Terry Starbucker

JUNE 29, 2014

Jeremy has decades of consulting and performance improvement experience in business and government, including McKinsey. Five surprising words that stop good executives from being great leaders. The two critical leadership lessons in the book. They are co-founders and co-CEOs of Harvest Earnings Group, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The N2Growth Leaders25 Awards are considered to be the Oscars of professional excellence for Board and C-level executives. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Donna joined Walmart from Adobe, where she served as chief human resources officer and executive vice president of employee experience.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even top-performing companies undertake a time-consuming strategic planning process that unfortunately leaves many executives frustrated with the results. 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.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 19, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR Editors and various contributors Weaving the Web: the Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Untapped […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 14, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet Ramez Naam World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It John A. Byrne HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Communication Editors of Harvard [.].

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even top-performing companies undertake a time-consuming strategic planning process that unfortunately leaves many executives frustrated with the results. 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.

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Strategic Planning Newsletter Planning Execution 78

First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence: How to Project Confidence, Conviction, and Authority John Baldoni Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization Alan S.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 3, 2011

He spent five years as an Armor officer in a variety of roles including Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Personnel Officer and ROTC Instructor at Duke University. After leaving the Army, he joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant before starting THOUGHleaders.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play Marc Ostrofsky The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Success Alan S. Gregerman What Is Your Dangerous […].

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In the new book, " THE OUTWARD MINDSET: Seeing Beyond Ourselves " coauthors James Ferrell and Mitchell Warner offer readers a new intuitive way to implement mindset change by engaging in three steps: . How to allow others to be fully responsible--to both plan and execute. Seeing the needs and objectives of others. Seeing Truthfully.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And Rich was failing his executive team by not providing strategic HR leadership. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman spoke about the updated research detailed in their new book, The New Extraordinary Leader. I had this conversation just after returning from Zenger Folkman’s international partner conference in Utah last month.

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CEO Blog

MAY 30, 2012

Perhaps I will use the power of while and pace the halls thus getting exercise. ++ Book review - Sales Growth - Five Proven Strategies from the World's Sales Leaders My experience in business is that sales can make or break a company. The value of the book is designed for large, established companies. Focus on your people 5.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 14, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding interview featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and conducted by Joanna Barsh.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

In the executive suite, the idea is no longer even controversial. 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. John Agno: Decoding the Executive Woman's Dress Code.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

She started as a management consultant working for McKinsey & Co. During her time in McKinsey, she had her son and after coming back from maternity leave she was ready to quit due to the hours leaving her very little time to spend with her little boy. Christina Shi is the Chief Operating Officer at Nike, Inc. Just do it.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

I write about this in great detail in my newest book, Evergreen Talent. The results from a new McKinsey Global Survey confirm the positive effects of talent management on business outcomes. The executive team is directly involved in setting the talent strategy and fully committed to the process. Three years ago? Five years ago?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 3, 2011

He spent five years as an Armor officer in a variety of roles including Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Personnel Officer and ROTC Instructor at Duke University. After leaving the Army, he joined McKinsey and Company as a management consultant before starting THOUGHleaders.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. Researchers Stein and Book report, “… studies have shown that [IQ] can serve to predict between 1 and 20% (the average is 6%) of success in a given job.

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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.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2013

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.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 20, 2015

Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, co-author of the new book Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results. . In our new book , Victor Prince and I describe the 12 “leadership services” that leaders must provide to their teams: Directing. That help can come in many forms.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. Managers in the room learned little more than they already knew about the executive's personally. By Michael Useem, Author of The Leader's Checklist.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 19, 2011

A role model for providing positive networking is strategy consulting firm McKinsey. McKinsey goes out of its way to provide a network for former employees. Many ex-McKinsey consultants go on to become leaders in major corporations - and customers of McKinsey. Life is good.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2012

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives can base their most important decisions about strategy, (..)

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 15, 2011

Here's another take on the same issue: As reported in the best-selling book Six Disciplines Execution Revolution , (How Big Is The Challenge, page 29), a McKinsey study concluded that few large global companies outperform their competitors on both revenue growth and profitability over a decade. Contact Six Disciplines.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. 2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 18, 2009 at 6:40 am said: Thanks for the mention! Thanks a million!

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Per the 2014 McKinsey research study of 1323 companies involved in organization redesign, less than a quarter of those transformation efforts succeeded. They have planned, designed, executed, and sustained organizational transformation in a holistic, structured way.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 22, 2014

Only 52 percent of companies spend their time in a way that aligns with their strategic goals, according to a McKinsey survey of 1,500 executives from businesses of all sizes around the world. Some executives lost time by wasting too many hours online.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

It’s mentioned in passing as a fact in most change management books and articles nowadays. He also found in the same set of research that only 10% of executives said their change programs were completely/mostly unsuccessful. ” How do they know? Isn’t that closer to a failure rate, in the truest sense of the term?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 21, 2015

and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. You can too with a simple assessment tool that provides insights as to how to most effectively lead the unique members of your team. Preface: I’m an idiot. To learn more about Mike’s work, visit his website at thoughtLEADERSllc.com.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Author or editor of 29 books. Liz Wiseman – Author of the best-selling books: Rookie Smarts and Multipliers. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Author of several New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling books. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

One of them was my friend Jon Katzenbach, the former McKinsey & Co. I do this for a living as an executive coach. The problem is, while they may have improved the idea by 5%, they’ve reduced the employee’s commitment to executing it by 30%, because they’ve taken away that person’s ownership of the idea.

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CO2

AUGUST 8, 2013

As an Executive Coach, I cap out at 20 clients at any one time. Plus, my clients are very busy, highly successful executives or CEOs, and they would not like it if I said, “Let’s meet in three weeks.” I have heard that McKinsey and Co sends new partners to Switzerland to hone their skills in affability.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

[Editor's Note: This Post was Adapted from Max's work, The Strategy Book.]. Strategy involves change. People have to change something to bring strategy to life. You need to be able to translate your strategy into actions, tasks and projects. It may be so complex that it takes longer to read it than do anything about it.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 20, 2012

This was clearly identified in a McKinsey & Company large scale global survey of CEOs and senior executives where 76 percent cited leadership development as important. Our organizations — and our world — need dramatically stronger leadership to address the massive challenges and changes engulfing us.

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