Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Joel Answers: Let’s start by demystifying what leadership actually means. To many, leadership is an elusive role. Leaders focus on the vision.

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Quality Leadership McKinsey Training 166

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

But as my guest in this episode of my Leadership Biz Cafe podcast points out, that doesn’t mean there aren’t measures Black professionals can take at the individual level so they can succeed and thrive in today’s corporate environment.

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McKinsey Mentor Diversity Career 130

CO2

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Lito Tejada-Flores In the world of leadership and personal growth, this quote resonates deeply. This is the essence of the leadership evolution journey. Embracing the Climb: A Journey of Continuous Growth The path to leadership is not linear. You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory.

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Leadership McKinsey Innovation Learning-by-Doing 78

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. To tackle these issues, for the past five years, the new trend in executive hiring has been the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) role.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? Why Hire Executive Coach as a CEO? This is why hire an executive coach! This is why hire an executive coach! Why Hire Executive Coach – Get You Unstuck How do we become aware of our mental models?

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? Why Hire an Executive Coaching as a CEO? This is why hire an executive coach! This is why hire an executive coach! Why Hire Executive Coaches – Get You Unstuck How do we become aware of our mental models?

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 23, 2020

Focus On Trust: Successful Leadership In Times Of Crisis.(Forbes) 6 Ways You Can Show True Leadership During a Crisis (Inc.) 4 Leadership Skills for Crisis Management (Daniel Goleman, using your emotional intelligence) 4. Crisis leadership Guiding the organization through uncertainty and chaos (Deloitte) 5. Forbes) 2.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

By: Gary Cohen Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. This is just one reason why you would hire an executive coach.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The N2Growth Leaders25 Awards are considered to be the Oscars of professional excellence for Board and C-level executives. He is the total package – a team player people love to work with and for. “Great CHROs are worth their weight in gold. “What makes a great CHRO, great?

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Why Listen to Leadership Podcasts? These podcasts are a valuable resource for anyone looking to refine their leadership skills and strategies.

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Emotional Intelligence Blanchard Leadership McKinsey 52

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 20, 2015

Great leaders get the best out of their teams by providing 12 core leadership “services” The best leaders provide these services in an efficient and effective way. . Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, co-author of the new book Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results. .

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2018

Leadership and Authenticity Excellent piece by @edbatista "Because going against our natural inclinations can make us feel like impostors, we tend to latch on to authenticity as an excuse for sticking with what's comfortable.". 3 Weak Phrases You Should Drop From Your Leadership by @WScottCochrane. via @KateNasser.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Innovation 157

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

Not all of this is news to chief executives and other business leaders. In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. ACCELERATING UPSKILL.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

here’s no shortage of leadership advice on the internet, but figuring out which resources are actually valuable can feel like information overload. To help you cut through the noise, we’ve curated 10 of our favorite leadership blogs and podcasts for 2022 on leadership strategy and development. Tanveer Naseer Leadership.

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Blog Leadership McKinsey Globalization 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 25, 2016

The call for greater diversity at senior leadership levels is not new, although it has itself become more inclusive, extending beyond gender, race and ethnicity, to encompass age, education, socioeconomic background and sexual orientation, as well as experience, skills and talent. As early as 2004, research by Catalyst, Inc.

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Diversity McKinsey Team Leadership 50

Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2018

Here are a selection of tweets from May 2018 that you might have missed: Journaling Can Boost Your Leadership Skills by Eric McNulty @RicherEarth via @stratandbiz. 10 Ideas to Help You Strive to Become Your Best Leadership Self Daily by @artpetty. 3 Proven Strategies for Leading Virtual Teams by @RandyConley. via @McKinsey.

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Emotional Intelligence McKinsey Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 161

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Developing the skills to engage team members is important. The risk of not getting leadership and culture ‘right’ are significant. 1) The levels of engagement continue to be alarming for Executive Leaders…or at least, they should be. It’s about understanding how important leadership and engagement are.

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Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2019

During a break in a recent leadership development workshop, I talked with the HR Director (let’s call him Rich) about all the work they were putting into revamping the organization’s promotion and performance management system. And Rich was failing his executive team by not providing strategic HR leadership.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 16, 2021

– Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. – Winston Churchill. No one wants to work for a grouch.

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Positioning Emotional Intelligence Goleman Competitive Advantage 109

HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

HR has thrived during this difficult time and helped in transforming organizations where the function is well led, has strong senior stakeholder support, has prioritized leadership development , and has already commenced a digital transformation journey. times more likely to report organizational outperformance, McKinsey research has shown.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Organization 98

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Per the 2014 McKinsey research study of 1323 companies involved in organization redesign, less than a quarter of those transformation efforts succeeded. They have planned, designed, executed, and sustained organizational transformation in a holistic, structured way. These organizations have developed strong transformation capability.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Mid-February brought the visually-engaging, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Mid-February brings the beautifully presented, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 21, 2015

That’s where great leaders go to get more out of their teams. You can too with a simple assessment tool that provides insights as to how to most effectively lead the unique members of your team. We call that second piece “leadership capital.” The result of those comparisons is the Leadership Matrix (or “the box” for short).

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Thanks a million!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

My experience so far suggests that these time-bound and finite interventions fail over a long run in developing leadership capabilities. They needed a change in mindset and not just techniques, process or best practices in leadership. Use of incorrect “make-believe” metrics to gauge effectiveness of leadership development programs.

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Training Development McKinsey Long-term 172

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

An amazing group of seven women, The Chipsters, who are also IP Lawyers, tell us why companies with women in top positions are run better and why without Steve Jobs, Apple is doomed unless they get some women in their executive team. Click here to read the original article on Forbes. They do not have confidence in their abilities.

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Diversity McKinsey Execution Team 202

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. 1 Connecting authentically as a fellow human with what the team is experiencing is what really sets the stage for strong business recovery and growth.

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Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 10, 2014

Guest post By Jeremy Eden and Terri Long: When corporate leaders make decisions about a new idea, something we call “executive exuberance” often plays a deceptive role. The best antidote to “executive exuberance” is also the best way to tap more of your corporate brainpower. This presents a big challenge to many executives.

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Mission Statement Document Execution McKinsey 270

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. Managers in the room learned little more than they already knew about the executive's personally. My work on leadership development in the U.S.

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Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

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. Too often, teams get mired in operational details and debates over minor issues. What’s Your Plan for Planning?

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Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. Try this simple test.

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Strategic Planning Balanced Scorecard Planning Kotter 78

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

It empowers team members to think better, feel better, listen better, and perform better. Google, Apple, McKinsey & Co., Take the first step–for yourself and for your team–and see what rewards await. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Stress Workshop Crisis McKinsey 141

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

The data show that every industry values the same 6 leadership competencies. While industry leaders need to build collaborative relationships with their peers to fulfill key business objectives such as launching a product, Army leaders must do the same when executing key mission objectives such as coalition-based peacekeeping.

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Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2013

Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. Polzer Lockheed''s "Skunk Works" McKinsey & Company Organization Science Talk the Disney animators who created classic films such as Snow White and Bambi The Manhattan Project Xerox PARC'

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