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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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Where is leadership when we need it? In sixteen historical studies, Jan-Benedict Steenkamp reveals lessons for today’s leaders from decisions that changed history. “Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence others to achieve a common goal.” –Jan-Benedict First, leadership is relational.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

. “It’s important to have focus,” says Joseph Weintraub, the founder and faculty director of the Babson Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program. Your ultimate aim is to “move your organization forward and propel your career,” he says. Career planning Article. Be realistic. Further Reading.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

And how exactly do you make your case? “Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. “This not only showcases your leadership capabilities; it will also relieve your boss to know that there is someone who can fill your shoes.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

” Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job , agrees that having to cycle through new managers is “one of the world’s most frustrating things.” Here are some tips. ” Discover the new priorities.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. What might be the long-term consequences? However, for many strategic actions, the long-term effects may be different. Do I understand why we do it this way?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

” It’s important to talk openly about how career paths can diverge. You might suggest they work on a cross-functional project, volunteer to do a short stint in another division, or join a company-wide committee that requires interacting with people in other parts of the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Quitting a job can negatively impact your career and disrupt your personal life. You may fantasize about telling your boss to take this job and shove it, but that will only give you short-term relief and could possibly ruin your professional life. Run short experiments to test whether your current situation is unfixable.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Study some of the most interesting and diverse group of companies such as Google, Twinings, Dropbox and even Wimbledon and you end up with fascinating stories, case studies, and research useful to every brand. A Successful Career is a Marathon. What are some of the biggest mistakes leaders make in terms of their brand?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

“Part of running a 21st-century company with a 21st-century work force is establishing systems that allow for women to go out and return from maternity leave with minimal impact on the company or on their careers,” says Joan Williams, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

In 2007, I wrote a case study for Harvard Business Review , “ Boss, I Think Someone Stole our Customer Data.” If there is a short-term financial hit, take it and move forward. Crisis management Leadership Risk management' In the current situation, the retailer is much larger as is the number of accounts affected.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Listen… Before you react to the news, Spreitzer suggests you “listen carefully to what senior leadership is saying about what’s happening, why it’s happening, and what’s the hoped-for outcome.” ’” Showing compassion is not only kind it’s also a smart career move, according to Coyne.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

If you’re really short on time and you don’t have an identified successor, Leonard recommends holding a meeting in which the departing employee “ shares stories with colleagues about how he handled problems and crises” that arose during his tenure. Case Study #1: Determine a workable timeframe and be flexible.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Have him break goals down into tasks and set interim objectives, especially if it's a large or long-term project. Review both long-term and short-term goals on a weekly basis. Friedman, Practice Professor of Management at the Wharton School and author of Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2011

At the beginning of my career, I was a radio DJ. ‘Long Day, Short Night’ by The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and Dawn Penn. The case studies become the substance of what we provide future clients. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business: Leadership for the New Order of Business Part 1 !

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

But viewing reference checks as a formality is a mistake, according to Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. Some are long-term oriented; others are more short-term oriented. ” Set the tone.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Grote says that an appropriate request is one where “the individual can demonstrate that her compensation and her value are not correlated, or, in simple terms, her pay is out of whack with what she deserves.” “Think about the individual’s career trajectory. ” Case Study #2: Make the case for retention.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 See consulting as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed. 2 percent). He has advised two U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The senior leader advises the junior employee on his career, how to navigate the world of work, and what he needs to do to get ahead. Just as the notion of a 50-year linear career with a single company or in one industry is outdated, so is the idea that career advice must come from a wise old sage. What the Experts Say.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on. These people couch their requests in terms of your benefit. Leadership programs exist in every major city. Adopt My Interests.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

And how can you put yourself back on the right career path? Most people who take the wrong job haven’t done enough research going in,” says Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., a Boston-based career coaching firm. Here’s how to make a bad career move work for you. What the Experts Say. Be realistic. “No

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

You’ve covered your bases in terms of documentation, and you’ve coordinated with HR. Or HR might tell you that Louie’s wife starts cancer treatment on Monday afternoon, in which case firing him Tuesday could be seen as inhumane. Keep it short. “Leadership demands compassion,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most of us spend most of our time chasing the immediate reward, the short-run "objective," the near-term "goal — in short, the expedient and the convenient. If youre here to "innovate" sugar water, then thinking in terms of orthodox buyers and suppliers might do the trick. And maybe its too busy. Lets face it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. Dutch-based Royal DSM is a case study of multiple parallel transformations – in their business and in their leadership balance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

"Many times a manager feels responsible for finding their people their next step in the organization," says Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Faculty Director of the INSEAD Leadership Initiative. Make it short-term and outline clear success criteria and an evaluation timeline.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

“We’re human beings and we need contact with people,” says Annie McKee, founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and coauthor of Primal Leadership. Even short interactions over time will help people get to know you personally.” Case study #1: If you’re remote, make time to meet people in person.

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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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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

At her funeral ceremony tomorrow, we will remember Margaret Thatcher as much for her leadership style as for her polarizing politics — in fact, the two are almost identical. The essence of Thatcher''s leadership was her steadfast, tenacious, and determined style which is more often associated with revolutionaries than conservatives.

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