First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

CIO 80

CIO Enterprise Architecture Review CFO 80

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 21, 2013

03-26-2013 3:00 AM, EDT. 2) Operating margins increase: According to the Towers Watson 2012 Global Workforce Study, companies with the highest sustainable engagement scores had an average one-year operating margin of 27% (vs. 3 Business Reasons for Employee Engagement Programs. by Companies4Good ?03-26-2013 By Kate Olsen.

Human Resources 153

Human Resources Talent Management Motivation Analysis 153

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. Related articles.

Forrester 130

Forrester Brand Cooper Executive Coaching 130

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. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

Decentralization 284

Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 284

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Remind those around you that leadership is largely a learned behavior that becomes unconscious and automatic over time. Throughout my own career I have made it a priority to seek out bosses, coworkers, mentors and assignments that would help me grow. The post LEARN to be that Somebody appeared first on General Leadership.

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Commitment Mentor Examples Compliance 419

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 27, 2017

You’re able to face criticism with confidence and courage When the collections industry later came under fire, Encore felt confident they had nothing to hide about how they operate. You no longer have to build your life and career at the expense of others or at the expense of genuine personal fulfillment.

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Goal Motivation Learning-by-Doing CEO 171

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. Reilly, this is the book for brushing up on your leadership skills, or learning what to do in your new leadership role. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 56

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 9, 2013

This workshop will teach you how to find unique perspectives, think more creatively, enhance your creative expression, and help you manifest positive change for yourself and for your career and company. When: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 8:30am-12:00pm. Event Information. Increased pace of problem solving.

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TRIZ Innovation Workshop Hotels 102

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Under her leadership, IBM has incorporated automation and AI throughout the employee life cycle. This has made the company more efficient in dealing with talent issues, matching employees and career opportunities and proactively retaining its most valued skills. As context, like many HR organizations, we were very process-driven.

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Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 19, 2013

Most salespeople fail because they don't understand the impact of their personalities on the person at the other end of the call.and.they are blindly 'winging it' by operating without a proven sales process methodology. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 14, 2013 and "Ask the Coach". John Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership. . .

Health Care 109

Health Care Brainstorming Software Class 109

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Copyright © 2013 by Dana Ardi and reprinted by permission of St. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ardi was an operating executive at R. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Decentralization Idea Generation Content Document 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always. That got everyone’s attention!

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement. Sources: The New York Times Magazine, March 31, 2013 and www.LawofReciprocity.com. Grant Ph.D.:

Social Capital 139

Social Capital Cialdini Mentor Incentives 139

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

At the current rate of change, it will take until the year 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles in our country.” 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.

Diversity 66

Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Then Ayse asked us to describe what made us think of them as heroes.

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Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Medicine involves leadership. 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.

Training 13

Training Leadership Health Care Education 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Transitioning from a military career to the corporate world can be a fraught process for the nearly 360,000 U.S. In addition to networking their way into new professional circles and learning new cultural mores, veterans have to face down the even more fundamental questions: what career will best suit them?

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

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.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You attitudes and behaviors are the biggest differentiators for leadership success. The four well researched core emotional intelligence metrics of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management are directly correlated with successful or failing leadership. Blame others for outcomes. About the Author.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. We need get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve. MOXIE : The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership by John Baldoni Moxie is full of great stories and examples making it immediately relatable and practical.

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Books Wiseman Kotter Leadership 285

Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

During my junior year in college, I was running for leadership positions in my fraternity. After escaping GM, I had an opportunity to attend graduate school at MIT, to study operations management, system dynamics, and other topics. One long-standing issue had been relatively poor attendance at weekly chapter meetings.

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Deming TQM Kaizen Crisis 46

Eric Jacobson

MAY 9, 2021

Courtney then went on to be a volunteer football coach and operator of Classic American Hardwood s, a $40 million lumber company and 2013 inductee into the prestigious Society of Entrepreneurs. It's one of the best character-building leadership books I've read. A real "gut check." Even if you have to go against the grain.

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Books Storytelling Leadership Teamwork 65

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Successfully identifying, developing, and retaining leadership talent is critical for any organization’s long-term success. These talent management people create processes for assessing leadership capabilities and set the strategy for upgrading leadership talent over time. On paper, this approach makes perfect sense.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 17, 2013

They also felt they were operating at cross-purposes every single day. This was the core issue that this team of senior leaders had to confront – the poor leadership culture that they allowed to exist in their organization. I’ve been a business leader and leadership consultant for most of my career. They felt rudderless.

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Human Capital Commitment Discount Conference 244

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

It’s not generally a technology problem; it’s a leadership problem. What we say is, long before Netflix showed up, long before any of these disruptives showed up, the leadership of these companies knows full well that there are technology disruptors that are on the horizon. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

While every CEO is forced to work through organizational change, many will tell you that of all their duties, change management scares them the most, because nearly every aspect of a company and its leadership is tested. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009, retired in May 2013. Talent management Leadership Developing employees'

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

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. Leadership transitions Managing yourself'

Politics 8

Politics 360-Degree Feedback Skills Seminar 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. HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. There’s only one CEO of each of our careers—ourselves. The notion that education ends at the undergraduate level, the master’s level, or even the Ph.D.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

The company’s twenty years of entrepreneurial success had positioned the company to reap greater financial rewards using a more disciplined operational focus. However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology.

Strategic Fit 8

Strategic Fit Rogers CEO Strategy 8

Eric Jacobson

MAY 11, 2014

Today, he is a volunteer football coach and operator of Classic American Hardwood s, a $40 million lumber company and 2013 inductee into the prestigious Society of Entrepreneurs. It''s one of the best character-building leadership books I''ve read. Bill Courtney Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Books'

Power 56

Power Storytelling Leadership Teamwork 56

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

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. Define your role and career path. ” Create separate spheres immediately. Have a backup plan.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Getting the company back on its feet required a major boost in operating efficiency. We succeeded, but by 2013 we worried that we had taken our focus on results too far. In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers.

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. Life at Björn Borg, and Bunge’s style of leadership, may seem jarring if not extreme, but he is only one of a growing number of fitness-focused leaders.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. The Petrified Forest , starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58