First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2013

ZOOM: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career: Secrets of Superfast Success From Fortune’s 40 Under 40 Daniel Roberts and Leigh Gallagher Fortune Books/Time Home Entertainment (2013) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

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Books Review Education Career 75

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

Make employees feel more included at work, says Catalyst’s new global report, Inclusive Leadership: The View From Six Countries , which surveyed over 1,500 employees from Australia, China (Shanghai), Germany, India, Mexico and the United States. When Doing It All Won''t Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women. . Related articles.

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Team Groupthink Innovation Report 123

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. Source: FORTUNE, February 4, 2013. ? John Agno: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women. ? Mars, who died in 1934. Related articles.

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Forrester Brand Cooper Executive Coaching 130

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In its second-quarter earnings report in July 2013, Amazon said its ranks had swelled to 97,000 full-time and part-time employees, up 40 percent from the year before. Sources: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, October 14, 2013. Two Leadership Self-Coaching Guides for Career Women. Can''t Get Enough Leadership Related articles.

Leadership 91

Leadership Consensus Retail Career 91

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Results from a seven-year study conducted by the Workplace Research Foundation and University of Michigan investigator Palmer Morrel-Samuels, as reported recently in Forbes , confirmed that, as employee morale improves, a firm’s stock price enjoys higher returns. Profit is necessary, but it shouldn’t be the paramount goal. General Business'

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Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 284

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Galetti is the highest-ranking woman at Amazon and the only woman on the 18-person “S-Team” (short for “Senior Team”) that reports directly to founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

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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CEO Workshop Reputation Report 167

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 25, 2014

I have reviewed summary 360 feedback reports from many companies. This can lead to very negative – or even career-limiting – unintended consequences when applied to managers or peers. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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Construction Video Participative Efficiency 143

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If the person being coached has taken the process seriously, stakeholders almost invariably report improvement. These are the people who have great careers in front of them. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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Follow-up CEO Review Process 133

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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Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

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.

Leadership 189

Leadership Seminar Follow-up Newsletter 189

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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Tips Finance Insurance Business Objectives 174

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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Stress Management How To Quality 70

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

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

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. You also need to factor in unnecessary loss of time for recruiting, training and productivity. All rights reserved.

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Quality Pre-Employment Screening Talent Management Reference 68

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

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. But career choice does not fully explain The Pay Paradox. Unfortunately, it also leads many of us wonder if the struggle for career parity is truly worth it.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2013

I’m an outside salesman who spends countless hours filling in itineraries, CRM notes, and reports. You seem to be doing the right thing – INCREASING SALES, and having the best year of your career. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. It describes my situation to a tee. Very frustrating.

CRM 50

CRM Customer Loyalty Seminar Marketing 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

In fact, Gallup reports that employee disengagement costs American companies about $350 billion annually. And a lack of competence around designing and managing moods will seriously limit one’s career prospects – now and in the years to come. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Mood is everything.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

How much of the time are you doing something else — filling out expense reports, say, or going to meetings that don’t really require your presence? How much of the time are you doing something else — filling out expense reports, say, or going to meetings that don’t really require your presence?

Delegation 8

Delegation Business Model Engineering Constraint 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Being a founder has a profound impact on your career because it provides a relevant, observable, and hard to imitate signal (the three characteristics of strong reputation signals) of your leadership capabilities. Career Benefits of Entrepreneurial Activity for Individuals in Paid Employment: An Application of Signaling Theory.”

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

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. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

feedback report on their impact in the workplace and required to attend training. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. No lawsuits were filed against us by employees and we had very few Step 3 grievances from our four unions. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

If you go to job-searching workshops — and I went to more than 50 in the course of studying the contemporary hiring landscape in 2013 and 2014 — you will be told weak ties are the key. Career Transitions. How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition. You and Your Team Series. Andy Molinsky.

Storytelling 14

Storytelling Wilde Film Learning-by-Doing 14

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. Recent research does not support this idea.

Politics 8

Politics Cooper Mentor Diversity 8

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.

Engineering 14

Engineering Stress Career Skills 14

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.

Training 13

Training Leadership Health Care Education 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

For example, in 2013 Time predicted Millennials would “save us all” because they are “more accepting of differences…in everyone.” Millennials, those Americans now between 16 and 36 years old, are often spoken of as if they’re ushering in a new era of enlightened interpersonal relations.

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Class Survey Comparison Career 8

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.

Career 8

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. Search LinkedIn by keyword to see who may be “looking for career offers.” Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Somebody obviously did. Ask your vendors.

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Real Estate CRM Ryan Open-book 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

GE’s talent management people, for example, play a critical role, at both the corporate and business-unit level, in filling key positions, insuring smooth successions, driving company-wide review processes, and building tools that managers can use to direct their own careers. On paper, this approach makes perfect sense.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Niala Boodhoo at NPR reports that the main operational difference between the "Panera Cares" stores and the for-profit Panera stores is that there’s a donation box where the cash registers would be, and customers are asked to pay what they can. And customers report that they feel good about making a tangible difference in their communities.

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Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

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.

Training 10

Training Attrition ROI Talent Management 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Perhaps you originally left because you “felt dead-ended in your career and now have an opportunity to come back at a higher level.” “While my career path has not been a normal one, and I’m glad I left — I’ll never wonder ‘What if?’ “Life is long,” she adds.

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Company PR Learning-by-Doing Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

But a recent study by EY found a more complicated picture: Sixty percent of millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — were not involved in the gig economy at all, and only 24% report earning money from the gig economy. The size of the gig economy and how fast it’s growing also seem to be over-imagined at times.

Quinn 10

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

For example, beyond providing numbers that describe trends in the demographic makeup of a job, improved logic might describe how demographic diversity affects innovation, or it might depict the pipeline of talent movement to show what bottlenecks most affect career progress.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Metrics Analysis Survey 12

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).

Management 8

Management Diversity Report Globalization 8