Leading Blog

JULY 4, 2021

The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer. Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success by Ron Friedman. By reverse engineering what has worked for others, we can unlock patterns that will work in our own lives. Friedman will show you how.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Second, they must become a trusted consigliere to the CEO. He is a highly valued and trusted thought partner to CEO Bruce Broussar d. Many things actually.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success. The CEO is responsible for tone and culture. An example of a CEO setting the wrong tone and culture is Travis Kalanick, the founder and former CEO of Uber. As CEO of PQ Corporation, I experienced a minor OSHA recordable accident while traveling on business. How to Earn Trust.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2024

Before her academic career, she was Director of Research at Pecos River Learning Centers, where she worked with founder and CEO Larry Wilson to design change programs in large companies. She has also studied the role of psychological safety in teamwork and innovation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Keegan , CEO, Merchants Fleet One thing all great leaders have in common is that they understand that transformational growth doesn’t happen without a willingness to change. When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 22, 2021

CEOs who take command of a company also forge intense bonds, even if they are not the actual founder. The devotion that many leaders feel for their businesses infuses everything, from company culture and engineering to the snacks in the kitchen. It can affect your ability to make the right business decisions in a timely manner. .

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. My uncle pushes engineering. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. They are the norm.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We first met Dr. Ivy in June 2019 when he was interim CEO of Bridgeport Hospital. It happened during a period earlier in his career when his leadership responsibilities increased while fewer colleagues were available to help carry the load. I came out of it and have gone on and had a good career.”. And I did.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. My uncle pushes engineering. History, philosophy, sociology, or any liberal arts degree will not prevent me from pursuing a career in business. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. They are the norm.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Throughout my career, I’ve encountered bottlenecks in many forms. When I was a chemical engineering student, they appeared in my fluid mechanics equations. The Three Questions that Successful CEOs Ask. Most executives think of bottlenecks as obstacles. But I think of them as inflection points. Related posts: E.S.G.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Risk-averse CEOs find comfort in the ‘ doing more of the same’ strategic mode. The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better. Each engineer has a pet feature they’d like included in Samsung phones. To do that, Samsung’s leaders must sacrifice the egos of their engineers.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It reminds us of our favorite quote from Jim Barksdale, erstwhile CEO of Netscape: “If we have data, let’s look at data. We call these places “tenurocracies,” because power derives from tenure, not merit. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” Five Lessons'

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Chart Your Course

JULY 25, 2017

Cisco CEO John Chambers said, “A world-class engineer with five peers can out produce 200 regular engineers.” Identify career paths and provide developmental opportunities for employees early in their jobs with the organization. For many people, learning new skills is as important as the money they make.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2023

. “When we’re talking about class biases, we’re generally not speaking about explicit factors as we see with various other forms of discrimination,” Sarah Atkinson, CEO of the Social Mobility Foundation, told me. This is especially beneficial in a world in which up to 50% of vacancies are filled via referrals.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

CEO Interview: Sam Walsh. This edition of the CEO interview features Sam Walsh, the recently retired CEO, of Rio Tinto. Since taking up the CEO seat at Rio Tinto Sam has steered the business through a torrid industry downturn and firmly positioned them for new growth. (as featured in mining.com).

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Alan Mulally , the former CEO of Boeing , started his career there as an aerospace engineer. In 2006, he transitioned to the CEO of Ford Motor Company. Conversations with Bill Ford , the former CEO, industry experts and his team leaders helped him understand the direction he needed to steer.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2019

The starting salary of cyber security engineers is also misleading. 30% of surveyed cyber security engineer jobs actually begin at the $83,000 to $108,499 range. Note that engineering roles have slight but significant job differences from your standard developer: engineers don’t just code. So there you have it.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The most “class-ridden” roles included CEOs, finance managers, management consultants, and solicitors. By contrast, professions in engineering, journalism, and science tended to be more egalitarian and have a smaller pay gap.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 27, 2014

