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He’s not ready to be promoted (but thinks he is)

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development SmartBlog for Leadership [link] He thinks he’s ready to be promoted. He blames you, the system, politics and that crazy project you gave him last year. She currently serves as an executive at a large telecommunications provider. You don’t want to crush his spirits, but he’s not listening.

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New Research: Where the Talent Wars Are Hottest

Harvard Business Review

The most active sectors in hiring will be materials and IT & telecommunications, with more companies planning to bring on employees and to add a greater percentage to their workforces. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., Asia into North America). Methodology.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

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Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

There was similar, though less dramatic, variation across sectors as well: financial services, health care, utilities, and telecommunications were relatively welcoming to female leadership, while fewer women were found at the top in basic materials, technology, energy, and industrial sectors. of Japanese C-suite executives were women.

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On a Consumer Watershed

Marshall Goldsmith

This trend means that leaders of successful organizations will need to develop different organizational structures, systems, and skills in order to meet these new customer requirements. Skills in developing partnerships that cross boundaries are critical. Several factors have helped accelerate the move to integrated solutions.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support. Equally important are bold reforms in workforce education and training systems. competitiveness and growth in the 21 st century. .”

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.