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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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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.

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What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Here a few notable examples.

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How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

Harvard Business Review

So most executives manage it according to their intuition. In this article, we address each of these to show how leaders can engineer high-performing organizational cultures — and measure their impact on the bottom line. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. 2) What is culture worth? Insight Center.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

Men highly self-rate their own leadership skills and their ability to tackle management and business challenges. The research shows that men are 16 percent more inquisitive than women, possibly due to their tendency to gravitate towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers that reinforce inquiry.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. Reflection items are what Mycroft was to Sherlock: the smarter — but largely invisible — big brother. The catch is that most companies dont know how to reflect. So heres how to craft your own reflection items.