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Strategy Execution Newsletter - September 2011 - The Strategic Planning Edition

Six Disciplines

In a recent McKinsey quarterly survey of nearly 800 top executives: Only 45 percent of the respondents said they were satisfied with their strategic-planning process. Strategic Focus - The Right Goals, The Right Focus (video). Personal trainers motivate and push individual to reach goals they normally would not reach.

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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

Coaching Tip

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

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Strategy Execution Newsletter - September 2011 - The Strategic Planning Edition

Six Disciplines

In a recent McKinsey quarterly survey of nearly 800 top executives: Only 45 percent of the respondents said they were satisfied with their strategic-planning process. Strategic Focus - The Right Goals, The Right Focus (video). Personal trainers motivate and push individual to reach goals they normally would not reach.

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

McKinsey & Company. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. With that in mind, allow me to share five reasons why leaders need Emotional Intelligence training: Emotionally intelligent leaders increase retention numbers and directly influence engagement scores. 3 This reality has been repeated in multiple industries in recent years. 3 Goleman D.

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. He has been a tank platoon leader, a McKinsey consultant, a senior executive, and now runs thoughtLEADERS – a leadership development and training firm. Mary Jo Asmus : January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm Gina, thanks.

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It’s Time to Abolish the 70% Change Failure Rate Statistic

Change Starts Here

In 2011, Mark Hughes of the University of Brighton wrote about his research into the source of the statistic in The Journal of Change Management: Do 70 per cent of all organizational change initiatives really fail? A few of these corporate change efforts have been very successful. million results. A few have been utter failures.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. during the assembly. The case is clear.

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