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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

How can leaders leverage and develop diverse talent in 2014? Sponsors of color who have developed young talent are overall 30% more satisfied with their career progress than those who haven’t built that base of support. Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP).

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U.S. Latinos Feel They Can’t Be Themselves at Work

Harvard Business Review

They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards.

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Firms Are Wasting Millions Recruiting on Only a Few Campuses

Harvard Business Review

These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs. In the EPS world, on-campus “school lists” have two tiers, based largely on prestige. ” How It Works — and How “Regular” Applicants Get Ignored.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

One way to expand your thinking is to look to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, whose time horizon is 2030; think of them as a purchase order from the future. Challenges of this frame: Successful business leaders must evolve a much more expansive view of time, no easy task.

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Managing in an Age of Winner-Take-All

Harvard Business Review

Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). The digital revolution — the “mother of all technology developments”— marks a fork in the road.