The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

After seven years of work with leading global companies using their counterintuitive approaches, Jack and Joe updated their book in with a second edition in 2009. This edition featured 20 key insights on leadership development. Three new competencies emerged; making decisions, risk-taking, and valuing diversity.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Chris McCarthy, CEO at Skillable, says that “promoting diversity and inclusion should be table stakes for all organizations today.” Horton believes that the scope of DEI efforts have broadened to include how companies engage with communities, shape social issues, and contribute to global initiatives.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

These data suggest that many industries may enhance their leader bench strength by recruiting and hiring more veterans for key leadership roles. Hiring veterans may represent a strategic advantage for companies in many sectors where there continues to be a serious shortage of competent leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

This was painfully obvious to us while reading the newly released diversity and inclusion report from a large Silicon Valley company: Its 19 pages never specifically address Asian Americans. Fortunately, some companies have found ways to close the gap. Asian Americans are the forgotten minority in the glass ceiling conversation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I wasn't feeling like another assault of skepticism and denial of global trends. The very culturally diverse team I met with was one of the most open-minded group of enlightened men I have had the pleasure of working with in quite some time. I'd just been totally grilled by a Southern European Executive Team the week before.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I wasn't feeling like another assault of skepticism and denial of global trends. The very culturally diverse team I met with was one of the most open-minded group of enlightened men I have had the pleasure of working with in quite some time. I'd just been totally grilled by a Southern European Executive Team the week before.

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Leadership Pipeline Trends Diversity Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

When I asked last week if women were dissatisfied enough to force change in the corporate world , my post triggered off a global debate. That's because women managers usually have to fit into organizational molds that force them to opt out of the workforce, resulting in what experts describe as a leaking leadership pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In one such instance, an officer received across-the-board accolades from his global staff — they considered him to be a “stellar leader” and a “role model.” In a company as large and diverse as Cisco, there are numerous opportunities to test and develop one’s leadership capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? Dynamism: A dynamic set of extended ties that evolves as you evolve.

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