, 2024 – N2Growth, a Philadelphia-based management consulting and executive search firm, has launched cloud-based Vue. “Vue marks a significant leap in the executive search industry, offering unparalleled transparency, collaboration, and data-driven insights at every stage of the search process,” the search firm said. “In an era where data and transparency are paramount, we’ve engineered Vue to reshape the customer journey in the executive search industry,” said Kelli Vukelic, CEO at N2Growth. “Vue is not just a tool; it’s the future of executive search. It’s designed for a more informed and precise hiring process, ultimately empowering our partners to build effective long-term leadership strategies.”
Vue’s holistic approach enables a global, real-time, comprehensive overview of all ongoing executive and board search assignments. N2Growth notes that this approach liberates stakeholders from tracking documents, reports, notes, and feedback across disparate systems.
The platform enables an all-encompassing whole-person analysis of each candidate, evaluated against an organization’s specific business and leadership needs, providing 50+ data points on each candidate – from leadership competencies to their ability to drive business outcomes, along with personalized executive coaching recommendations assessed by N2Growth’s certified executive coaches. Vue also supports anti-bias candidate review and evaluation processes, using AI to eradicate biased language, and continuously assesses candidate pool diversity.
“Vue combines the power of technology with the human intelligence of our consultants to facilitate a data-driven executive search process that is adaptive and responsive to the evolving competitive landscape,” said Ms. Vukelic. “It allows our clients to measure and adjust the search strategy in real time to co-create a swift and successful leadership placement.”
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N2Growth is a global leadership consultancy with practice areas in executive search, culture shaping, leadership development, strategy, organizational design, risk, digital transformation, and executive coaching. The firm has more than 40 locations across the Americas, Europe, MENA, and APAC.
New Additions
Earlier this year, N2Growth appointed Chris Fryer and Robert Meara as partners. “This significant addition aligns with N2Growth’s mission of empowering leaders to achieve next-level growth,” said Ms. Vukelic. “Both Chris and Robby embody the values and expertise N2Growth stands for. Their collective experience and unique perspectives will undoubtedly enhance our ability to both serve our clients globally and disrupt our industry.”
N2Growth Names Partner to Head Expansion in Australia
N2Growth has expanded with the appointment of Marinda Carelsen as a partner to head the firm’s expansion into Australia. She will report directly to Kelli Vukelic, CEO at N2Growth. “Marinda’s commitment to fostering transformative leadership and advancing organizational excellence aligns perfectly with N2Growth’s mission,” said Ms. Vukelic. “Her deep understanding of strategic drivers, coupled with her ability to delve into the intricacies of human nature and peak performance, will be invaluable as we continue to help our clients translate their strategies into measurable results.” With a career spanning more than two decades, Ms. Carelsen brings to N2Growth experience in entrepreneurship, global expansion, sales and marketing, corporate strategy, and innovation consulting, specifically in the education, energy, and technology sectors. She is the founding executive director of business software company Bappo. Previously, Ms. Carelsen was CEO of co-creator.io.
Mr. Fryer has over 30 years of executive search and recruiting experience to his clients in the industrial, manufacturing, medical device, healthcare and financial services industries. He has executed many searches from C-level down to select strategic VP positions in a number of general management and functional disciplines, including – board, CEO, CFO, COO, business unit president, chief marketing officer, chief growth officer, chief strategy officer, general counsel, SVP-global operations/supply chain, vice president-sales and other key leadership roles.
Mr. Meara has a blend of strategy consulting and executive search expertise. Before joining N2Growth, he worked as an associate, senior associate and principal within Korn Ferry and Spencer Stuart. During these tenures, Mr. Meara worked at the intersection of industrial, healthcare, consumer, and technology practices to develop a specialization in B2B distribution and services roles (across products and sectors).
N2Growth also opened a new office in Turkey, cementing the firm’s footprint in EMEA and underscoring its ongoing commitment to global reach and diversity. Sevda Ozsonmez was named as managing partner of the new location, representing N2Growth in Turkey. “Sevda’s vast experience in the financial sector, coupled with her strategic insights into business operations, makes her the perfect fit for our expansion plans in Turkey,” said Ms. Vukelic. “Her unique investor style approach and deep familiarity with the C-suite landscape of Turkey’s listed companies will be a significant asset in driving N2Growth’s success in the region.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor; Lily Fauver, Senior Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media