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Making Succession Planning “Real”

Great Leadership By Dan

This question from Jen: “How do you make succession planning a ‘real thing’? We’ve begun a focus on Individual Development Planning – and it is my main cause in life to move names on the chart. Any guidance or best practices around making succession planning real would be very helpful.” They know something must be real when: 1.

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Innovation Begins (and remains) at the Top

Great Leadership By Dan

The maxim “everything looks like a nail to a hammer” is an excellent reminder that every successful innovation effort relies on the people—and all their fears, emotions, and humanness—who must fuel it. Frequently ask others to evaluate, metric and assess your behavior based on your declaration. Create a behavioral manifesto or credo.

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Five Secrets to Successful Rainmaking

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

The Horizons Tracker

Technology advocates argue that the nature of technology, which has often made things either significantly cheaper, or free entirely, provide benefits that are not easily captured by traditional economic metrics of productivity. years old by the time they go public, compared to an average of 2.8 years as recently as 1998.

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Inspiring Employees with a Values-Rich Environment

Strategy Driven

We call this the Values Blueprint method of changing culture and we recommend you engage in a two-day retreat with a group of your best players to hammer out what your values should be and what behaviors best exemplify those values. And you must be courageous enough to fire those who don’t.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. Comprehensive innovation metrics. Once you’ve established the metrics and a baseline, you’re in a position to set specific, unit-by-unit innovation goals, and to fine-tune the innovation engine.

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How to Write a Resume That Stands Out

Harvard Business Review

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. Career planning Job search Managing yourself' . “There’s nothing quick or easy about crafting an effective resume,” says Jane Heifetz, a resume expert and founder of Right Resumes. She felt challenged to keep rewriting and improving.

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