Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

They could leave and hope to find another job in their profession, they could stay and grit it out or they could stay and try to improve their career prospects by joining in on the Animal House leadership style.   Still, it’s really easy for leaders with titles to underestimate the impact of their leadership footprint.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2012

In former roles, in managing leadership development programs at large companies, I would always take the time to talk to participants before and after they attended an external executive development program. Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc….

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

You aced the last round of interviews and now your prospective employer wants to check your references. References provide “an accurate, third-party assessment of your strengths and weaknesses so managers can hire knowing full information,” he explains. Who should you ask? Which people can best vouch for you? What the Experts Say.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Employees and managers worry about job stability, and taking part in developing individualized career plans for your talent is a critical way to retain them.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Employees and managers worry about job stability, and taking part in developing individualized career plans for your talent is a critical way to retain them.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 30, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Employees and managers worry about job stability, and taking part in developing individualized career plans for your talent is a critical way to retain them.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Then, of course, we had the fascinating story of Jet Blue flight attendant Stephen Slater pulling the metaphorical rip cord on his 20 year career. One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue.   You can click here to see the whole letter and what her boss meant when he referred to her as a HOPA. 

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

Brock is a Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, an executive leadership coach, servant leader, and a man of integrity. However, I refer to them as moral values. I was asked to do a presentation to an executive leadership team on values-based leadership. Some people would call these virtues and they are.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

You think you’ve found the right candidate to fill your open position and now it’s time to check references. Checking references is often seen as one small piece of the hiring protocol—the final motion to go through before you extend a formal offer to a candidate. Should you ask each person the same questions?

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 30, 2015

In their book, Maximum Success: Changing the Twelve Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead , James Waldroop and Timothy Butler identify twelve behavior patterns--what they call "Achilles' heels" — that can harm, or seriously hinder, a person's career development. Behaviors That Can Hold You Back.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2008

Guest post from Brad Smart , Author of Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People : I don’t know about you, but early in my career I was very disappointed with my hiring track record. Thirty years ago I began studying why almost EVERYONE’S hiring record was so bad. Prove it,” you say.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Maria responded, referring to the glass-walled executive offices at HQ. I've been streamlining and rationalizing things my entire career. You don't like the Labyrinth?"

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. At age 32, Adam considered himself to be at the beginning of his career, still emerging from the cocoon of his impressive education. My age," Adam said. And — ".

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

These basic actions are what generate genuine enthusiasm from a customer, and without that, you don't have a real reference. Remarkably, some firms try putting an agreement to provide references or other advocacy activities up front in a new C-level customer's contract — a major turnoff. It's great career development for them.".

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2011

In fact, I would go so far as to say reading is simply a necessity if you’re serious about leadership. The list below (in no particular order) is comprised of leadership lessons from Ancient History, US History, Religious History, Military History, and yes, I threw in a few of my favorite business business classics as well.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

We then get paid only after our coaching clients have achieved positive change in key leadership behaviors – and become more effective leaders – as determined by their key stakeholders. I believe that many leadership coaches are paid for the wrong reasons. Therefore, we only focus on changing leadership behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

There is a question executives always ask early on, when they consult potential partners for their companies’ leadership development initiatives: “Will it be customized?” ” Because “customized” has become a synonym of “good” for leadership development. Bringing leadership to life.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Gina Gotsill is a Gen X writer who has studied journalism at San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

The forms that this kind of community marketing can take are varied, and might include straightforward references and referrals, customer blogging or video (an area of exceptional creativity), participating in communities, associations or consortiums, speaking at industry events.it''s a growing list. "And And it''s really not that hard."

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

But trying to figure out whether a particular direct report is management material is not always straightforward, says Anna Ranieri , executive coach and author of the forthcoming Connecting the Dots: Telling the Story to Advance Your Career. Forget that someone earlier in your career showed faith in you. Can he connect the dots?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

“But there’s an art to the ask,” says Diana Faison, a partner with leadership development firm Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. ” Try to avoid patterns of speech that Faison refers to as “power robbers.” Case study #1: Know your worth. What the Experts Say.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. EC Sheedy Fascinating!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

Even if you don’t work together again, she still serves as a brand ambassador who could refer business or job candidates, he says. Case Study #1: Determine a workable timeframe and be flexible. ” Case Study #2: Lead storytelling sessions for colleagues and replacements. .”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

We make decisions every day without noticing, but a career-making (or breaking) challenge requires thought and deliberation. The hallmark of pre-judgment is when you see someone who is referring to data or examples that support their point of view and disregarding data or examples that are inconsistent with it," he says.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

“Leadership demands compassion,” he says. “If you genuinely believe someone is a good person who has talents and abilities that could be useful elsewhere, tell her that you’re very happy to provide a reference , or offer to make introductions.” Case Study #1: Demonstrate compassion and respect.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. There are three key ingredients in developing deep leadership roots. If it is really good, we refer it to others… sometimes giving it as a gift. Commitment to Career.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

.” Younger bosses—already prevalent in industries like IT, professional services, and accounting—will likely become more so as “companies promote young Millennials into leadership positions and organizations make more of an effort to retain top talent,” says Jeanne C.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2011

A professional’s career and their collected Body of Work encompass time, energy, resources, perseverance and lots of commitment in order to produce. There are three key ingredients in developing deep leadership roots. If it is really good, we refer it to others…sometimes giving it as a gift. Commitment to Career.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Niche consultants believe these things to be true, within their frames of reference. That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 Ask for case studies which were directly supervised by the person who will handle your business… not stock narratives from affiliate offices or a supervisor. 2 percent).

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Try to enlighten them, and they convert it all back to their old frame of reference, with questions like “Do you still talk to X?” They want you to be there for them and those whom they refer to you. X doesn’t really value your time or would have asked in advance if you could be periodically referred.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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