Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

It’s co-sponsored by the good folks at SmartBrief on Leadership.   In a fast paced 30 minute format (with brief Q&A following), I’ll share with you: Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in today’s fast-paced, matrixed environment. .  You can sign up for the conversation here. Click Here.

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Seminar Executive Coaching Gordon Letter 148

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

Among the acute political risks facing the world this year, the nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea are serious, no doubt, but the behavior of the 20 major economic powers scare us more: these countries can no longer agree on how the global economy should function. "Oh, Oh, come on," you might say. State Department.

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Politics Gordon Scenario Planning Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

More importantly, business education needs to evolve once again, revising its goals to educate leaders of the future who have a new set of skills: sustainable global thinking, entrepreneurial and innovative talents, and decision-making based on practical wisdom. Historically, business schools have so far been through two waves. STEM-driven.

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Education Drucker Globalization Trends 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Apple, Facebook, Twitter, IBM, PepsiCo, P&G, Stonyfield Farm, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and former British politicians provided me with occasions for pointing to business strategy and leadership lessons, good and bad, that shouldn't be forgotten. Thus, the leadership ranks must be globally diverse. Leaders are always on.

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Gordon Crisis CEO Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

This imperative is less about trademark than linking language to thought leadership. Under the leadership of Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove, Intel crafted the silicon lexicon of Moore’s Law, microprocessors, and megahertz that made digital innovation exponential. Customers Innovation Leadership'

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Gordon Innovation Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2012

"I've tried using different leadership styles, but I can't seem to dispel my team's sense of disengagement," he confessed. "I The reply surprised him, but there's no point in complicating leadership. As I described in a previous post , time-tested leadership traits are quite simple to adopt. Why don't you ask your team?"

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Team Leadership Styles Gordon Advice 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The Gordon-Howell Report in 1959, funded by the Ford Foundation, criticized the weak scientific foundation of business education, suggesting that professors were more like quacks than serious scholars. Business education Education Leadership development' We need to merge business experience and academia far more than now.

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Education Drucker Gordon Scientific Management 8

Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

To celebrate the launch, my publisher is enabling us to extend, for the next week, a range of complementary Next Level leadership development opportunities for those who can pre-order copies of the book through Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in a competitive marketplace.

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Webinar Workshop Executive Coaching Execution 144

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The CEO of a large, global bank once told me: “It is very easy for someone in my position to be very busy all the time. Leadership is not just about doing things, it is also about thinking. Because it means that you don’t have much time to think and reflect. Make time for it.

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Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. Steve Schulze, CEO Nekter Juice bar.

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Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2012

The following table, based on IMF projections, is a list of the top 20 global economic powers (by GDP): Other mature but smaller democracies have huge debt-to-GDP ratios as well, including Greece (166), Ireland (109), and Portugal (106). And many of the world's top debt holders are its largest and most powerful democracies.

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GDP Maturity Gordon Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

Being able to recruit globally is supposed to help tech powerhouses like Facebook and Amazon find the talent they need. a competitive edge in the global war for tech talent. The program is most often associated with the tech industry, where H-1B workers hold about 12%–13% of jobs , according to a Goldman Sachs report.

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Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 8