The Practical Leader

AUGUST 20, 2012

The more we learn about Zenger Folkman’s leadership development research and approaches, the more excited we are to be their Canadian Strategic Partner. At risk of sounding like a sleazy late night TV pitch man; Zenger Folkman’s Strengths-Based Leadership Development System is a major revolution in our field.

Leadership Development 53

Leadership Development Development Leadership McKinsey 53

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 20, 2012

The more we learn about Zenger Folkman’s leadership development research and approaches, the more excited we are to be their Canadian Strategic Partner. At risk of sounding like a sleazy late night TV pitch man; Zenger Folkman’s Strengths-Based Leadership Development System is a major revolution in our field.

Leadership Development 45

Leadership Development Development Leadership McKinsey 45

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It isn’t overstating the obvious to establish that, just like the muscles in our bodies, EI skills must be used and developed, then used and developed some more. It must be noted that Generation Z is wide-eyed and watchful, soaking in and being formed by these leadership lessons. In the classic HBR article “ What Makes a Leader?

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

The data show that every industry values the same 6 leadership competencies. Participative management. Army Leadership Trend Report. Given the extensive leadership development training that these leaders already undergo to deal with the harsh realities they face on the job, this shouldn’t be surprising either.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you are in any doubt that collaborative leadership is an imperative, and not just a fad, take a look at any of the 22 articles in the Harvard Business Review series on collaboration. According to John Chambers , CEO of Cisco, “You cannot create collaboration is you think leadership is about control.” Networks are messy.

Competitive Advantage 282

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. Leadership and culture development to build capacity for implementation planning wasn’t on the agenda. Leadership team dynamics and culture development are entwined. What’s Your Plan for Planning?

Planning 52

Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2016

While the presenting issue – resolving a budget shortfall, agreeing on a new strategy, or choosing which products to develop – is undoubtedly important, it’s often an unstated, underlying issue that stands in the way of a solution. They use multiple opportunities to participate and flexible ways to share perspectives.

Bond 50

Bond Participative McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 50

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

McKinsey partners Venkat Atluri and Miklós Dietz illuminate that change in The Ecosystem Economy. The question is, how do we adapt and participate in this ecosystem economy? Will you participate in someone else’s ecosystem? And this is basically how we think of business today. But that is changing. Or a little of both?

Supply Chain 310

Supply Chain Real Estate Automotive McKinsey 310

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. However, as leaders in the new AT&T now realize, the old command-and-control model of leadership will not encourage the creativity and responsiveness needed to get tomorrow’s job done.

Follow-up 147

Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that the labor force participation of women in their prime, aged between 25 and 54, has increased to 77.8 Labor force participation rates are also clear on the fact that working mothers with younger children (aged below 5) were less likely to participate in the workforce earlier.

GDP 98

GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Such sleep deficiencies can undermine important forms of leadership behavior and eventually hurt financial performance. This article will explore the link between sleep and leadership before discussing solutions that can improve both individual well-being and organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Leadership 8

Leadership McKinsey Stress Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Managing engagement requires new leadership skills. New leadership skills are required. Engaging leaders use their experience, insight, and knowledge of the organization’s business and culture to help people make sense of changes and to better participate in them. Invest in your people. Focus on a higher purpose.

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

“Because you’re from McKinsey and I want to work there,” he replied. MiB was founded through Stern’s Leadership Development Program in partnership with NYU’s Global Spiritual Life program. He began his lecture to a packed auditorium with a question: “Why did you all come here today?”

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Audience McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I earned my MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 2000, and since 2007 I’ve been an Instructor and an internal coach back at the GSB, helping hundreds of students develop their leadership and interpersonal skills. Practical leadership and management skills. Here’s how I respond to those inquiries.

Supply Chain 19

Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

For all of the books (thousands) written on leadership, individuals (millions) who have participated in leadership seminars and dollars (billions) invested in leadership development, too many leadership experts still fail to distinguish between the practice of leadership and the exercise of bureaucratic power.

How To 8

How To Bureaucracy McKinsey Seminar 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Growing up on a Missouri farm, Walt Disney developed a love for drawing after his neighbor, a retired doctor known as “Doc” Sherwood, paid him to draw pictures of his horse. We told participants that we would pay them for whatever problems they reported they had solved. Examples abound.

Influence 8

Influence Bottom-up McKinsey Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? Lynanne Kunkle, VP-Global Talent Development and HR-Asia for Whirlpool, is a case in point. HR strategy is an expertise that takes years to fully develop.”. Bring on the quants.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Escaping that rut and rethinking who gets a seat at the table just might be the most urgent leadership imperative of our day. If you want to derive all of the insight and benefits of inviting broad participation in charting your organization's future, it's not enough to just ask for ideas. The effect?

COO 11

COO Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Strategy 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Peer-to-peer learning can be a powerful development tool that breaks through some common barriers to skill-building — and it has other benefits as well. One of the participants, John, confronted his employee Mark about his missed deadlines, a pattern which had been negatively affecting the team. Learning to Learn. Erika Andersen.

How To 13

How To Participative Construction Learning-by-Doing 13

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

They develop action plans. Specific objectives for each member, Participative decision making, Explicit time period, and. Managing for Value – Governance, change management, organizational culture, communication, leadership. Move towards developing a long-term relationship with a single supplier. Workforce planning.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

New research by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) finds that every U.S. To give an idea of the considerable challenges that the United States faces, there are just 66 women for every 100 men in business leadership and managerial positions. Half of U.S. We found that about $2.1 Women do about double the unpaid care work of men.

GDP 8

GDP Policies McKinsey Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. What makes it useful, though, is the understanding that has developed over time as these criteria have been used to determine which ideas are truly innovative and which aren’t.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

Based on one recent analysis of the over 300 NFL prospects who participated in the Combine, only two of the top ten players with the strongest performance for their position went to nationally ranked schools. How can companies get started on this transition?

Company 8

Company Sports CEO Tools 8