HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Anat Ashkenazi, previously senior vice president, controller and chief financial officer of Lilly Research Laboratories, has been named as his successor and will now be the next CFO. Smiley was appointed the CFO in 2018. She also headed the company’s strategic planning team and business transformation office. . McDonald’s Corp.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

They all: · Made fact-based decisions · Built great teams · Made ethics a part of the culture · Engaged listeners · Evaluate constantly · Embraced change · Inspired Make fact-based decisions At the start of each morning, Craig Ryden—the CEO of Yankee Candle—would look at the sales from the previous day in great detail.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. To tackle these issues, for the past five years, the new trend in executive hiring has been the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) role.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 23, 2020

Focus On Trust: Successful Leadership In Times Of Crisis.(Forbes) 6 Ways You Can Show True Leadership During a Crisis (Inc.) 4 Leadership Skills for Crisis Management (Daniel Goleman, using your emotional intelligence) 4. Crisis leadership Guiding the organization through uncertainty and chaos (Deloitte) 5. Forbes) 2.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One of the challenges organizations face in developing their senior executives is the need for "mass customization". I think what often happens is that organizations are lured into believing that IDPs are a cheap and easy shortcut to leadership development (compared to more expensive executive development training programs).

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Fisher , author of the new book, To The Top: How Women In Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting The Rules For Success. “We Throughout the book, current executives and aspiring leaders will gain insight and understanding into the future of great leadership. Aim to have at least three women on your management team and on your board.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

Guest post from Atta Tarki and Gustav Brown : Selecting the right executive search firm can be almost as difficult as finding the right candidate for the job. By and large they’ve been surprised to see how differently we evaluate their potential executive search partners than they would. Are they a valuable thought partner?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided 8 Steps to Avoid Flipping Your Lid in Challenging Leadership Situations. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Change: Drive Your Desired Culture.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Often the leader is brilliant and quirky and the team is passionate and driven. Neither stereotype nor formula, putting together a team with the right personality traits can be tricky, especially given the fact that your personality plays an important role. Your CFO should be Captain America with the emotional range of a rock.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Thank you all. Learn more about RLI here. Let’s Get Started.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles. The following is a guest piece by Kate Rodriguez. Here’s how: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Thank you all. Learn more about RLI here. Let’s Get Started.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I recently watched a rerun of Executive Suite , based on Cameron Hawley’s book of the same name. In this black and white classic, William Holden portrays a junior executive with great vision but limited executive experience. This 1954 movie brought the truly timeless and consequential components of leadership into focus for me.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

My CFO just fired the 4th person he hired, within a year of hiring them. Now, his entire team had turned over 3 times in as many years. Yet, the executive team felt he was getting positive results. So it was clear, the executives focused completely on their investors – even at the expense of employees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. What has helped to shape you as a leader?

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. In this article, I’ll explain five of the most common cognitive biases that affect C-level executives, illustrate them with real-world examples, and offer pragmatic strategies to counteract their effects.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford. Here are some of the groundrules that Ford senior team follows: Identify the problem, don’t try to solve it during the meeting.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 9, 2015

And the cruel joke is that most leaders had the chops to make their way up the ladder and succeed — now the skills that got them there (getting things done) have no place in leadership. You now have to communicate to your team to get things done. I’ve seen this happen time and time again. appeared first on Rich Gee Group.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

When you get a senior leader or executive title in an organization, you become one of “them” to the vast majority of the people who work there. Here are some actionable ideas on how to do that: Create Opportunities to Connect – I first tuned into the “them” dynamic when I was an executive myself.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

At some point founders need to shift their focus from making the idea real to building a team and then an organization that will make the idea real. There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Your team and your organization need you to be doing the things that only you can do.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

How to Increase Your Executive Presence. I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. So when the CFO announced his retirement, she seemed like a natural candidate.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things. Product management — at every level — is a leadership role within the organization. Work closely with the support team to assure your products meet customer needs.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The publication date of this post, December 1, 2020, marks the 20 th anniversary of our leadership development company, The Eblin Group. I remember a couple of months into the business talking with a new client who had just been promoted into his first executive role. As I looked at him, I could see a deer in the headlights expression.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

However, many senior executives and stock investors are very attentive to vaccine news. When I met James as well as the company’s CEO and CFO over Zoom, I told them that we should admit that COVID-19 seriously interrupted our world and will not disappear anytime soon. COVID-19 and the Attentional Bias. Guiding Back to Efficiency.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” He also extols the virtues of self-leadership. “A Feedback is an essential part of engaging employees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Over the past decade, I organized over twenty, guide-led expeditions designed to build leadership and teamwork skills for Wharton Business School students. Here’s what I found -- guides display six important leadership strengths that work as well in business as they do in the mountains: 1. Guides are trust-builders.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 6, 2011

These results can be replicated using the Exponent Leadership Process …To make your team and leaders better Contact Mike. _. Nikhil was concerned because in these Executive Meeting Jackson did not share freely and openly, he would only speak when directly asked a question or spoken too. Situation.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Leadership. by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. An adept HR executive is the CEO’s window. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

The following is a guest contribution from Kate Rodriguez on behalf of The Economist Executive Education Navigator. One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The idea that workplaces reward extroverts has been around for a while. Here’s how: 1.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 7, 2014

Contact Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership to fix this before it happens. Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. Mark’s sales team was under orders to Put pressure on existing customers to order more! Consulting and examining this with the company CEO, CFO, COO and Sr.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. It’s a high-wire balancing act many executives go through to grab the golden ring. You’re moving on up.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. You see, the “talk” of cultural strategy (we called it the credo) that hung on the walls of the offices and the plant was “walked” by the leadership team.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show. If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Self-promoting divas and power-hoarding executives destroy organizational trust. Only those interested in leadership as more than mere ego gratification have a chance to build something that outlasts them. The hubris displayed by Skilling, along with founder Kenneth Lay and CFO Andrew Fastow, didn’t just destroy Enron.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book. At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Executive teams replete with functional experts (CFOs, CHROs, etc.) This model of a small, BU-leader-staffed team was the model for many decades, although some companies named a COO to act as an intermediary between the CEO and the BU leaders. CEOs have always had to address conflicts between team members.

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