The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 31, 2012

During the first part of the morning I delivered a 90 minute overview of the unique and revolutionary Strengths-Based Leadership Development System. Each provided a 10 minute overview on how they’ve been using the Strengths-Based Leadership System so effectively in their organizations. It’s really a weakness analysis.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

As a junior researcher, I had the unenviable task of collecting saliva samples from dozens of participants. The post How to Bring Breakthrough Ideas to Life first appeared on Skip Prichard | Leadership Insights. It seemed that there was a genetic propensity to becoming an entrepreneur. Image Credit: Sergey Turkin.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. Firms with the most ethnically diverse executive teams were 33% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability, and those with executive-level gender diversity worldwide had a 21% likelihood of outperforming their industry competitors.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” The Spanish novelist and dramatist, Cervantes, wrote, “By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.” Participants text/e-mail, take phone calls, and wander in and out of meetings. Participants cut each other off and engage in side conversations. How do your meeting participants feel?

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Agility Emotional Intelligence Goleman Participative 131

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

In our experience, it's rare for a diverse group of headstrong Executive Education participants from around the globe to agree on anything. While the sample size in this case isn't large — about three-dozen leaders took part in the survey — these participants make up a highly representative group.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And worldwide they are catching up to men in levels of education and workforce participation. Their lack of gender diversity affects the bottom line. Once these foundations are in place long enough for a cadre of women to have been prepared for leadership, the quota can be removed. The quota policy has its critics.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Doctors were once viewed as ill-prepared for leadership roles because their selection and training led them to become “heroic lone healers.” The emphasis on patient-centered care and efficiency in the delivery of clinical outcomes means that physicians are now being prepared for leadership. ” But this is changing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

As part of this process, we formally surveyed more than 150 executives; the sample represented a broad cross-section of health care, with respondents serving in leadership roles at organizations as diverse as physician practices, hospitalist staffing agencies and large health systems.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This helped us build a rich picture about how they and others connect their hobbies to their leadership. Many CEOs opined that the complexity of the top job has increased dramatically, with diverse constituencies requiring their attention at any given time, and that they can never stop thinking about it, even in their free time.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The term was coined in a 2016 HBR cover story from leadership and psychology professors Rob Cross, Reb Rebele, and Adam Grant. For instance, the brain craves certainty, and being explicit about meeting participants’ roles offers it. That way, people can be excluded without the sting of feeling excluded.

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Project How To Brainstorming Energy 14

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

For example, GE's investment in water technologies is well known, and its leadership stems from its ecomagination portfolio of products. Several of these innovators participated in recent competitions such as the annual ImagineH2O and the CleanTech Open.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

More than technical competence, business results, or team leadership ability — these leaders agreed — visibility is the most important factor for advancement. ” The same pattern happened for leadership skills. We then asked them to name the most-critical factors for promotion to their level.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The country has been cited as a standout on the gender-gap front, consistently recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a leader based on evaluation of four domains: economic participation and opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment, and health and survival. Recent estimates put the percentage at 7.5% for men).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

Black women continue to be sorely underrepresented in leadership roles in corporate America. Yet, at the same time, many of our participants expressed feeling invisible. For example, Pamela (Managing Director, financial services) noted, “Everyone said to me, ‘do not take that [chief diversity officer] job.’

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. We found, alas, that FOB boards trailed behind non-FOB boards on diversity. Director Profiles.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The sidebar “Inside the Work Wardrobes of Five Fabulous Men” contains vignettes of several participants from my research (using pseudonyms to protect their anonymity). These men represent the range of demographics, occupations, and clothing styles in my sample. ” Olu. But at what cost?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Despite the ever-growing business case for diversity, roughly 85% of board members and executives are white men. Many have started investing hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity initiatives each year. Participants indicated the extent to which they agreed that each candidate was the best for the job. 03; p < 05).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

To answer the first question: Yes, there are gender differences in the participation of men and women in some STEM fields among college students , and these differences do contribute to the underrepresentation of women in STEM professions. Women are also significantly underrepresented in top leadership positions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

But affiliation doesn’t guarantee enthusiasm, as this sample of survey comments reveals: “On sabbatical from the Democratic party”; “Republican, unless they keep acting like goofballs”; and “Independent (especially this year!). Overall, directors from both sides are bringing diverse strengths to the table.

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