Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. Several years ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a PhRMA Fellow.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ever since Oxford’s Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published their paper on the potential for jobs to be automated in 2013, a groundswell of concern has emerged about the impact of the various technologies of the 4th industrial revolution might have on the jobs market. It’s a narrative that has an element of truth to it.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Half report experiencing feelings of loneliness in their role, and 61 percent of those who experience loneliness believe it hinders their performance. Those just moving into the top ranks are particularly susceptible—nearly 70 percent of first-time CEOs who experience loneliness report that the feelings negatively affect their performance.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

95 on the 2013 list, Mars boasts employees who love not only the products they make but also the office culture and the company's long-standing principles. For example, a typical Mars plant manager influences associates by his or her ability to pace development of operational systems and innovative approaches. Mars, who died in 1934.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The people who I am coaching are all CEOs or potential CEOs, and the company is making a real investment in their development. Review what has been learned with clients and help them develop an action plan. Develop an ongoing follow-up process. These are the people who have great careers in front of them.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 5, 2015

Eighty-five percent of employees report they are losing sleep due to work-related stress , according to a survey by global talent mobility consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison. Source: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition--Paperback . Tosi on April 1, 2013.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so. go over relatively old ground one more time.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2012

Chances are tax rates will remain the same until 2013; thus, if you can afford the luxury of deferring income now, push it into 2012 and reduce your 2011 taxable income immediately. The US legislature failed to settle on an agreeable tax reform plan in 2011, and tax reform during a tax year is about as popular as a centipede in a sock.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2013

January 7, 2013. He grew up during the Great Depression and following a stint in the military, began his career in sales. Dedicated to helping others get everything they want out of life, Ziglar’s speaking career took off soon after that. © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Reports reveal painful truth despite ‘incontrovertible proof’ that women are key to business, economic & societal growth. America ranks number six in women’s economic participation and opportunity on the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Gender Gap Index of 136 countries. It’s a painful revelation. “At percent of the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A Career Builder survey of more than 6,000 hiring managers, worldwide, reveals some eye-opening global stats about just how much a bad hire can wreak company havoc. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The Big Picture of Business – Developing The Talent for Business to Succeed. That’s pretty impressive.

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Quality Pre-Employment Screening Talent Management Reference 67

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company. Championing change is hard.”

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Most companies make big investments in leadership development, rolling out intensive internal programs for high potentials, sending key leaders off to expensive executive education programs, or hiring personal coaches for those moving into key positions at the top of the company. ” Develop: Let them improvise. .”

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

In fact, Gallup reports that employee disengagement costs American companies about $350 billion annually. As such, it becomes imperative to develop competence at knowing how to listen for, design, and intervene in the critical conversations of the business as they literally shape the future. Mood is everything. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You can ask yourself the questions below to get a good start and then you can and should regularly ask for direct or anonymous constructive feedback from your direct reports, peers, leader and others. You are missing clues, haven’t developed a wide network, and operate more like individual contributor than a leader.

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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 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images. Medicine involves leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. According to a 2013 CEB study , “only one in four HR organizations have effectively integrated their talent management practices…with the company’s strategic objectives.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Developing political skill reduces stress and enhances performance, reputation, promotability, and career progression at work. A 2008 survey of 250 managers in the UK revealed that 90% of them believed that political skill is required to succeed and to improve one’s career prospects. Same Game, Different Benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

43% female, 57% male) from 2013-2017, and spoke with more than 20 female engineers at professional conferences in the U.S. Our data provides insight into engineers’ professional identity and experiences of work – their approaches to work, career path decisions, work stressors, and intentions to leave the field. and Canada.

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Engineering Stress Career Skills 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2016

When I work with employers to develop return-to-work programs for professionals re-entering the workforce after a career break, one key question always arises: “Where do we find these returning professionals?” With the large numbers of returning professionals and other career transitioner populations (e.g.

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Career Short-term Follow-up Consultative 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Dear Jeffrey, My company delivers mobile dictation and transcription service to field workers in IT and health care, saving these people time in reporting. I have several products that I’d like to develop sales channels for, but I’m not sure where to begin effectively. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Real Estate CRM Ryan Open-book 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

First the bad news: most of those employers aren’t doing much to provide their new hires with the training and support they need to get their careers off to a strong start. More than half (52 percent) of respondents who graduated in 2012 and 2013 and managed to find jobs tell us they did not receive any formal training in those positions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

” For both workers and employers, the boomerang represents “a positive development,” says Karen Dillon, coauthor of several best-selling titles, including How Will You Measure Your Life? “While my career path has not been a normal one, and I’m glad I left — I’ll never wonder ‘What if?’

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Company PR Learning-by-Doing Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

It may seem that the employers of such low-wage workers — who focus mainly on keeping costs down in order to survive in a relentlessly competitive industry — would have no incentive to provide such training or resources for personal development. India’s biggest garment export firm.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The survey reported that 99% of teachers “strongly agreed or agreed” with the statement that “teaching is more than academics; it is also about reinforcing good citizenship, resilience and social skills.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Career progression analysis also shows that at each level, men are promoted at materially higher rates than women. Women are far more likely than men to leave the industry or to reduce their level of ambition just at the point in their careers when they need to make the effort to push on to the top. financial firms are women.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Need more evidence? However, she’s always out in the field.

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Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Highly credentialed and qualified (Martin, for example, has a Harvard Law degree), our interviewees report being both painfully conspicuous –“unicorns,” as one put it — and manifestly invisible. And, despite their ambition and qualifications, 44% feel stalled in their careers (as compared to 30% of white women).

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Management Diversity Report Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2018

My first job out of college did little to prepare me for my future career, but it did teach me something about power — and that all companies should adopt a black-and-white policy when it comes to sexual contact between supervisors and their employees. Rob Atkins/Getty Images. Power is power, wherever you are. ”

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Policies Ethics Training Library 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

While at least one of your goals ought to involve developing an area of weakness, Weintraub cautions against getting hung up on self-improvement. Your ultimate aim is to “move your organization forward and propel your career,” he says. Career planning Article. Focus on the positive. Further Reading. Commit publicly.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In 2013, Jayne Juvan became one of the youngest partners ever at the Cleveland-based law firm Roetzel & Andres — thanks to Twitter. In 2013, when she was being considered for promotion to partner, the fact that prominent professionals were following her on Twitter bolstered her case in a major way.

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Media Marketing Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization.

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Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

And what about getting candid feedback for your own growth and development? Experience in an outside firm should be a requirement before embarking on your career in the family business, says Lachenauer. You’ll also gain much-needed perspective on what you hope the arc of your career might look like. What the Experts Say.

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Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

After all, it’s more than a resume; “it’s a marketing document,” says John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Knockout CV. Strategy and business development executive with substantial experience designing, leading, and implementing a broad range of corporate growth and realignment initiatives.

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How To Career Sample Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

A recent CEB survey of C-suite executives indicates that organizations will require significantly higher performance—23% improvement, on average, in performance ratings— from their executive-level direct reports in the new year. One company that successfully developed an objective definition of “executive fit” is Ingersoll Rand.

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Skills Metrics Execution Report 9