LeadershipNow 140: September 2023 Compilation
Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Creativity Can’t. by Ernie Schenck @joguzucoryqa via @CommArts Feel Like Running Away? Others are building it. Do you know the difference?
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Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Creativity Can’t. by Ernie Schenck @joguzucoryqa via @CommArts Feel Like Running Away? Others are building it. Do you know the difference?
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
The results of another McKinsey Global Survey indicate that — according to Brad Brown, Johnson Sikes, and Paul Willmott — CEOs and other senior executives are increasingly engaged as their companies step up efforts to build digital enterprises.
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Experience to Lead
JANUARY 25, 2022
To help you cut through the noise, we’ve curated 10 of our favorite leadership blogs and podcasts for 2022 on leadership strategy and development. Also, we could not talk about leadership blogs without mentioning our own blogs, the Leadership Examiner Digest and the WDHB Blog. INSEAD Knowledge. ESSEC Knowledge.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 16, 2018
A McKinsey Global Institute report on future of the workforce shows that between 75 million and 375 million people globally will have to change their occupation and acquire new skills by the year 2030. These changes are not just causing disruption to businesses, but are also becoming a big problem for the managers to face.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Prior to founding Co-Creation Partners, he was a consultant with McKinsey and Company, most recently as a leader in their Organization Practice in North America. Before McKinsey, he worked in marketing for Pepsi Cola International and Procter & Gamble in Europe, the Middle East, and India.
Leading Blog
JUNE 1, 2023
You couldn't figure out what made them tick, and you know you were underwhelming as a manager and leader for them. Merging mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy into a user-friendly model—the first non-academic book of its kind— The Choice Point grants us control of the decisions that define us. We all have.
Next Level Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2021
A few weeks ago, I was in a conversation with a group of senior managers when one of them told a story that put what has come to be known as The Great Resignation in sharp relief. The exhaustion and burnout have an impact on everyone – executives, managers and team members alike. The McKinsey findings make the same point.
Leading Blog
JANUARY 19, 2024
The driving force behind digital transformations is adopting and implementing digital technologies to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk, and uncover new monetization opportunities. This raises some pertinent questions. First, why do these programs fail?
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 19, 2013
Eric Schmidt on "Disruptive technologies" HBR HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing How to Listen When Someone Is Venting John Butman Management Tip of the Day Margaret Heffernan Mark Goulston Mark Kaplan Mason Donovan McKinsey & Company McKinsey Publishing Michael D.
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 6, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "McKinsey Quarterly: Top Ten Newsletter (Third Quarter 2013)" "Six Lessons for Managing CEO transitions" "The Corner Office" "The luck factor in all human experience" Adam Bryant Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books Are you a Diminisher or a Multiplier?
Leading Blog
APRIL 3, 2020
A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Involve More People. The Transpersonal Touchstone Explored.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 6, 2013
Lawler III Gareth Jones HBR How to Use Your Online Network to Test Ideas John Jantsch Keith Sawyer Management Tip of the Day motivation Paul H. Eccher Peter Gray: Part 2 Rob Goffee Rutger von Post strategy+business talent management The McKinsey Quarterly The Referral Engine These Soft Skills Can Go a Long Way Thomas Williams Zig Zag'
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 28, 2013
Andreasen Peter Gray (Part 1) Richard Weylman Rutger von Post Stella & Chewy’s Steven Fink strategy+business The Creative Brain The McKinsey Quarterly The New York Times The Power of Why Thought Leader Conversation: Edgar Schein Tim Berners-Lee' Andreasen Crisis Communications: [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 21, 2013
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization Dan Pontefract The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism Evgeny Morozov [.].
Leading Blog
JULY 1, 2023
The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. Middle manager." Through them all, he's managed to guide his team out the other side successfully.
Leading Blog
JUNE 30, 2020
Four Lessons A Baseball Manager Could Teach Your Team from @JohnBaldoni. How centered leaders achieve extraordinary results via @McKinsey Five capabilities are at the heart of centered leadership. How to Deal With That Missing X Factor in Your Leadership by @WaltRakowich. Why and How to Become a Helpful Boss from @wallybock.
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "A very special acknowledgment of 9/11" "How to make a city great" "Measuring the full impact of digital capital" "The Corner Office" "The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome A Worse You Could Be Better Off: Robert Trivers’ The Folly of Fools Adam Bryant Alan S. Word of Mouse Yale School of Management'
CoachStation
AUGUST 26, 2022
This blog addresses 4 key skills and areas to focus on that contribute to employee engagement. Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable. Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units. Every employee has to own their development and situation too.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 3, 2012
For more than half a century, The McKinsey Quarterly has shaped and informed the top management agenda. According to the Quarterly‘s readers, these are the five best articles published in 2011.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2023
It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.” She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India.
