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Advice for Marketing Executives During Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: Do you have any specific suggestions for marketing executives in this challenging climate? As business becomes more competitive, marketing executives face increasing pressure to demonstrate the value that their function is adding to the firm. Speak the same language as other executives. A: Great question. Thank you, Susanne.

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1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

Six Disciplines 1:1 Executive Coaching - Is Now Open for Enrollment for 2011. Recent 2010 research* confirms what we know to be our biggest challenges as executives: 52% of executives don’t feel their company’s strategy will lead to success. Executive Behaviors & Motivators DISC® profile.

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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

Successful executives learn their most important leadership lessons though: 70%: Challenging assignments (job changes and stretch assignments). An executive development survey found that 43% of CEOs and 71% of senior executives reported that they had worked with a coach. Source for Nos. Source: Fast Company.

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First I Launched My Company And Then I Had To Start Learning About Managing A Product.

Strategy Driven

In 2011, I formed SquareFoot, a new kind of commercial real estate company , to address growing companies and their office space needs. For the product-oriented founders, they’ll need to eventually hire a business-oriented executive to help them build and grow for the future. But, I’d argue, nobody has done it all, or can do it all.

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The basic flaw in most arguments in support of CEO term limits stems from a belief that tenure is somehow a very relevant metric, and that there is some mystical optimum time to serve. They also seek the advice and counsel of their board and executive team in addition to a plethora of outside advisers.

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5 Big Ideas: What’s Next for Leadership Development?

Great Leadership By Dan

So when I came across CCL’s 2011-2012 Annual Report called What’s Next for Leadership? Developed countries, big companies, and experienced executives tend to get more leadership development than impoverished countries, small companies and lower level individual contributors. CCL is challenging that paradigm. So where can we start?

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Put Your $$ Where Your Mouth Is!

Marshall Goldsmith

Neither of these is a good metric for achieving a positive, long-term change in behavior. In terms of spending clients’ time – my personal coaching clients’ are all executives whose decisions impact billions of dollars – their time is more valuable than mine. I believe that many leadership coaches are paid for the wrong reasons.

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