Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

According to McKinsey , many CEOs struggle to identify people good at innovation -- the “intrapreneurs” within their organizations who possess the rare mix of skills, motivation and attitude to successfully bring new ideas to market. It’s not about skill, but how they react when you pass them the ball. Why is that?

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Innovation Team How To Uncertainty 227

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 23, 2020

4 Leadership Skills for Crisis Management (Daniel Goleman, using your emotional intelligence) 4. How a Good Leader Reacts to a Crisis (HBR) 6. Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges (McKinsey) 7. Crisis Management: The Overlooked Leadership Skill (CFO) 9. (Forbes) 2.

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Crisis Article Crisis Management Goleman 283

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In this context, I read a fantastic article by McKinsey titled “ Future proof: Solving the ‘adaptability paradox’ for the long term ” with great interest (HT to Helen Bevan for sharing it). It’s not so much a skill as a meta-skill—learning how to learn and being conscious of when to put that learner’s mind into action.

Short-term 172

Short-term Tactics McKinsey Long-term 172

Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly , a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” Reflection that is not translated into new and consistent action is a recipe for failure if the goal is helping people to learn a new skill.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McKinsey 147

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Considering that most change efforts only succeed 30% of the time, Scott Keller and Bill Schaninger (both McKinsey partners) put forth a change model to increase the odds of success (upwards of 79% of the time) in Beyond Performance 2.0. Assess : Skill-set requirements. Architect : Bankable plan. Act : Ownership model.

Hamel 280

Hamel Objective McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 280

CO2

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After all, reaching the pinnacle of one’s career, achieving a lifelong goal, or mastering a skill provides a sense of completion. A McKinsey report highlights that leaders who engage in ongoing personal development are 1.5 It’s about refining one’s vision and learning how to inspire and elevate those around you.

Leadership 78

Leadership McKinsey Report Goal 78

Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2023

The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. But you're ambitious.

Books 245

Books Leadership Middle Management Chemicals 245

Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2016

Digital strategy: Understanding the Economics of Disruption via @McKinsey. How to Build a Great Reputation by @FSonnenberg. Creativity: An Undervalued Leadership Skill by Ron Burg. #1 From @WallyBock One last time: how do you motivate people? Staying one step ahead at Pixar: An interview with Ed Catmull via @McKinsey.

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McKinsey Fashion Construction Reputation 150

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

McKinsey predicts that by 2030, over 25 million jobs in the United States will be automated. There are four uniquely human skills that currently meet that criteria: 1. Being able to manage one’s emotions; generate positive emotions; and be highly sensitive to the emotional state of others will be important human skills.

Career 231

Career Learning-by-Doing McKinsey Agility 231

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In this context, I read a fantastic article by McKinsey titled “ Future proof: Solving the ‘adaptability paradox’ for the long term ” with great interest (HT to Helen Bevan for sharing it). It’s not so much a skill as a meta-skill—learning how to learn and being conscious of when to put that learner’s mind into action.

Short-term 91

Short-term Tactics McKinsey Long-term 91

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Developing the skills to engage team members is important. In years to come, when equilibrium between employers and employees normalises, the investment in these skills now will be returned in spades. As a leader you are obligated to develop your skills to influence and support each and every team member.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

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. How to Bounce Back from a Big Mistake at Work via @TalentCulture @MeghanMBiro. How to Build Business Acumen on a Budget by @Julie_WG. via @McKinsey.

Emotional Intelligence 162

Emotional Intelligence McKinsey Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 162

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

T HE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S Future of Jobs Report lists complex problem-solving as the number one skill for jobs in 2020. Yet these skills are rarely taught. McKinsey alums Charles Conn and Rob McLean teach us how to be bulletproof problem solvers using a simple 7-steps approach.

Disaggregation 220

Disaggregation Analysis McKinsey Process 220

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

Moving projects from research into production was proving challenging, whether due to the lack of skills, the need for processes to be re-engineered, or various other factors that hampered the scaling of AI successfully. Signs of change. A survey conducted this year by NewVantage suggests things are changing.

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Company Survey McKinsey Project 121

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Here are a selection of tweets from December 2017 that you might have missed: How to lead a group of experts, or, how to be a president of presidents by @profkjmoore. Learn from Lincoln how to elevate the quality of our thinking by Chris Brady @RascalTweets. Putting lifelong learning on the CEO agenda via @McKinsey.

