The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” CNN wrote, “SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell described the ‘No A **e’ policy in a commencement address last year, saying, ‘These kinds of people — a s — interrupt others; they shut down or co-opt conversation; and they create a hostile environment where no one wants to contribute.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your company have a COO today? Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back. So the plant manager didn’t understand how they could be getting such good results, if he wasn’t beating them or kicking them.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back. So the plant manager didn’t understand how they could be getting such good results, if he wasn’t beating them or kicking them.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. Working with them to develop the COO survey showed me how valuable they are, and we later teamed up to pitch — and win — a major new project.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The keynote speaker was Sheryl Sandberg, famous both for her role as Facebook COO and for her advice to girls and women to “ Lean In.”. Sheryl’s own examples were that mentors had advised her not to take the job as an executive at Google and not to take the job as Facebook COO – the very roles that have made her rich and famous.

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