The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The research examined data from the National Science Foundation on over 28,000 scientists and engineers to assess any changes in their employment status and their work outcomes between 2003 and 2010. These people were also more likely to start a business in their area of expertise too.

Short-term 63

Short-term Incubator Engineering Trends 63

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 1 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments The clock is ticking: next year, in 2011, the oldest of the 76 million Baby Boomers turn 65. Still, there are potentially alarming downsides when essential employees leave.

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. I wonder if there’s a good survey out there I could use to get feedback from my team. As far as a survey goes you have several options available to you. In fact, many of the online survey companies (e.g. A bigger thanks for the keen insight you shared.

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Early in your career, these behaviors demonstrate that you are driven. While working long hours is often beneficial to early career advancement, as you rise to a position of leadership, maintaining this practice can damage your career prospects. In this way, hard work becomes ingrained as part of your identify.

Long-term 14

Long-term Short-term Career Fashion 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

To find out, I surveyed senior consultants in 2010 at a top-five global executive-search firm. One consultant predicted that firms in 2020 will seek the “same [attributes as in 2010] but with an even greater appreciation for the intangibles of leadership and [for experience] having led a business through tough times.”.

Skills 9

Skills Consultative Ethics Chief Information Officer 9

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Well, it’s a little risky to generalize, but we can draw some conclusions by looking at some of the trends in the database I have for the 360 degree leadership survey that’s based on my book, The Next Level. Leaders who operate in this mode lose their peers in no time flat. Why is that? What’s the recovery plan?

Bottom-up 177

Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Not to boast, just to confirm what you are saying.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

To answer these questions, we surveyed 32 senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm. Another endorsed “willingness to learn and adapt to changing environments,” and a third urged “adaptability, the ability to operate in multi-cultural environments and the openness to learn.” About the Research.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Mentor Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

On November 10, 2010, Cisco's stock price dropped 16%, erasing roughly $20 billion of market value in a matter of hours. Early on in my career, I had a boss who discounted my ability to connect with clients. And to another: "Every day, I notice how meticulously you attend to operations. Had something catastrophic happened?

Proposal 15

Proposal Benchmarking Consensus Morale 15

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. As of 2010, only 2.4% corporate boards. of the U.S.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

As I sit to write each morning, I draw upon the vast network of people (many in active chat windows) with whom I've worked in the trenches over the course of a 35-year career, while also having the benefit of opinions and insight by expert strangers a click away. It's a huge and real loss in terms of career development.

Silverman 16

Silverman Real Estate Fashion Open-book 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

In places like Gadsden, Alabama, and Punta Gorda, Florida, less than half of working age women (46% and 42%, respectively) were in the paid workforce in 2010; cities like Madison, Wisconsin, had 73% and Fargo, North Dakota, had more than 75% (the highest in the nation) of women in the workforce. hour more than Columbus from 1980 to 2010.

Participative 8

Participative Trends GDP Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

We had explained the talent churn away as a consequence of small, sub-optimal, unscalable businesses that failed to give talented managers a vision of personal career growth. This was crazy, we initially thought. In a sense, African entrepreneurs run profit ecosystems rather than business units.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. Apple, the single exception, operates as a startup. That's before the Great Recession.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

It became clear that John had succeeded in the past by doing what he knew and operating rather conservatively within his domain. In a 2010 study with Cornell University, we showed that our assessment grades predict performance, as measured not only by revenue and EBITDA but also by boss ratings (often issued by the Board).

Agility 8

Agility Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing EBITDA 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

That's where a members' survey is essential. A simple survey can identify, within barbershop chapters, whether the group is mostly interested in a) socializing or in b) performing at a high level. It addresses the important leadership tenet: Find out what your members (followers) want and help them get it.

Blog 293

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 293