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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Most of you who have been following this blog know that I’ve been an a strong evangelist of social media, and perhaps even more so of blogging for several years now.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

When technology, access, information and how consumers buy changes, so must management.” ← Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario The Value of a 3rd Opinion – Part 1: finding and working with a Mentor → Like Be the first to like this post. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Ctrl.Alt.Del.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

They''re people like Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO and author of Lean In ), who is advocating a big new idea from within an organization. It is all too common that people with an idea for an improvement or a change to the world are satisfied to point out a problem, propose a solution, and then expect others to execute.

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Entrepreneur Career Merchandising COO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

When looking to hire a new CEO, corporate boards of directors are increasingly bypassing C-level executives and appointing less seasoned leaders. They are still looking for chiefs with the traditional attributes of intelligence, integrity, and stamina—traits that have defined great executives for decades.

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CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

At age 41, I am where I want to be in my career: running my own sales-training business, with enough clients lined up that I can probably live comfortably for the next several years. Stop playing catch-up with technology. odla3D/Getty Images. But I’m in trouble. Every Gen Xer is. Here are a few things I’m learning from him.

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CEO COO Learning-by-Doing Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I am convinced that one senior-executive colleague never achieved his full potential because he simply looked too much like a conservative banker. Digital technology, one of the world's fastest-growing and most lucrative sectors, is popular with consumers of all ages. For instance, would a woman with spiky orange hair land a COO job?

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COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Marne Levine is the COO of Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. My husband was one of the earliest investors in alternative energy technologies in the U.S., Many tech executives have started sustainability-oriented philanthropic organizations.

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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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Mentor Advice COO Self-aware 9

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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How To Guidelines Case Study Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

What follows is a short recap of some of the best bits from this year’s commencements, as related to business and career success. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaking at City Colleges of Chicago. So congratulations graduates – as you move forward in your careers, you’ll be face to face with innovation that’s relentless.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. We’ll teach you our technology. I’ve seen it my whole career. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. You haven’t been appreciating people for the last 20 years of your career?

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. We’ll teach you our technology. I’ve seen it my whole career. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. You haven’t been appreciating people for the last 20 years of your career?

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

Given the shortage of talented executives, how can companies attract the best and brightest? What do executives look for in new employers? To answer these questions, we surveyed several dozen senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm in 2010. Platform and track record. What is its reputation?

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Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Chief "Innovation" Officer: Looking for disruptive technologies to drive innovation. Research focused on the careers of 14 highly successful CIOs found that, beyond the skills needed by all C-level executives (an extensive network, emotional intelligence, leadership, etc.), CIOs especially need: an integrative mind.

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