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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business Review

In the first phase of our study, we enrolled 24 “knowledge workers” — managers, architects, and designers — to spend six days, over a two-week period, in a highly controlled work environment at the Syracuse Center of Excellence. What should leaders and building managers take away from these findings?

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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How Boards Can Innovate

Harvard Business Review

New products are, of course, the province of R&D teams or research partners. But new strategies and structures are squarely in the board’s domain, and we have seen any number of governing boards innovating with, not just monitoring, management. Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee.

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How to Actually Put Your Marketing Data to Use

Harvard Business Review

There are, of course, exceptions — and other companies can learn from them. At UCB, a medium-sized pharmaceutical company headquartered in Belgium, Heresh Rezavandi and his managers Michelle Maddix-Sovero are leading a young strategic intelligence function that’s part of the strategic marketing practice.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So I convinced the plant manager they gotta bring this guy back.