Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. If you want to aspire toward a career in leadership, work toward building and developing these characteristics. Leaders’ honesty and ability to follow a set of ethics in all of their work affects their ability to influence their followers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Second, it at least feels as if this sort of behavior and the career consequences that result seem to be occurring more frequently now. So while indeed there are productive narcissists, narcissistic behavior can be very unproductive for both the work organizations and the people who experience it.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. The first job of a leader is to enable an organization to survive without him or her. They listen as well as they speak.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2018

The CEO Next Door is the new book that offers career advice for everyone who aspires to rise in their organization and achieve their full potential. Those busted myths, described more fully later in this post, include: Over 70% of CEOs set their sights on the top job late in their careers. Why is it a problem?

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