Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World leading researcher on the impact of leadership in organizations.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

The best Healthcare Executive Resumes outline human capital management, profitability successes, market share increases in addition to their impressive academic and association credentials that will generate the most calls for interviews. Provide examples on how you attract top talent and manage teams to achieve results.

Tactics 54

Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 54

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and organizational effectiveness. And managers aren’t helping. Understand what you’re evaluated on.

Career 13

Career Development Company Supply Chain 13

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. economy is still in a deep funk, and for many small business owners that means business isn’t exactly booming.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

An example was a discussion session of tired-looking European finance ministers, defensive and elusive about the speed of acting on the Euro crisis. Rather, their biggest barrier by far (about 85% of the time) relates to the internal complexity of their organizations and the management of their energy against that.

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Porter Goleman Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

” Dysfunctional politics can sink an organization, and yet most of the executives I teach react with distaste to the idea of being a savvy organizational politician. Thus it’s important for leaders to understand the forms it can take and how to use it for the well-being of the organization. Yes, it can be self-serving.

Politics 10

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Get the Structure Right: When virtual teams come together from a range of functions —say, finance, operations, HR and IT to work on a cost-management initiative—problems tend to arise from a lack of accountability. There is no Plan B,” says Micah Sharp, GM of Red Giant, “It’s us.”.

Team 8

Team Sharpe Disruptive Innovation Bottom-up 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

“My way or the highway&# thinking, and/or positional dictatorships rarely create the culture and performance demonstrated by winning organizations. “My way or the highway” thinking, and/or positional dictatorships rarely create the culture and performance demonstrated by winning organizations.”

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Along the way, I’ve talked to hundreds of founders, sales and marketing leaders, customer success VPs, and front-line reps about how to build a customer-first SaaS organization. Set up a simple workflow to manage customer requests. This won’t be a “Chief Customer Officer” or a “Customer Success Manager.”

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Upon reflection, I've asked myself why its easier to 'win' at work versus leading on the less organized family front. Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. A couple of reasons stand out.

Blog 414

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. In these organizations, the last few months of the year are spent waiting to set new strategic directions, followed by more months of understanding the new direction. Will taxes go up or down?

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Ganguly, CEO of DimDim, suggested that we organized “virtual book readings” over their platform. Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54