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Leadership lessons

Lead on Purpose

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Thanks a million!

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Make it a New Year’s Resolution to identify and groom your replacement. Your team will thank you for doing so after you leave. All Rights Reserved.

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China's Luxury Consumers Grow Up

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, sales across categories such as jewelry, leather goods, and upmarket ready-to-wear clothing rose by 20% to reach $12.4 Better quality is the reason to buy luxury goods, said 50% of the consumers we surveyed — up from 36% in 2008. The importance of service has shot up from 17% in 2008 to 30% in 2010.

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Women on Boards: America Is Falling Behind

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

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'Woman Up' (and Win in Business): How Valuing Traditionally Female.

Strategy Driven

Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. But as social media takes hold and changes the way we do business, organizations that understand the importance of these qualities are the ones that will grow and prosper.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record. Talk about "results" without measuring them. Sadly, this low-impact approach to corporate philanthropy is too common.

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Morning Advantage: Putting an End to Corruption

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, the U.N. And by 2015, this Foreign Affairs article predicts, the total value of goods lost to counterfeiting and piracy will balloon from 2008's $650 billion to $1.77 The First Org Chart (McKinsey Quarterly). estimates, some $1.5 trillion in bribes wiped out more than 5% of global GDP.