Coaching Tip

MAY 8, 2015

An in-depth, global, executive study used as the basis of the report shows that a full half of respondents do not feel their organizations have a solid pipeline of “ready now” leadership candidates. . One of the issues, according to Jim Peters, senior partner and global head of Succession Management at Korn Ferry, is timing.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

After seven years of work with leading global companies using their counterintuitive approaches, Jack and Joe updated their book in with a second edition in 2009. This edition featured 20 key insights on leadership development. Leadership is needed and occurs at all levels throughout the organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

High energy levels to adequately accommodate the increase in time demands that occurs between ascending levels of leadership. · A take-charge approach , characterized by a more directive style of leadership that entails regularly delegating tasks and imposing action.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 24, 2015

“Not surprisingly, our same study also identified developing leaders as one of the top talent management priorities in 2015,” noted Kristen Leverone, Senior Vice President for Lee Hecht Harrison’s Global Talent Development Practice. Difficulties retaining top talent can also be another impeding factor to building a leadership pipeline.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Horton believes that the scope of DEI efforts have broadened to include how companies engage with communities, shape social issues, and contribute to global initiatives. Succession Planning Tops the List According to a recent survey by KPMG, succession planning is the top concern for CEOs globally.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2020

But recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the global human resource (HR) technology market, particularly in North America. According to the global HR tech VC report for Q1 2019, there’s significant rise in investing in HR technology market. A handful of companies dominated the market, all them strong, pedestrian.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

A good present-day example of this type of leadership can be found in Virgin Group Ltd, a very successful corporation renowned for its presence in a wide variety of global markets. Legendary corporate icons such as Lee Iaccoca and Jack Welsh would clearly fall into this category.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others.

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Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

There are a number of reasons why organizations “harvest” their future leaders by assuming that the best candidates will naturally achieve success with some development (such as challenging assignments or coaching) and can then be picked up and placed into leadership roles, according to a recent McKinsey article.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

With this in mind, my firm Universum recently conducted a survey to determine what the best global employers are doing to convince workers to join and stay with them. L’Oreal, for example, uses the homepage of its global careers website to clarify the characteristics the brand looks for in ideal candidates for every position.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001. Gina presents frequently at conferences, industry events, and corporate events on a variety of leadership, project and process-focused topics. References.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

However, given the unrelenting pace of technological change and globalization, plus an anemic world economy, organizations now need leaders who can effectively respond to constantly evolving business opportunities and threats, and chart a path to sustainable growth. So what gets in the way of launching better leadership development?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

I reached that conclusion in 2007, after working with Nitin Nohria, the current dean of Harvard Business School, and colleagues at the executive search firm Egon Zehnder to gauge the effects of three factors – globalization , demographics, and leadership pipelines – on competition for senior talent in large organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

These emerging economies have a pivotal role to play in the future of the global economy. In the annual "Session C" reviews , the CEO meets with leaders from across GE's business units to understand the future leadership pipeline. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center, The Next Generation of Global Leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

The number of chief executive officers who were dismissed from their jobs at large global companies fell to a record low last year. We found that failed successions are typically a result of boards not paying close enough attention to the senior leadership pipeline. In 2004, the global rate was 7.7%

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2014

Leadership development is the number one priority for human resources (HR) leaders globally, according to Talent Management : Accelerating Business Performance , a survey by Right Management, the career and talent management experts within ManpowerGroup. Other key findings from the study on talent management include : .

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I wasn't feeling like another assault of skepticism and denial of global trends. In a counter-intuitive way, I have found that denying difference is a very effective way of eliminating women from the leadership pipeline. Landing in Dubai, I was already steeling myself for a muscular session. So much for stereotypes.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a 2014 survey from Deloitte , 86% of business leaders know that their organizations’ future depends on the effectiveness of their leadership pipelines — but a survey of 2,200 global HR leaders found that only 13% are confident in their succession plans, with 54% reporting damage to their businesses due to talent shortages.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Several years ago, one global energy company commissioned an internal task force to review the status of women and minorities in its leadership pipeline. Reporting to the executive staff, the task force found insufficient gender and racial diversity in the pipeline, including Asian diversity, and recommended specific actions.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

I wasn't feeling like another assault of skepticism and denial of global trends. In a counter-intuitive way, I have found that denying difference is a very effective way of eliminating women from the leadership pipeline. Landing in Dubai, I was already steeling myself for a muscular session. So much for stereotypes.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

When I asked last week if women were dissatisfied enough to force change in the corporate world , my post triggered off a global debate. That's because women managers usually have to fit into organizational molds that force them to opt out of the workforce, resulting in what experts describe as a leaking leadership pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In one such instance, an officer received across-the-board accolades from his global staff — they considered him to be a “stellar leader” and a “role model.” We can also deliver greater exposure to strategic roles and/or global assignments. It gives the board greater confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

By 2020, they aspire to have a global workforce where 40% of management and higher-level roles are held by women and a U.S.-based Omar Ishrak (Medtronic) heads their diversity council and signs off on all diversity goals, such as increasing the diversity of their board of directors and diversity in their management and executive ranks.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

Other factors, such as a thin leadership pipeline , relentless emphasis on performance improvement, increased supply chain integration, continual new product introductions, and the demands of regulatory compliance, make intense learning an essential task in most jobs today.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

When Paul Bulcke was appointed CEO of global food giant Nestle in 2008, he put the issue of women and gender at the top of his Executive Committee's agenda. Although Nestle's consumers and "shoppers," as they are referred to, were about 80% female, only 3% of managers in the company's leadership pipeline were women.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder. Japanese professionals had higher potential than the global average but lower competence. Just look at the leaders of ANZ, the global banking group headquartered in Melbourne. What we found was an incredible paradox.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Managers striving to make their way up the leadership pipeline tend to manage up, forgetting that their connection to the layers below is often what makes them invaluable to seniors whose sponsorship they hope to attract. For example, recently we were in a meeting discussing the results of a global people survey.

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