CO2
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In this blog post, we’ll explore how overcoming doubt in leadership can be the key to unlocking unprecedented success in leadership, echoing the principles at the heart of CO2 Coaching’s philosophy. Set Small, Achievable Goals: Break down overwhelming tasks into smaller, manageable steps.
Leading Blog
JUNE 30, 2019
There is no section marked “managing your professional decline.”. 6 pieces of wisdom to help young leaders thrive in uncertain times By Kayvan Kian via @McKinsey. Leadership at Scale the @McKinsey Way #LeadershipAtScale Before you begin your next leadership development program, read this. Want To Project Strength? via @DDIworld.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 1, 2011
Here is another outstanding interview in the McKinsey Conversations with Global Leaders series. To watch the conversation in a video interactive, or download a PDF of the transcript, please click here. * * * The former CEO reflects on the oil industry’s future, as well as management lessons learned over a long career.
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 27, 2013
dence: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Self-Doubt Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic The Office Politics Handbook: Winning the Game of Power and Politics at Work Jack Godwin Unlimited Sales Success: 12 Simple Steps for Selling More Than You Ever […]. CEO.com Conf!dence
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
Swap Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed Alexis Ohanian Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World […]. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Walter C.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 27, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "4 Essentials Every Team Needs" "Apple’s Trojan Horse" "Gettysburg and Memorial Day" "Six Numbers Reveal the Booming Business of Auto-Analytics" Adam Bryant Albert M. Muñiz Jr Ashok Subramanian (Liazon) in “The Corner Office” “What Starts with F and ends with K?”
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 25, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture" "How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? of the Oxford Princeton Program) in “The Corner Office” Compelling People Dave Kerpen HBR Huffington Post Hugh Martin (chief executive of Sensity Systems) in “The Corner Office” Inc.
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 7, 2013
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 10, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "Do You Know Your Worth?" Renn Adam Bryant Amanda Foreman “''Leaning In'' to a New Career" Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 6/3/13) Bloomberg Businessweek BOB Bob Lord Brad Stone Brian Tracy CBS MoneyWatch Charles E. Bailey Charles H.
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 13, 2013
Bob''s blog entries "How Caterpillar Transforms People Into Butterflies" "It’s a mad "The characteristics of design thinking" "The Corner Office" "What would your life have been like in 1909?" What’s New in Innovation Education?
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 16, 2013
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business Pamela Ryckman Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood […].
First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 15, 2013
Rotman on Design talent management The McKinsey Quarterly The New York Times The New Yorker the Wall-Street Journal True Alignment Trust Inc Valerie Simpson When Ads Look Like Content: FTC Examines Issues Around "Sponsored Content" Why These Are My Favorite Leadership Books William Launder'
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 20, 2013
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus Michael A. Roberto Michael C.
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Tsun-Yan Hsieh and Stephen Bear for McKinsey & Company. In it, they explain why a leader’s best chance to lock in new organizational norms is usually during the first few months on the job. That would include but not be limited to a CEO or […].
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 4, 2013
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which they explain how and why organizational social-media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JANUARY 19, 2012
Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article, written by Oliver Alexy and Markus Reitzig, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2012), and published by McKinsey & Company.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 7, 2013
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick [What''s […].
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 19, 2013
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Paul Willmott explains why Board members should raise nine critical questions when discussing technology strategy with IT and business managers. Although many (most?)
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 7, 2013
Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu explain how and why tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To start that process, and stimulate novel thinking, leaders should look through multiple lenses.
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 17, 2012
Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It was co-authored by Matthew Guthridge, Asmus B. Komm, and Emily Lawson.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 24, 2013
McKinsey & Company has just launched a new series of video interview programs with high-tech experts. Later this month the McKinsey Global Institute will publish an assessment of the probable economic impact of disruptive […].
Leading Blog
JULY 31, 2015
Changing change management via @McKinsey The power of digital to drive change. Best 50 Leadership Blog Sites in 2015 from Jon Warner @ReadyToManage. Disrupting beliefs : A new approach to business-model innovation from @McKQuarterly. 30 People You Want On Your Team by @BrianKDodd. Decisions and Timing by Ahmed Mujtaba.
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2021
He highlighted the need for change as the main prerequisite of a successful transformation; being ex-McKinsey and a public official before this current role, Boris’s whole career revolved around extensive transformation processes. Therefore, it’s critical to hire an experienced CTO.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Research from McKinsey indicates that people living “their purpose at work” report five times higher levels of wellbeing and are four times likely to be more engaged in their work, which in turn leads to higher levels of productivity and profitability. Make purpose part of the first conversation between line manager and the team.
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