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The Three Pillars Of Executive Presence

Eric Jacobson

Hewlett's book, Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor , was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award. Because sponsors have a vested interest in how you turn out (your reputation now being linked with their own), they will give you the kind of feedback that mentors can't or won't," says Hewlett.

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How To Achieve Executive Presence

Eric Jacobson

Her book, Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor , was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award. Because sponsors have a vested interest in how you turn out (your reputation now being linked with their own), they will give you the kind of feedback that mentors can't or won't," says Hewlett.

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The Three Pillars Of Executive Presence

Eric Jacobson

Her book, Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor , was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award. Because sponsors have a vested interest in how you turn out (your reputation now being linked with their own), they will give you the kind of feedback that mentors can''t or won''t," says Hewlett.

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Rethinking the Work of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. According to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer , fewer than 20% of respondents believe leaders are actually telling the truth when confronted with a difficult issue in their organizations.

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To Succeed in Tech, Women Need More Visibility

Harvard Business Review

A study by Jennifer Glass and coauthors in 2013 found that women leave STEM fields at dramatically higher rates than women in other occupations. We also conducted six focus groups with midlevel and senior leaders to understand how they perceive opportunities for advancement at their companies. He is quick; she is agitated.”

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HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly

Harvard Business Review

HR leaders in 2013 and 2016 and found that HR departments that use all of the LAMP elements play a stronger strategic role in their organizations. There is virtually no research on these questions, and very few organizations actually conduct the sort of user “focus groups” needed to answer these questions.

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Your Company Should Be Helping Customers on Social

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, the percentage of people who have used Twitter for customer service leapt nearly 70%, from 22 to 37% from 2013-14. Social media is in effect a massive focus group that can provide intelligence about brand perception, services, competitors, and potentially disruptive trends. in the past two years.

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