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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

According to research from the book Why Woman Mean Business , women now represent a majority of the talent pool, a majority of the market, and better gender balance in leadership yields better corporate performance. MARKET : Women make 80% of consumer goods purchasing decisions in the US. Focus on representation; 2.

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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

Great Leadership By Dan

Tiny niche players can emerge from nowhere to take the market or make expensively researched products obsolete overnight. Not surprisingly, the need for organizational agility sits high on executive agendas everywhere. To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

In his book New Rules, John Kotter notes that from 1974 through 1994, Harvard Business School graduates who worked for smaller corporations tended to make more money and have higher job satisfaction than their counterparts in large corporations. Five Trends . Our task is complicated by five additional trends: 1.

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10 BIG Development Goals for Leaders for 2012

Great Leadership By Dan

I’m not talking about reading a book, taking a course, doing some networking, or fine-tuning some aspect of your current skillset. It could involve new people, markets, customers, products, tools, and processes, all of which are opportunities to learn and develop. John Ratey’s website and book, Spark (I saw him speak recently).

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. I’m always amazed at the number of senior executives who really struggle with even simple decisions…This next comment might hit a bit too close to home for some of you, but I’m hoping it may help bring you back to reality.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The number of books, blogs, tweets, videos, webcasts, podcasts, etc., being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. Textbook jargon and academia is only good if you can translate this into proven actionable results. And he was considered an expert!

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Innovation Isn’t the Answer to All Your Problems

Harvard Business Review

Run an action-learning program to develop the top leadership team’s ability to confront ambiguity. Buy a lot of books. An executive who has this problem recognizes that the company needs to push the boundaries of today’s business to achieve its financial objectives. Change the reward systems.