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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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Why I'm Glad I Got Fired

Harvard Business Review

The Carol he was referring to was Carol Bartz , now of Yahoo, then CEO of Autodesk. Carol wanted to promote someone from within; however, that executive lacked the broad discipline knowledge of channels, marketing and sales ops. By the CEO. A seriously ass-kicking CEO. It only took me an hour to decide.

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