Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management. Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. The results are in: what does the CMI community think?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 6, 2010

As women, we have an important responsibility to be aware of the positive impact we can have if we make the time to mentor others. Because there are fewer women in positions of power, we are often observed closely by others as models of leadership in the workplace. Oh, and by the way.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? I really like the "what if" Zappos example. Thanks again for a fantastic opportunity to comment on a great topic.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. There are endless examples of professional goals that you could set for yourself based on your own preferences and the field that you work in.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

I accepted the position anyway because it was a promotion and increase in salary. However, for three years the position offered one bad experience after the other. After three years, the position was eliminated. Another example is from a friend who was interviewing with a company as an account executive.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

These are some examples of why I think values and their purpose is essential to any discussion of vision and mission. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2012

Too often, worthwhile initiatives are pushed aside because they do not receive the critical level of support needed to move forward – merit and positive cost-benefit alone are not typically enough to ‘sell’ an idea. Recommended Resource – Finance Without Fear. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. A content writing service, for example, plays a valuable support role in product development. Ten Best Cities to Stage an Economic Revival Location is the other piece of the stimulus puzzle.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Using “Buddy the Elf” as an example for the four steps to brand building, this week we’ll discuss steps three and four: developing brand identification and meaning, and developing relationships with customers. Brand loyalty is key to cultivating repeat customers who spread positive word of mouth feedback about your product or service.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 5, 2011

If you are interested in a promotion for example, don’t assume that your boss knows what you want. How often in your career have you held back from asking for something (a promotion, flex time, a raise, a new office, etc) because you feared rejection? You may be very disappointed when you are passed over for that job. State your case.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. And it is truly fascinating.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

In organizations, for example, when we have researched workplace leadership styles, women tend to excel in listening, empathizing and sharing information, while men often stand out in short-term decision making, direct communication and curbing their emotions. In fact, men excel at certain traits and women shine with different skills.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

How, then, do I maintain a robust network of people who continue to like and care for me, as well as a list of referrers who literally feed me by sending me leads, partnership opportunities, writing positions, and paid gigs? Here are five examples of how I’ve used social networking for my business.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

Consider doing a “search&# on the job position you desire and location you desire to see a list of people in that situation. For example, I am a part of my alumni group within LinkedIn, which is a great place to hear news and to “virtually meet&# with other classmates. Are you a job-seeker? 5) Testimonials count.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

A constant stream of “no’s&# is not a positive sign, it’s a warning sign that needs to be heeded. But a leader has to be able to grow other leaders, no matter what their title and position. This post is a great example of facing up to the expedient and popular trend of using no as a silver bullet.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

If, for example, you are trying to find out from one of your team why their colleague didn’t include the requested statistics in a report you were just handed, something along the lines of, “Is he having trouble finding them? For example, “I understand if you want to check in with X. Had a family emergency?”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. We need to look to leadership examples of truly radical, innovative, in-your-face teams like that at Nucor Steel. How sad is this?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. Sometimes you sense that something isn’t right at work.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

You see, almost all of the positive indicators above were enabled by or forced on banks by people working for us the taxpayers (by which I mean Congress, the Federal Reserve, and financial regulators). You can make a lot of money in finance doing things that are bound blow up in someone's face a few years down the road.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Build it and they will come is never an effective strategy, so be open to new ways of positioning your services and reinvent what makes you unique. The Most Talked About Barrier- Work/Life Balance There are many many role models and examples of women. or “how do you educate current or new patients about your services?”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. We are prone to make bad, and sometimes unethical judgements when there is greater pressure to “get’er done,” versus to get things done ethically, safely, or legally. Some people would call these virtues and they are.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. What should it never do?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In a study in partnership with American Express for my new book , we found that while managers have a negative view of Gen Y, employees from this generation generally have a positive view of their managers. Employees feel that their managers have experience (59%), wisdom (41%) and are willing to mentor them (33%).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Yet rarely do conflict-of-interest policies begin with a positive statement endorsing the importance of collaboration for successful translational research, advancing health, and enhancing the productivity of the biomedical enterprise. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? The arrangement works well because many of the projects are closely related to promoting efficiency and increasing productivity, as well as supporting Transdev competitive position.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Could lean manufacturing have a similar positive impact on jobs in the developing world? The International Labor Organization promotes upgraded human resource management practices through its Better Work program, a partnership with the International Finance Corporation that now reaches factories in eight developing countries.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Or as Igor Linkov, a coauthor, posits: "Can we design our countermeasures in a way that no matter what the threat is we still manage to do our best to recover fast?" For example, one of eHarmony’s competitive advantages in the matchmaking market is that it limits competition on both sides of the match.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight." Third, and last, be proud.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

” Lastly, by looking at historical data on publicly traded companies, a team of finance professors set out to build an algorithm to choose the best board members for a given company. This work will likely become even more important as less-transparent algorithms like deep learning become more common.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

The field attracts the most students, enjoys the attention of policy-makers and journalists, and gains notice, both positive and negative, from other scientists.". On the really big questions — how to run the economy, for example — the mainstream view described by Lazear has continued to dominate.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

Pay close attention to ethics and research a company before joining. Minorities stereotypically associated with particular criminal enterprises (for example, Latinos and the drug trade in the U.S.) Most job-seekers do not conduct enough research on the organizations they join.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. For example, consider the Economist ’s Big Mac index , which measures the cost of a Big Mac in various countries in terms of its difference from the average Big Mac price in the United States.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. This is a relatively new client, but I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt his positivity sets the tone for the entire organization and has produced incredible results.

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