Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2021

Though some companies are now demonstrating more of a commitment to DEI initiatives, very few, if any, recognize ageism as part of their implicit bias training. All of the career advice I give in the book is advice you should follow throughout your entire career. Attend company social events, offer to mentor younger colleagues.

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Power Politics Bottom-up Advice 119

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After hiring an employee , we invest in them to ensure that their skills are being developed so they can have a long, successful career here at Genentech. In fact, all prospective hiring managers at Genentech are now required to take Unconscious Bias training, and be certified for Inclusive Hiring before adding to their team.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

Gender equality is a good concept to bandy about in politically correct forums, but in the real world, women have to fight that bit harder to get any privileges that their male counterparts take for granted. They say, what women entrepreneurs lack is formal training in leadership. The same goes for women in leadership roles.

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Books Entrepreneur Leadership Advice 105

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The book doesn’t talk about a wringing-your-hands-in-delight power grab, but more about political skill and savvy. Don’t like the term political savvy? The book’s stories range from politics to business to education to virtually every other walk of life. This book will open your eyes and change your mind.

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Power Open-book Workshop Influence 176

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

One never forgets their first mentor. That first great mentor sticks with you always. Cactus was 34 at the time that he began mentoring me. From that mentoring, I fell in love with the non-profit culture, the organizations and the client bases affected by them. We train people to be trustworthy.

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Pryor Mentor Learning-by-Doing Audience 50

Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

How do I coach and mentor my former teammates? Today’s best managers empower their employees directly while establishing systems and processes (creating teams, skills training, and more) and a culture that supports empowerment. Do they need more training? Getting Started. How do I build an effective team? 2) Energize.

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Management Diversity Performance Review Review 107

LDRLB

MAY 21, 2012

People who become executives begin their careers as functional or technical specialists. As a person moves from first time manager, to managing others, to managing groups, to managing an organization; work continuously broadens, organizational dynamics and politics become increasingly complex and require an evolving set of priorities.

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Self-aware Leadership Mentor Loyalty 128

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2013

All they need to do is show up at the annual talent review and nod their heads; stop by a few training programs to give a quick talk, approve the training budget, and read the script written for them by HR that tells them to say, “People are our more important assets” at every employee gathering. Practice what you preach.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The information they gain through questioning and listening lays the groundwork for reflection, making decisions and/or mentoring. Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. Organizations train people. I always appreciate your value added thoughts. None of these assumptions apply today.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I might only add and you know that young or immature leaders simply need tools, mentoring, and info to become great leaders. IMO, what passes as 'leadership training' is often managerial grooming in disguise. Great post Mike.

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

LDRLB

MAY 21, 2012

People who become executives begin their careers as functional or technical specialists. As a person moves from first time manager, to managing others, to managing groups, to managing an organization; work continuously broadens, organizational dynamics and politics become increasingly complex and require an evolving set of priorities.

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Self-aware Leadership Mentor Loyalty 94

ExactHire - Leadership

JANUARY 21, 2020

Some are easy to identify; they may hold political office, run successful businesses, minister at churches, command troops, or quarterback their teams to victory. Part-time jobs that may not offer a career path or much prestige, can provide structure and valuable challenges. Mentor Leadership. The world is full of leaders.

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Skills Leadership Mentor Sports 52

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers. Baird/Sullivan : Some signs that people’s psychological needs aren’t being met are easy to see: in-fighting, politics, hoarding information and resources.

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Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 79

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

In particular, I think it's time for theological schools that train church leaders to get their heads out of the sand and begin training their students in leadership principles. I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Love it or hate it, office politics is an inevitable part of organizational life. Many people associate political behavior with backstabbing and manipulation — but there is a constructive side to being politically savvy. AnthonyRosenberg/Getty Images. Recent research does not support this idea.

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Politics Cooper Mentor Environment 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

It means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading. " Saying no doesn't imply that your "team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par," or that "it means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading." Thanks as always for your keen insights Dan.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 9, 2017

And a successful career is not made from humanities courses. Praxis is a 12-month start-up apprenticeship program for young people who want to sidestep some of the traditional barriers to entry to building a great career. For a lot of his life he thought the solution lied in politics and then working the system. To selling guns.