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McKinsey Learning-by-Doing CEO Quality 162

Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Some people seem to have a natural talent for leading, while others struggle to grasp how to do it. By contrast, McKinsey & Company is an organization that demonstrates the benefits of developing leaders who stand out. To many, leadership is an elusive role. Great leaders are not necessarily born, however.

Quality 166

Quality Leadership McKinsey Training 166

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers Chuck Wall The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, [.].

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Kleiner Schein Blog McKinsey 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Nora Gardner, William Wolf, and Devin McGranahan for The McKinsey Quarterly website, published by McKinsey & Company. Although the thrust of the material is focused on larger organizations, there are some key points relevant to all organizations, whatever their size and nature may be.

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McKinsey How To Article Company 80

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In fact, according to a study conducted by McKinsey & Company, those who attempt to affect change by concentrating on changing mindset are four times more likely to succeed than those who focus only on changing behavior. How to allow others to be fully responsible--to both plan and execute. To quit waiting on others to change.

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McKinsey eBook Objective Diversity 70

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings?

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The mindsets and practices of excellent CEOs via @McKinsey. Developing the Mindset and Skill Set of a Servant Leader by @kenblanchard via @BKpub. How To Be a Tough Leader Without Being a Jerk by @WScottCochrane. How to Draft the Conversational Case™ for Your Idea by @tamadear. The Sneaker Principles from @wallybock.

Polanyi 36

Polanyi Servant Leader McKinsey Entrepreneur 36

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. Analyze hiring practices by competitors and see what benefits they offer Keep an eye on research reports that are put out by organizations like Deloitte, McKinsey, SHRM, etc.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 21, 2015

You can too with a simple assessment tool that provides insights as to how to most effectively lead the unique members of your team. The real insight lies in practical advice on how to lead those folks to improve their performance. Some don’t have the skills they need to do their job. It’s trite and isn’t at all practical.

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Leadership McKinsey Cost Comparison 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

There’s an old story about a tourist who asks a New Yorker how to get to the storied concert venue Carnegie Hall and is told, “Practice, practice, practice.” Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. Thomas J Peterson/Getty Images.

Skills 15

Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

John shares: “Sometimes it is helpful to think about the critical skills for giving feedback to others. Taking a moment to be more deliberate about how we offer feedback to others can help to improve the way that we deliver our messages more effectively.” Communication. ” Connect with John on Twitter at @JohnRStoker.

Leadership Development 238

Leadership Development Development Leadership Crisis 238

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

Company 98

Company Diversity Career Quality 98

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings?

CEO 94

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 94

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Given that I’ve written about how to design great leadership development programs , I thought it might make for an interesting case study to share with readers how I applied a lifetime of leadership development expertise to this program. Hard business skills are assumed to be a given. The right topics.

Leadership Development 249

Leadership Development Development Committee Leadership 249

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings?

CEO 86

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 86

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As such it is concerned with how to gain people’s commitment to the achievement of an organization’s business goals and objectives in a number of different situations.” Feedback Sharing A McKinsey survey of 12,000 managers found that managers believed “candid, insightful feedback” to be crucial to career growth.

Schein 98

Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings?

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings?

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.” Learn how to support colleagues and be flexible with them to enable success. Training for gig workers and focusing on soft skills, data literacy, including Artificial Intelligence and data analytics.

Efficiency 105

Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Everyone tells you that decision-making skills are important but no one tells you how to improve decision-making skills to a point where your decisions are good. Gaining confidence in your own decision-making skills is necessary in order to improve decision-making skills.

Skills 40

Skills How To PR Long-term 40

Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

In a recent report, the Center for a New American Security noted that one of the main barriers to hiring veterans is that businesses struggle to understand how military skills translate to increasing their bottom line. That’s why we decided to use our Benchmarks database to see how a sample of U.S. industry leader ratings.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

According to McKinsey, fewer than 25% of executives use the strategic planning process to drive decision making, and only 14% believe it involves the talent of employees so it’s worth thinking about making strategy engaging before there even is a strategy in place. The strategy might require new skills or actions.

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Strategy McKinsey Strategic Planning Fashion 163

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52