Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Some of the writers pointed out that these were two different sports and couldn’t be compared. Whether it’s the style of play in a sport, or leadership style in the business world, men and women are clearly and obviously different. A lot of people said a lot of pretty dumb things. Can’t we all just get along?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2019

This can be a very stressful experience for you, but there are lots of things you can do that will help improve your life skills, finances, and chances of having a very successful career and future. So, make sure you prioritize your homework just as much as your sport. Scholarships. Get a Part-time Job. Set up Goals.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. While I will dress in a suit and tie when appropriate, you’re much more likely to find me in jeans and casual sport coat.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Some adjustments could see you get that finance! He is currently authoring a book on the role of sports in career excellence and plans to release it around January next year. There could be a simple reason why backers are turning you down. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and find out what exactly is troubling them.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. elliotross So well said Mike, I know for myself that managing conflict is not a 'natural' for me. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. All three of these individuals have had a profound and positive impact on those individuals and organizations which they have led. Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog. Please join me in welcoming Tanya Maslach of Elevati, Inc. to Women On Business. You can learn more about Tanya below. I’m certain she’ll bring valuable ideas to the community!

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

In thinking of your example of sports teams, for example, is it possible that leaders can emerge at different times, for different purposes or tasks? Ultimately I see struggles on both secular and spiritual fronts regarding managers and subordinate leaders executing the vision and plans set forth by upper level leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

When Toby Johnson was 24 years old, the Army pilot was in charge of eight $30 million Apache helicopters, plus the 30 people who managed them — more responsibility than any of her friends in the private sector. Transitioning from a military career to the corporate world can be a fraught process for the nearly 360,000 U.S.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

A lot of talented people grapple with the disruption of having to switch jobs or careers and figuring out how their current profession’s skills can be applied in a fulfilling new way. Since then, many friends and strangers have sought my advice about career paths outside of newspaper journalism. Consider the legal field.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Other areas where machine intelligence could soon be commonly used include: Career planning. Related Video.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk? Additional reporting by David Waller.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Mine your backyard. Try new approaches.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 18, 2022

The CV vs resume debate is prevalent among job seekers and hiring managers. There’s no doubt that career and resume writing have changed drastically over the past few decades. In contrast, a CV shows employers and recruiters details about your life outside of work, such as previous volunteer activities and sports teams.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

A 2016 report from the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity estimates that 30 percent of young adults will not graduate from secondary school with the skills they need to hold most jobs in the digital world. A growing number of business leaders see the value of upskilling, but there’s much to be done.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He wasnt a process manager. Because it isnt their sport. He wasnt a process manager. Because it isnt their sport. I argued against that — not because I disliked Sandy, but because I didnt think he was the right guy to run the combined entity. He ran the place by people and personalities.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

And how can you put yourself back on the right career path? Most people who take the wrong job haven’t done enough research going in,” says Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., a Boston-based career coaching firm. Here’s how to make a bad career move work for you. What the Experts Say. Be realistic. “No

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

So I have a question for you, and I want you to be brutally honest with your answer - when you hear the word “ coach &# used outside the world of sports, what’s your gut reaction? Probably the same as mine - not so good. Coaching is one of the fastest growing professions on the planet.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Over the course of our careers, and through our formal research on mentoring within and outside of academia, we’ve found that good mentoring is discipline-agnostic. Whether you’re a mentor to a medical resident or marketing manager, the same principles apply. As academic physicians, we do a lot of mentoring.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data. As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Get yourself an agent. The problem?

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