Leading Blog

AUGUST 22, 2018

I F YOU WANT TO GROW your career, Wharton Lecturer and EMBA Career Director Dawn Graham recommends in her book Switchers , that you “ continually put yourself in situations where you’re the least qualified person in the room.” Beyond what I'm sharing here, Switchers is an invaluable resource for those looking to make a career switch.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

verbally through a meeting, phone calls, video conferencing, written, emails, memo,s text, and social media). This step requires the sender to know their audience and convey their message clearly and concisely to support understanding. Channel : how you deliver your message (i.e.,

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2019

A media controversy. But few realize that being a sponsor is just as important to career growth as finding one. You're It : Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most by Leonard Marcus, Eric McNulty, Joseph M. Henderson and Barry C. Today, in an instant, leaders can find themselves face-to-face with crisis. A data breach.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When you’re building a brand based on emotional engagement rather than transactions, an investment at the personal engagement level is many times more efficient and effective than a media-weighted strategy. In his mind, if you were going to be a part of Chick-fil-A, there was no reason for you to ever go anywhere else in your career.”.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2017

Selingo has distilled a lot of wisdom into five often overlapping skills needed to succeed in your career and life. The book provides much more detail and practical advice for career and life on many fronts and well worth making them time to consider. The recent graduates who succeed in their careers are flexible about how they learn.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

After sharing a bit of his background, he quickly delves into his career beginning at ABC, and the lessons he’s learned and the principles that have guided him that help “nurture the good and manage the bad.”. Iger writes of the key mentors in his career and his relationship with Steve Jobs, George Lucas, and Michael Eisner.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

The presumption is that one has to sacrifice entrepreneurial dreams in order to be successful at a specific career choice. Having the availability to set aside a few hundred dollars each month towards your business is significant when you have to consider paying for licensing, website development, social media support, etc.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2011

Guy Kawasaki has made a career out of enchanting people. In our social media driven world you need to enchant them. He has summarized what he has learned so far in Enchantment. Think How to Win Friends and Influence People 2011.) Reading his book you will clearly see that enchantment doesn’t happen by accident.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Careers can be short or long. He currently advises start-ups and established companies on brands, creative talent, e-commerce, and digital media strategy. Ken is on the boards of Thrift Books LLC and Good Men Media, Inc. Repeating success is about the journey. Leading is about tone and substance. Projects are always short.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

The answers to these questions will point you toward who you want to be connected with to best fulfill your career and life’s purpose. We have succumbed to this culture of transactional networking via social media. What are your unique values and strengths? What unique contributions can you make?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

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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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2021

The most overlooked aspect of onboarding: “Helping the new hire establish a network of trusted subject matter experts who will contribute to that person’s career success.”. Showcase the “career advancement of individuals who best represent the new.”. Step #14: Promote Those Who Best Represent the New.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2020

What gets the ball rolling when we’re feeling stuck in our careers? Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. From B-school through the big leagues, the business world often places value on logic and analysis. But on creativity? Not so much. And this, according to Nir Bashan, is a recipe for disaster. The answer is creativity?and

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Internal career mobility is still within your reach by @JenniferVMiller via @SmartBrief. New Report Details the Devastating Effects Social Media Is Having on Generation Z by @TimElmore. Learning How to Think: The Skill No One Taught You from @farnamstreet. How to Make Your Point and Be Heard When You Speak Up by @JesseLynStoner.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I argue in my book that "leadership" has become a far too limited term that is more accurately used to define the material wealth and career success of individuals among society—those who have succeeded in acquiring high salary, prestigious job title and social status, perceived popularity and power, and masses of followers.

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