I am currently working with the CEO/Owner of a top engineering firm and we’re currently spinning the sequence around to help him enjoy the benefits of his labor. Something is missing and time is running out. So here goes — you can have all three — it’s just how you look at them AND how you prioritize them.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the founder and CEO of Human Workplace, Liz envisions a future where work is fluid, nimble, and built on trust. The HR Digest: In your podcast “Break the Rules To Get the Job You Deserve,” you discuss unconventional career advice. But this CEO did, and every candidate in that group who got a job offer accepted it.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Apple engineer rebuilds an ancient Greek mechanism — the oldest known computer – known as The Antikythera Mechanism. Watch: Get Shareaholic Tagged as: Antikythera Mechanism , Computer , Legos { 0 comments… add one now } Leave a Comment Previous post: Developing The CEO Within You. Out Of LEGO. Unported License.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 8, 2018

Although stress has been found in research to be lower among individuals who have greater leadership responsibility (as measured by the number of people reporting to a leader), still, more than half of CEOs report feeling lonely. People in task-oriented jobs, including physicians, lawyers and engineers, are vulnerable to loneliness.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Lindquist, in his 30's, is the President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. Q&A with Rick Lindquist, President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a CEO in your early 30's? How important have mentors been to your career? Today’s workers are more empowered than ever.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 17, 2023

No CEOs or presidents. To explore how collaborative leadership works in practice, we talked to Emma Bould CMgr FCMI, who has spent her career in engineering leadership roles. The organisation also works in a totally collaborative way. As Krisztina Holly describes, “ there are no directors. No corner offices.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2012

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2012 that you might have missed: Engines of Innovation by @wallybock. SonyaShelton: SAP's CIO: You're Putting Your Executive Career at Risk if You're Not Social - Forbes. Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer on Listening: "As you become a senior leader, it’s a lot less about convincing people.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 9, 2024

Earlier in my career, as I assumed greater responsibilities with larger teams, I tried to do all the things good leaders do: Be a good listener, be open-minded, inspire my […] The post 4 Key Differences Between a GOOD Leader and a GREAT Leader: It’s All About Connecting! However, GREAT leaders learn to think differently.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

Given that I’ve been doing this for most of my career and have made developing great leaders a personal mission, I have to constantly remind myself that not every CEO or executive spends as much of their time immersed in leadership development as I do. So let’s say you’ve won over a CEO and the executive team.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Co-opted Board Member Ms Janice Tai also talked about her journey towards becoming a Chartered Manager and how this accreditation has empowered her career advancement in her position at an international non-governmental organisation. Don’t miss Ann Francke OBE’s top five takeaways from the trip here.

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 9, 2016

He then asked me to read an email from our CEO he had printed out. He said, “Just give me a heads-up before you call the CEO, okay?” After my information-gathering adventure, my assessment was that the CEO’s comments described what motivated him, or other executives. For me, this was a turning point in my career.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 23, 2015

In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asks: how should we encourage the next generation of STEM Professionals? I addressed a similar question in: Future Engineers and Scientists , which provides many details on this question. It is true the education path for STEM is more challenging than for most careers.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 3, 2014

” Abandoning one job or career for another is much easier to say than do. My friend Maria is a gifted engineer who has invested years in making a significant contribution to her firm. ” “Why don’t you try for a career in management?” Nobody is going to want to hire me as an engineer anymore.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

And then I put those lessons to work in my own business and climbing careers. Our Inside ROPE teams were comprised of colleagues in our company’s marketing, accounting, finance, engineering, support, purchasing, and other functional units. As a sales leader, I was responsible for assembling both “Inside” and “Outside” ROPE teams.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

It also challenges us to rethink our own approach to leveling up in our career. Jim summarizes: “This is a story about a rural-born and raised country girl who though hard work and adversity rose to become one of Canada’s most respected CEOs. Jon Mertz of Thin Difference contributed Career Chapters: The Next One.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

For a seemingly multitude of reasons women have failed to gain a foothold in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM jobs. Whatever the case, women are snubbing the tech industry from an early age which leads to the gross misrepresentation in professional careers.

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Change Starts Here

APRIL 27, 2016

At the time, I was the industrial engineering manager for a manufacturing company. I was starting to realize I wanted to move my career in that direction, and to have an impact at a higher level in the organization. The CEO invited me to come back the following month to talk some more. And I could have easily missed it.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

He said that in the years following Kennedy’s articulation of that goal, NASA engineers would periodically hit a major roadblock and declare the goal impossible. So the engineers would go back to their benches with a renewed determination to do the impossible. If we don’t, they will remain invisible.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 29, 2017

As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. In This Episode: How open-ended questions lead to new career possibilities. Lead From Within.

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