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Building a Coaching Culture in Your Small Business

Thin Difference

Creating a coaching culture – where managers intentionally grow and develop employees – isn’t necessarily about providing a warm and fuzzy place to work. It takes time and energy, two things often in short supply in small businesses. It’s about consistent, purposeful investment in your people. Building a Coaching Culture.

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The Impact of Great and Terrible Leaders

Leading Blog

Hans Vestberg is the CEO of Verizon Communications, an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate with over 152,000 employees around the world. Another study found that how managers lead accounts for a 28% variance in employee job satisfaction. To eliminate obstacles so my team can succeed.”. Impact of Bad Leaders.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Is your spouse willing to make significant career or personal sacrifices that might be required to support you and the business? Family Questions. Imagine yourself as an old person.

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The Myth of Work-Life Balance

Harvard Business Review

Frequently, stressed and harried managers look up the organization hierarchy and assume that they'll have greater control of their time when they advance to the C-suite. Many managers are "sprinters" early in their careers. There isn't any. Think for a minute. The same logic applies to preparing to operate as an executive.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. The region with the greatest board-level skills gap is Asia, where risk management and M&A adeptness are sorely needed.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. In several industries, such as consumer goods, financial services, industrial products, and logistics, COOs usually had backgrounds in either managing operations or information technology departments.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. Then the November 16th issue arrived at my door and the cover story was about alternative energy. And on and on.

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