The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2024

Waayyy back in the early days of my career, I was a young door-to-door sales rep and then sales manager with Culligan Water Conditioning. I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. ” 2. Everyone is given extensive skill development.

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Training Development 360-Degree Feedback Human Resources 107

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Leadership Development Development Committee Leadership 249

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2023

A report titled “COVID-19 and gender equality: Countering the regressive effect” dives into this topic and provides some eye-opening insights. According to the report, women, especially women of color, have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

Diversity 59

Diversity McKinsey Policies Report 59

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. According to McKinsey, AI and automation will displace between 400 million and 800 million individuals by 2030.

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McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

T HE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S Future of Jobs Report lists complex problem-solving as the number one skill for jobs in 2020. McKinsey alums Charles Conn and Rob McLean teach us how to be bulletproof problem solvers using a simple 7-steps approach. Like leaders themselves, good problem solvers are made, not born.

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Disaggregation Analysis McKinsey Process 217

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

The risk of not getting leadership and culture ‘right’ are significant. It’s about understanding how important leadership and engagement are. We’ve also learned that one in two employees have left a job to get away from a manager and improve their overall life at some point in their career.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

HR has thrived during this difficult time and helped in transforming organizations where the function is well led, has strong senior stakeholder support, has prioritized leadership development , and has already commenced a digital transformation journey. times more likely to report organizational outperformance, McKinsey research has shown.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Organization 98

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

They’re understandably excited to have graduated college and start their careers. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Hiring Fresh Graduates.

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Company Diversity Career Quality 98

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Galetti is the highest-ranking woman at Amazon and the only woman on the 18-person “S-Team” (short for “Senior Team”) that reports directly to founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our series of industry trend research reports — created using our flagship 360-assessment tool, Benchmarks® for Managers — shows that great similarities exist among leaders across industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, tech, energy, and government (civilian). Army Leadership Trend Report.

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Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A study by OD Adekoya reported that “there is an increased need for trust, fairness, and respect between both parties (employer and employee)”. A study by Zenger and Folkman indicated that 72 percent of respondents believed critical feedback from managers was necessary for their careers and found it currently lacking.

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Chart Your Course

JUNE 16, 2013

now have robust economies to compete for that talent.SidebarThe Rise of Career FrameworksFrom the post-war boom until the 1980s, many U.S. A 2012 MetLife survey reported that Americans aged 65 are retiring at the pace of 10,000 each day. A 2012 McKinsey report found that fewer than half of U.S.

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Talent Management Magazine Management Gordon 140

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

They’re understandably excited to have graduated college and start their careers. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Hiring Fresh Graduates.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot. Senior leaders and staff benefit from enhancing their technical knowledge with natural and learned behaviors like empathy or leadership. Turned out to be a great strategy for job relevance.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

A recent study by Europe’s Institute of Leadership and Management has suggested that it may not simply be gender inequality that is causing this dynamic, but a lack of confidence displayed by women in the workplace. So how do you counter it? Sometimes it is as simple as putting yourself in the ring.

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McKinsey Career Project Definition 199

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

The executive wove-in many of the essential threads of the leadership fabric but seemed to fall short of spinning the whole cloth. My work on leadership development in the U.S. My work on leadership development in the U.S. I have also become convinced that with leadership, as with much else, brevity is the soul of wit.

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Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. And The World Economic Forum in its Future of Jobs Report placed complex problem solving at #1 in its top 10 skills for jobs in 2020.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 81

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Even more–91 percent of those who stayed with the program–reported they were experiencing significant positive changes. Google, Apple, McKinsey & Co., THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Stress Workshop Crisis McKinsey 136

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Diversity in the workplace is good for the bottom line.

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Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that the labor force participation of women in their prime, aged between 25 and 54, has increased to 77.8 Census Bureau having reported that working mothers made up almost one-third of the U.S. They also reported an average $340 per week cost to send a child to a daycare facility.

