Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Even the people running the Saudi operation were amazed to discover that 19% of the Saudi labour force is female (they thought that was high), while 62% of university graduates are. In a counter-intuitive way, I have found that denying difference is a very effective way of eliminating women from the leadership pipeline.

Leadership Pipeline 14

Leadership Pipeline Trends Diversity Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We surveyed more than 2,500 managers, from 1,000 companies, including over 100 Fortune 500 companies and 70 organizations ranked at the top of Universum’s “World’s Most Attractive Employers” list (a ranking of company preferences among university students in the top 12 economies).

Globalization 8

Globalization Brand Survey Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But building a consistently strong top leadership team is difficult for at least three reasons: the tendency to be loyal to existing members, the lack of management depth to promote from, and many CEOs’ lack of experience in many functional areas. To his surprise, the sales team was relieved; they had been micro-managed.

Leadership 8

Leadership Leadership Pipeline Loyalty CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

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. Yet the all-male leadership team had only a single Swiss national. Over 4,000 Nestle managers were involved in the debate and action planning on gender issues.

Leadership Pipeline 10

Leadership Pipeline CFO Committee Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Even the people running the Saudi operation were amazed to discover that 19% of the Saudi labour force is female (they thought that was high), while 62% of university graduates are. In a counter-intuitive way, I have found that denying difference is a very effective way of eliminating women from the leadership pipeline.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Trends Diversity Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

He argues that it’s the rare CHRO who can serve as a strategic leader for the CEO and also manage the internal concerns of the organization. When HR professionals bring unique insights about talent, leadership, and capability to the senior management dialogue, they add enormous value. We can do better than this.

Charan 8

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

For example, to build capacities for managing stress, watch a series of TED Talks that inspire and educate on successful strategies for stress reduction. Propose a self-managed instructional course for your team or work group, and share responsibility for designing and leading the various elements of the course.

Tacit Knowledge 8

Tacit Knowledge Quality Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 8

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.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

At Cisco, we designed an in-depth executive assessment to help us profile each of our topmost leaders: strengths, development needs, aspirations, strategic capabilities, blind spots, operational capabilities, how they develop their teams, how they fare in big-stage versus one-on-one communications, and so on.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8