Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 2, 2014

Some had already made the transition from their day jobs or sold their business, some were near a transition period, and others were planning to continue in their present occupation for several years. Now is a great time to start planning. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. Note particularly the significant and profound difference between quadrants three and four. Effectiveness/Efficiency Matrix.

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2016

The next step is creating a plan to not only communicate them, but integrate them into everything you do at the company. Life insurance sales and sales of plans in teachers’ retirement programs – two of our core business lines – have more than doubled between 2011 and 2015. You and your company can do the same.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Something reassuring happened Monday after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy unveiled the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan , arguably the most important step the U.S. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

News headlines trumpeted “Walt Disney Co Investors on Edge” and “Disney’s Succession Plan in Disarray.” Outsiders, in effect, have become more of an intentional leadership choice than a stereotypical hire in a turnaround or crisis situation. That’s nearly double the rate from 2004 to 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. Yet the place where the crisis had originated, the U.S., avoided the second recession and continued its recovery. What went wrong?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

For an example of the kind of disruption such an attack could cause, consider the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Nobody, though, is showing any leadership.” What’s the backup plan for the backup plan? If the refueling stations need electricity to operate pumps, what is the plan? What happens to our food supply?

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Power System Video Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. Change the dialogue in the senior leadership team to focus on the end-to-end customer experience. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Not only could they digitally store manuals and logbooks, but wireless connectivity could also help with communications, flight planning, and keeping track of weather. At a TechCrunch conference in 2011, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joked, apparently proudly , that “I think I’ve got 20,000 years of jail time in front of me.”

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Transportation Entrepreneur Wireless Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

As a business term, “unicorn” was coined to describe a rarity: In 2011 there were just 28 early-stage companies, still privately owned, with investment valuations of $1 billion or more. Do we have a talent plan to match our growth plan? Nearly two in three died or stumbled. If not, how do we close the gap?

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Document Business Model Execution Company 11

Strategy Driven

JULY 14, 2015

Does the new role fit that trajectory in terms of responsibilities, scope, subject matter, leadership opportunities, exposure or any other number of criteria? If not, do the new responsibilities actually enhance your original plans? Stacey Hawley founded Credo , a compensation and talent management firm, in 2011.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 19, 2017

More and more, the public is demanding that leadership brands declare a point of view on social justice, civil liberties, the environment, and even more. Over the past year, the number of brands that have taken activist stances on topics in the public debate has grown significantly. Taking a public stand can be polarizing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. And it certainly doesn't help matters when Hispanic leadership voices are lacking in the mainstream national media. With Hispanic leadership woefully underrepresented in the public sector, it's no wonder that this growing community lies dormant.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. And it certainly doesn't help matters when Hispanic leadership voices are lacking in the mainstream national media. With Hispanic leadership woefully underrepresented in the public sector, it's no wonder that this growing community lies dormant.

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Policies Short-term Diversity Education 8

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 7, 2015

As a fighter pilot during the Cold War, I trained for years to fight the Russians, but on April 4, 2011, I stood at the base of a Soyuz rocket named Gagarin , in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight. True collaboration is not possible in an entirely authoritarian, command-and-control environment.

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