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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. If the CEO doesnt play this role, process improvement stays comfortably within functional boundaries. He wasnt a process manager.

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The Impact of Great and Terrible Leaders

Leading Blog

Hans Vestberg is the CEO of Verizon Communications, an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate with over 152,000 employees around the world. Bad leaders often only care about the numbers or advancing their own career instead of creating a team mentality and moving the company towards success. Impact of Bad Leaders.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. Although many boards continue to select new members from their own networks, our research suggests that more are beginning to implement objective processes to select members based on the skills and attributes that boards need to be effective. But attaining one is far from easy.

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Boards Aren’t as Global as Their Businesses

Harvard Business Review

Neither Utilities nor Telecommunications are represented in the chart below because all but a few companies in those sectors have no non-domestic revenue. Our conclusion is that the challenges of globalizing the boardroom transcend sector specifics and have more to do with decision-making biases in the process of managing board composition.

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How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work

Harvard Business Review

This can be especially tough for early-career professionals to accept, especially those in entry-level positions. Whatever its source, entitlement is a career killer, a noose with which employees of any generation can — and do — hang themselves. To Retain New Hires, Make Sure You Meet with Them in Their First Week.

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Using Design Thinking to Embed Learning in Our Jobs

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, the demand for learning is greater than ever: Bersin by Deloitte’s latest research with Glassdoor shows that learning and career opportunities are the biggest drivers of employees’ willingness to recommend their company as a great place to work for people under age 40.