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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business Review

Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. Also look for short-term, project-based assignments that will allow you (or them) to stretch and find new muscles.

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Ten Essential Tips for Hiring Your Next CEO

Harvard Business Review

Use an evaluation system that links the company’s strategic requirements with the prospects’ individual capacities and performance, with the latter focusing on their integrity and ethics, team building, execution excellence, shareholder return, and personal gravitas—and ability to work in the boardroom. Talent and the New World of Hiring.

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