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GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). US News and World Report – One of America’s 25 Best Leaders. President Dartmouth College.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

They’re understandably excited to have graduated college and start their careers. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Despite studies showing that succession is an essential part of strategic planning, many companies ignore leadership development to focus on more immediate challenges. Establish a set of clear and defined leadership competencies , so HR and other stakeholders know whom to fast track for leadership. For example, when a U.S.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

A new McKinsey study (PDF) reports statistically what we already knew from personal experience: that mid-career and senior women tend to be found disproportionally in staff jobs, or "pink ghettos," relative to men. according to the same McKinsey report). These rarely work, and they breed cynicism. What did they do?

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McKinsey Mentor Diversity Report 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

According to research by McKinsey , up to half of new-leader transitions fail within two years. It’s typical for new employees to initially place most of their focus on the relationships with their direct manager and those they manage, but others across the organization can be just as critical in influencing your career.

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Learning Curve McKinsey Goal Planning 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

As a study published in The Leadership Quarterly concludes , this is a response to inequality at the top, not the cause. According to a 2016 McKinsey report, Women in the Workplace , white men make up 36% of entry-level corporate jobs, and white women make up 31%. Of the 50 auditors in my class, five were women.

Power 8

Power McKinsey Attrition Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

In most fields we add value in the early stages of our careers by getting things done. But when we carry this mindset into our first leadership roles, we confuse doing with leading. Sometimes this transition is obvious and dramatic, such as when we’re promoted and obtain our first direct reports or hire our first employees.

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Goleman Supply Chain Leadership Styles McKinsey 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

New reports from McKinsey and PwC paint a very bleak picture of C-suite succession practices in today’s corporations. Both consultancies have useful advice to help fix the problem: McKinsey describes how to set up effective integration plans, while PwC describes best practices for CEO transitions.

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Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2022

A recent report by McKinsey and Co. Many more people are searching beyond a job or career to find a calling. ” These shifts have profound implications for leadership and culture. Creating leadership energy is an inside job. The Big Resignation is a big pain point for many organizations.

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Mintzberg Pharmaceuticals Energy McKinsey 111

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A McKinsey study found that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41% in terms of return on equity and by 56% in terms of operating results. since 2010. Both presidential candidates portray the U.S.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

In the late 1990s, Steven Hankin of McKinsey provoked a lot of discussion when he coined the phrase “the war for talent.” Our leadership-development centers in Shanghai and Bengaluru (or Bangalore) are therefore very important for us to show our commitment to our talent.

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Long-term Globalization McKinsey Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Companies like GE and McKinsey are rigorous about promotion standards, but they are the exceptions. That's just table stakes, the minimum needed to get you into consideration for a promotion. But finding out what else is required is tricky. Few companies spell out the criteria they use to make promotions to the first rung of management.

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Proposal Maturity McKinsey Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2017

. “I would feel like I was being selfish by spending that time on my career — for example, by staying late at the office to finish an important project — rather than doing something I knew needed to be done around the house,” she told me. Jane isn’t alone — far from it.

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Delegation Outsourcing Insurance Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

And they carefully manage leadership transitions, so nothing is lost along the way. As the RCA explained, “We don’t want too many “career academics,” who only work with us. Most organizations change their leaders every five years , but the Centennials we studied keep them in place for more than 10.

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Organization Learning-by-Doing Open-book McKinsey 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

These larger companies, once considered pinnacles of career opportunity, have become employers of last resort. In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth. Unless the companies make radical changes, the best talent will go elsewhere. This has real costs.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In a McKinsey survey , Learning & Development officers report that while classroom training, experiential learning, and on-the-job application of skills are now in regular use as learning mechanisms, less than half of organizations have instituted any kind of formal peer-to-peer learning. Setting Up a Peer Learning Program.

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How To Participative Construction Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. In a survey conducted last month, 75% of veterans reported that VA effectively delivers care and services, up from 65% just a year ago.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8