Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Top management's serious lack of time commitment and energy. Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2010. Failure to drill deep enough to know best staffers well and put them in stretch jobs. Placement of loners in leadership jobs. ?. Bill Conaty: The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Mr. Lynch had been named chief executive in March 2010, having previously run the company''s website. He focused his energies on the emerging digital books business and building a family of dedicated Nook digital devices, including color tablets.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 16, 2013

A pair of university researchers, using data from 757 executives measured between 2006 and 2010, found that weight may indeed influence perceptions of leaders among subordinates, peers and superiors. "We have stereotypes about fat," he adds, "so when we see a senior executive who's overweight, our initial reaction isn't positive.".

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