The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2019

During a break in a recent leadership development workshop, I talked with the HR Director (let’s call him Rich) about all the work they were putting into revamping the organization’s promotion and performance management system. And Rich was failing his executive team by not providing strategic HR leadership.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

A study by the Harvard Business Review reveals that prioritizing effective communication amplifies collaboration and innovation, propelling companies 50% ahead of competitors. McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. It must be noted that Generation Z is wide-eyed and watchful, soaking in and being formed by these leadership lessons. McKinsey & Company.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 17, 2023

“Too often company leaders view middle managers in a negative light as expendable employees who can slow down productivity and overall strategy,” explain the book’s authors and McKinsey partners Bill Schaninger , Bryan Hancock , and Emily Field.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 20, 2020

Amar, Carsten Hentrich, and Vlatka Hlupic, “To Be a Better Leader, Give Up Authority,” Harvard Business Review. ” Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. ” Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change.

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HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

HR has thrived during this difficult time and helped in transforming organizations where the function is well led, has strong senior stakeholder support, has prioritized leadership development , and has already commenced a digital transformation journey. times more likely to report organizational outperformance, McKinsey research has shown.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Thanks a million!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 14, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet Ramez Naam World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It John A. Byrne HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Communication Editors of Harvard [.]. Jacques Bughin Michael Chui Jeffrey J.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes G. Shawn Hunter The Wisdom of Titans: Secrets of Success from Entrepreneurs Who Rose to the Top William Ferguson The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership […].

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

My experience so far suggests that these time-bound and finite interventions fail over a long run in developing leadership capabilities. They needed a change in mindset and not just techniques, process or best practices in leadership. Use of incorrect “make-believe” metrics to gauge effectiveness of leadership development programs.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2023

The report suggests that businesses take action by promoting diversity in leadership positions, offering flexible work arrangements, and investing in upskilling and reskilling programs. Women’s leadership is essential for addressing the challenges of the pandemic. Women’s jobs are 1.8

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Another CEO we know makes failure part of the review process, asking executives to describe recent failures. All four authors are partners or senior partners at McKinsey & Company. Arora has held various operational and leadership positions with Apple, Sun Microsystems, 3M Groupon, and Staples. He is based in Paris.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 15, 2018

by Tom Peters In 1982, two consultants at McKinsey & Co. The post The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows and Jobs That Last appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. published a book to little fanfare. Now, 36 years later, Peters has published what he calls […].

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Another CEO we know makes failure part of the review process, asking executives to describe recent failures. All four authors are partners or senior partners at McKinsey & Company. Arora has held various operational and leadership positions with Apple, Sun Microsystems, 3M Groupon, and Staples. He is based in Paris.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Her research focuses on leadership and collaboration in professional service firms. Gardner has lived and worked on four continents, including positions with McKinsey & Co. If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes or Stitcher and write a brief review. and Procter & Gamble, and as a Fulbright Scholar.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. Hmm…oh, oh… Looking at the typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 project/operational presentations/reviews and updates.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

The executive wove-in many of the essential threads of the leadership fabric but seemed to fall short of spinning the whole cloth. My work on leadership development in the U.S. My work on leadership development in the U.S. I have also become convinced that with leadership, as with much else, brevity is the soul of wit.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2013

Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. Polzer Lockheed''s "Skunk Works" McKinsey & Company Organization Science Talk the Disney animators who created classic films such as Snow White and Bambi The Manhattan Project Xerox PARC'

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Blank Family Foundation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial […].

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you are in any doubt that collaborative leadership is an imperative, and not just a fad, take a look at any of the 22 articles in the Harvard Business Review series on collaboration. According to John Chambers , CEO of Cisco, “You cannot create collaboration is you think leadership is about control.” Networks are messy.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value Daniel Isenberg Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Omar Manejwala, M.D.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2021

The leader of McKinsey’s Institute for Black Economic Mobility talks about the racial gaps in the U.S. economy.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 16, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business Pamela Ryckman Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood […].

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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. Failure to Focus On Strategy The senior leadership team will often spend less than an hour a month reviewing and discussing the strategic plan.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Performance Reviews The format a company adopts for providing feedback to an employee can determine how the employee accepts and inculcates that feedback. Feedback Sharing A McKinsey survey of 12,000 managers found that managers believed “candid, insightful feedback” to be crucial to career growth.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Diversity in the workplace is good for the bottom line.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People Neil Shubin Finerman’s Rules: Secrets I’d Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life Karen Finerman Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe Tom Asaker Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders Peter (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 31, 2015

Herminia Ibarra is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils, a judge for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Trust, Inc.:

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

McKinsey & Company reported that in 2020 the global market for EDI-related efforts was estimated at $7.5bn, yet at the current rate, it will take another 151 years to close the global economic gender gap. Interview At CMI, we’re hugely privileged to have contributed to many people’s management and leadership journeys.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In a McKinsey survey , 70% of respondents cited work as a defining factor in their sense of purpose—with 63% saying they would like more opportunities to live out that purpose in their day-to-day work. . Recommended Reading: Corporate Purpose Monumental Change Starts with Your Leadership. What are our values? or What’s our purpose?

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In a McKinsey survey , 70% of respondents cited work as a defining factor in their sense of purpose—with 63% saying they would like more opportunities to live out that purpose in their day-to-day work. If people far removed from leadership can answer questions such as What’s our mission? What are our values? or What’s our purpose?

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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. The senior leadership team will often spend less than an hour a month reviewing and discussing the strategic plan. That rests with reason #2.

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LDRLB

MAY 9, 2012

Part One covers participative problem solving with cases from NASA to McKinsey & Co. Leadership book review davenport decision-making manville' While they also have research backing up their claims, Davenport and Manville make this case through twelve case studies divided into 4 sections.

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