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How Women In Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting The Rules For Success

Eric Jacobson

Yet, only 9% of the largest 100 companies in the S&P500 index are led by women, shares Fisher. The traits and leadership styles adopted by women, which makes them incredibly well-suited to lead companies through the complex challenges facing our world. Recognize unconscious biases and how they hold you back.

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How To Act And Think Like A Leader

Eric Jacobson

And that's exactly what author and London Business School professor Herminia Ibarra has done with her 2015 global bestseller, Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader. Reach out to three people in your company you always wanted to get to know and ask them for lunch or coffee. What is even better than a really good book about leadership?

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Delivering Happiness CEO Jenn Lim Shares Insights About Four-Day Workweeks

Eric Jacobson

Recently, more than 70 British companies started testing a four-day workweek. In 2017, Lim was selected to be on the Global Happiness Council of Work and Wellbeing and in 2020, Delivering Happiness (DH) was placed on the Inc. 5000 list, becoming one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US.

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How To Achieve Fearless Innovation

Eric Jacobson

Break down organization silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams. Partner with companies, large and small, to create new value. Goryachev is managing director of Cisco’s global Co-Innovation Centers. Focus on execution of innovation to showcase ROI. Communicate the value of innovation.

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How To Achieve Fearless Innovation

Eric Jacobson

Break down organization silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams. Partner with companies, large and small, to create new value. Goryachev is managing director of Cisco’s global Co-Innovation Centers. Focus on execution of innovation to showcase ROI. Communicate the value of innovation.

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Fearless Innovation

Eric Jacobson

Break down organization silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams. Partner with companies, large and small, to create new value. Goryachev is managing director of Cisco’s global Co-Innovation Centers. Focus on execution of innovation to showcase ROI. Communicate the value of innovation.

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How To Lead An Empowered Workforce

Eric Jacobson

Companies must care for workers as complete “assets”, caring for workers’ health, wellness, mental health, and longevity as they would care for any tangible asset in the corporate balance sheet. Nevertheless, they are perhaps the most resilient, racially diverse, and well-educated generation we have known.

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