Persuasive Powerhouse

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Some years ago, I participated in a 360-degree feedback assessment. It sits on the shelf, waiting for me to do something with it (realistically, it is no longer relevant to my current career). Let your peers, direct reports, and manager know what you’ll be working on. How will you celebrate your successes?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 5-Step Plan to Developing Your Personal Brand. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career. Implement this 5-step plan for career advancement.”

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Art Petty of the Management Excellence Blog by Art Petty shares Leadership Caffeine: Becoming Agile and Adaptable is THE Leadership Issue. Art asks us to think about “our willingness to let go of dated thinking and obsolete approaches to leading and managing. Have an Action Plan for Success! If so, you are not alone.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 5-Step Plan to Developing Your Personal Brand. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career. Implement this 5-step plan for career advancement.”

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it’s your social life, family or career, one thing you can count on is the consistency of change. Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. Help your people understand their part in the success story.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

By implementing effective strategies, organizations can cultivate a work environment that supports the growth, satisfaction, and success of their employees. Clearly communicating behavioral standards and performance expectations to set new hires up for success.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 1, 2012

By giving people ideas on how they can be even more successful, we can increase their chances of achieving this success in the future. Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don't like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies. Life is good.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 7, 2011

Rapid change is the order of the day, with global mergers, acquisitions and shifts--and the resulting talent and leadership challenge will likely determine the success or failure of your organization between now and 2020. As they consider opportunities to advance their careers, talented 'high potentials' share five concerns.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

By giving people ideas on how they can be even more successful, we can increase their chances of achieving this success in the future. Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don't like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies. Life is good.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

As an executive coach, I work with supremely successful people who need to change some behaviors. Mike's score for treating colleagues with respect was dismal; in fact, out of 1,000 managers rated, he was dead last! His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him into management. Instead, it exposed his bad side.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 5, 2012

By giving people ideas on how they can be even more successful, we can increase their chances of achieving this success in the future. Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don’t like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

We recently coached a project manager whose chronic optimism lead to unrealistic expectations for his staff, resulting in high stress, low morale, and poor performance. You may wish to ask your coworkers or manager, “What do I do that allows me to be an effective contributor to the organization?”

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve a positive change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. I only do behavioral coaching for successful executives – not strategic coaching, life planning or organizational change. We only work with people who will be given a fair chance by their management.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

How did you perform in managing a major project? Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. Ask them what skills were most helpful to them in moving up the ranks and what abilities were critical to their success.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

A simple question was asked: are hospitals ranked more highly when they are led by medically trained doctors or non-MD professional managers? The analysis showed that hospital quality scores are approximately 25% higher in physician-run hospitals than in manager-run hospitals. In a recent study that matched random samples of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

But there is one thing we've personally seen that profoundly and consistently changes lives — what's generally referred to as the 360-degree feedback process. Maybe that's why our blood comes to a slow boil when we see a popular columnist arguing that 360-degree feedback programs fail.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

But what she said instead was, "Well then, Mommy, I would be less successful at work so more people will like me.". Taking items from our 360-degree feedback instrument such as "Do you stay in touch with issues and concerns of individuals in the work group?" Leadership Managing yourself' Our conclusion?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As new managers fill vacancies created by retiring Boomers, how do their skills compare with the seasoned older managers they replace? Naturally, our assumption was that veteran managers would be more effective on almost every front. To be elevated into management at an early age is not common. Becoming a Manager.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

But let’s say you are growing geographically and are struggling to hire enough people who align with your culture and expectations; or you have recently acquired another company and need to bring their leaders into your fold; or you are hiring a lot of people at mid-career who have not had the advantage of going through a formal entry-level program.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. For leaders, listening is a central competence for success.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. The thirties are often characterized by intense activity to establish the foundation for a successful career; this involves mastering rules that win approval.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Need more evidence?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

Among the various core ingredients of talent and career success, few personal qualities have received more attention in the past decade than emotional intelligence (EQ), the ability to identify and manage your own and others’ emotions. Paying due attention to others is tantamount to career success.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Continuous personal development is fundamental to career growth, professional satisfaction, and having a broader impact in the world. Despite our common cultural notion of “self” improvement, the most successful efforts to self-improve have other people at their core. Do an informal, monthly 360-degree review.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Finally, team-building skills are both highly prized and shifting rapidly: executives are apt to find themselves managing co-located teams, cross-functional teams, global teams, and virtual teams. Several respondents advocated a “strong and diverse network” and openness to 360-degree feedback—that is, not just feedback from supervisors.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

It's a great moment in literature — and an extremely useful image for managers intent on ferreting out the feedback they need for career advancement. Managers, like Odysseus, need to hear what people have to say — and be able to filter the messages. And they are far from trivial.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

Studies have shown that a high emotional quotient (or EQ) boosts career success , entrepreneurial potential , leadership talent , health , relationship satisfaction , humor , and happiness. For stress management programs , the average improvement reported is around 35%. Your level of EQ is firm, but not rigid.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership says, “A lot of leaders make the mistake of using the same conflict management strategy for all kinds of conflict. According to Art Petty of Managing Excellence , we live and work in a world filled with chaos and turbulence and must plan and prepare for instability, disruption, and chaos in advance.

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 20, 2012

They influence whether you'll achieve success and happiness, and people can intentionally become stronger. Revolutionary feedback system. It's a learning system for adults who want to change old habits that get in the way of success - and build new ones. But these areas of human capability are real. Or both simultaneously.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

My work as an executive coach involves looking at a lot of 360 degree feedback reports. One of the patterns I see in the 360 data on leadership behaviors is that peers are typically the lowest rating group for any given executive. Scott is also an executive coach, speaker, and blogger.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

aren’t taught management skills in medical school. And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business.

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Training Health Care Management 360-Degree Feedback 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

In today’s increasingly globalized world, more and more people are choosing to live, work and study abroad —and this trend appears to be a good thing: social science studies have shown that international experiences can enhance creativity , reduce intergroup bias , and promote career success.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. We’ve observed time and again in 360-degree feedback surveys that women executives believe politics present a particular dilemma for them.

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