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Education Organization Learning-by-Doing Taylorism 151

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The mentor-mentee relationship is a tango between a more senior person and a junior one. And while we and others have written about what makes the ideal mentor, comparatively less has attention has been given to the other partner. As academic physicians, we have responded to this overture countless times in our careers.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Health Care Long-term 8

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet? Are you up to date on all the latest celebrity gossip and political polling, but nowhere near reaching your goals for the year?

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Venture Capitalist Competitive Advantage Workshop Blog 187

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

He played the political game well enough to still be there but not well enough to strengthen his reputation. He had slowly lost his political clout. For Chris it had a powerful effect on his career: he had been passed up three times for a promotion he was repeatedly promised. He met with his mentors.

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Career Absenteeism Humphrey Bureaucracy 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Men and women don’t look at office politics and power dynamics the same way. ” Similarly, women and men report having differing objectives in the political situations they face at work. ” So women don’t want to be viewed as political—it undermines them. Malte Mueller/Getty Images. Networking.

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Politics Influence Mentor Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Who says women don’t like office politics? They’ve all complained about office politics. Some women claim they are not good at it, while others simply avoid certain hot-button business situations because they think playing politics is “sleazy.”. Politically speaking, operating in “survival mode” can leave us isolated.

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Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

There is certainly no better example of leadership than Jesus – He is the one example that you can turn to for a model of how to lead, mentor, disciple, manage, build relationships, forgive, deal with conflict and betrayal, etc. Actually it is I who is not on the same level as you and my other pastoral friends.

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CO2

AUGUST 1, 2010

During the first and second industrial revolution, when our educational system was designed, we trained our children to be factory workers. In turn, the manager was responsible for mentoring, coaching, or developing those employees that showed interest, ability, and tenacity. I’m enjoying it. I’m enjoying it.

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Management Executive Coaching Leadership Strategic Planning 79

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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. A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He trained for and completed his first triathlon and has his sights firmly set on doing an ironman. My dear friend and mentor, Cheryl Smith. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

She cut her teeth in electoral politics, quickly developing the skills and confidence there to thrive at a high-octane company like Google , where she’s now director of communications, internal communications, and government relations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You know, politics can be a bit lonely at times.

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Execution Politics Career Learning-by-Doing 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# then you are likely just paying lip service to the value of talent.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

And at some startups, “lack of structure” would be a polite way to put it; a more accurate description would be “total chaos.” Career Transitions. How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition. Change Your Career Without Having to Start All Over Again. You and Your Team Series.

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Budgeting Career Benchmarking Environment 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

I have decided to spend the remainder of my career helping to replace industrial era schooling with educational structures better suited to our 21st century, global, innovation-based economy. To be achieved, a transformative model must generate professional commitment, political will, and cultural enthusiasm — not an easy task.

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Education Technology Resistance Mentor 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2014

I call this the liability of deference: the fact that people from deferential and polite cultures often struggle quite significantly trying to make their way in less hierarchical cultures. Training and education should follow accordingly. The problem is a pervasive one.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Certainly, these projects are worthwhile in themselves, but we think it’s fair to ask: Why would talented professionals want to leave well-established careers and well-paying jobs to work in government? The opportunity to get hands-on leadership training. It was time for me to explore paths to leadership in other contexts.” .

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

Or there may be systemic bias in your organization — your age, experience, gender, or race may cause the “old boys’ club” in senior management to believe that you need training wheels before you can take on a senior-level job. Have patience.

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How To Mentor Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that means providing world-class training, clear and lucrative career paths and, increasingly, a work-life balance that allows people to enjoy the fruits of their success. Companies need sophisticated and sustainable programs to identify their most talented employees, and they need to focus on training and retaining them.

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Globalization Operations McKinsey Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

There are three common myths about tech founders: they are extremely young, they are technically trained, and they’ve often graduated from a prominent local university. The most successful entrepreneurs are not like Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, and instead tend to be mid-career specialists with substantial industry experience.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Spare me the sanitized, politically correct rhetoric and just tell me what’s on your mind. Great people with the right training and opportunity will become better than you – hire great people. Smart leaders leverage influencers by involving them in modeling, mentoring and coaching.

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It’s all based on just watching the many hundreds of thousands of businesses that I’ve worked with, the 42 that I’ve personally launched in my career as a serial entrepreneur. My very first business mentor, a guy called William. This is all observational stuff. I try to read history biography.

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