Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Effective leadership, like a good marriage, hinges on how you deal with the tough stuff. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. There’s no question that an ability to manage conflict is part and parcel of all three.

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Parcell Agility Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I often hear executives reassure me that projects will get done because "we have an execution culture," or that customers will be well taken care of because "we have a culture where the customer comes first." To what extent do we share information broadly or parcel it out narrowly?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Case Study #1: Develop an understanding of your customer’s needs, and show empathic concern. Before he developed his pitch, Damian did his research. He talked to George’s colleagues to develop a deeper understanding of the CEO’s personal motivations.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here are just three examples: In his original 1997 letter Bezos states, “We will share our strategic thought processes with you when we make bold choices (to the extent competitive pressures allow), so that you may evaluate for yourselves whether we are making rational long-term leadership investments.” What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

To keep all stakeholders aligned over the course of the transformation, the company’s executive team should be clear and unrelenting about the vision of its future and the rationale thereof. The executive team should not commit to specific moves, as factors outside of their control might require a change of plan.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. “We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Mindfulness meditation — the practice of cultivating deliberate focused attention on the present moment – has caught on as a way to bring focus, authenticity, and intention to the practice of leadership. Visualize positive outcomes : As Daniel Goleman argues , positivity is part and parcel of focused attention.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When I ask my executive students this question, most of them answer in the fours and fives. When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. On average, my executive students answer this question in the twos and threes.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

But the CEO who took first place this year was singled out for what seems to be an entirely new and noteworthy type of leadership. They not only grow their current business but simultaneously develop the next one that, ultimately, will enable a graceful transition from the first.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The question that Chinese and outside economists now are debating is whether China’s leadership has the guts to allow the kinds of reforms that are needed to sustain growth and foster innovation. And yet … a new skepticism is in the air, and this time it’s not coming from the “class of ’89.” Economic growth was 7.7%

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