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Let’s Stop Pushing “Development” as a Cheap Replacement for Training

Great Leadership By Dan

This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage. But so is training.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Job requirement determines the size.

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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions

Harvard Business Review

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options. Marc Effron.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business Review

I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “I’m not sure when I first asked if I thought it would be successful,” said Hickox, now CFO of Independent Bank in McKinney Texas.

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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. He is active in a number of outside finance groups and similarly devotes time at their conferences to seek out and get to know finance talent outside the company.

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3 Biases That Hijack Performance Reviews, and How to Address Them

Harvard Business Review

And there is perhaps no setting that shapes careers, salaries, and lives like annual performance evaluations. That kind of bias can taint the manager’s view of Marta’s performance, hurting her career growth and perhaps the health of the company if she deserves a promotion. How to address the bias.