Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

” –Franklin P. N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. . “The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Here are some of the things that were done in this “bad” culture: Quarterly all company updates: Every quarter, the executive leadership team would hold a virtual “all hands” meeting – at corporate, it was live; in other locations, it was broadcast on our internal channels.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

So why would a busy executive agree to sit on a board? Why is there is a cottage industry of executive search firms focusing on “reverse board searches,” where they proactively work to place executives on outside corporate boards? What do executives gain from serving on boards? increased by over $300,000.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The job of the senior executive is much more complicated today than it was a decade or two ago — and that trend will continue, especially if you hope to play on a global stage (which is a nearly universal condition these days for many companies). Many executive searches are done on a global basis now. Here are five reasons.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

Have you noticed that general managers are scarce these days? These are the executives who run discrete businesses and control all of the resources associated with them. But in many large companies, the only true general manager is the CEO. At one time general managers were at the center of the action.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

But the gender split in mid-level management is now nearly even. While women have made progress in being recognized as managers, why aren''t they making it to the top? But we also found that these traits are not synonymous with proactive career management. And they need to do so early in their careers.

Career 8

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

L’Oréal has made a strategic investment in Founders Factory , a digital startup accelerator. At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Selling needs to be a part of every woman's career tool kit. After all, sales experience feeds the types of line jobs — where individuals have P&L accountability — that are a pipeline to the C-suite. These roles very rarely lead to major jobs in senior management. And that is where women are at a disadvantage.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Should you take a more targeted approach, with a short-term executive education program? As an adjunct professor for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business , I’ve taught multiple classes for degree programs, as well as executive education offerings. Start by looking at the job you’re aiming for. Learning.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

An “operating model” — how a company organizes and manages its resources to achieve its strategic ambitions — is the bridge between strategy and execution. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Who has P&L authority? Insight center. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Many who know him cite his impatience as a strength; it kept him relentlessly focused on execution. Patience and a long-term view. Directness.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 29, 2017

"When they get to own a P&L or become the CEO, in many cases executives are rusty at strategy or have never even been given a set of tools to set strategy," says management consultant Tim Lewko. Align executive team so members are working on the same page of issues.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My experience with Target should bolster anyone's case that you can be a committed A-player executive, a good parent, an attentive spouse, a healthy person with time for hobbies — yes, hobbies! David is a VP who is accountable for a multi-billion dollar P & L business. — and a community life.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

I look around and see that my male colleagues have P&L responsibility and most of us are in staff roles. These messages tell women who have managed to succeed that they are exceptions and women who have experienced setbacks that it is their own fault for failing to be sufficiently aggressive or committed to the job.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Every manager has a P&L that he or she is responsible for," he says, "and while we don''t make sharing rooms a hard and fast rule, it''s our sense that when people have their own budgets and ownership for their profits, they''ll continue to operate that way.". As the associate put it, "at PwC the turnover is high.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Governments throughout Europe have especially decided that action is required to increase the number of women in the executive suite. We should not be surprised, then, that some countries and financial stewardship organizations have suggested quotas are the way to go. But will mandating change via quotas actually make a difference?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Scott is also an executive coach, speaker, and blogger. My work as an executive coach involves looking at a lot of 360 degree feedback reports. Why is that?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

Some people’s careers take off, while others’ take longer — or even stall out. We conducted a 10-year study, which we call the CEO Genome Project , in which we assembled a data set of more than 17,000 C-suite executive assessments and studied 2,600 in-depth to analyze who gets to the top and how.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2018

You need to add the word ‘no’ to your management vocabulary.” With it, we articulate our M ission, the constituencies we S erve, the P lays we’re going to run this year, the plays we are going to O mit, and how we will T rack our progress. “But it’s backfiring in scale-up mode.

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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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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Yet for the small handful of companies that have managed to drive growth consistently – even through tough times – the payoff is great. In Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan challenge what you thought you knew about managing growth. How do they do it? How can the doctor get that done?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Covey has made it his life’s work to understand trust in leadership and organizations. Blog Post ).

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