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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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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. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Executive Presence Leadership Books Sylvia Ann Hewlett' Hewlett is the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation.

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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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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What values drove them?

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Rethinking the Work of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

In 1973, Peter Drucker stated in his book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, "Management is not culture-free, that is, part of the world of nature. Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. It is a social function.

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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. How talent management is changing. We also conducted six focus groups with midlevel and senior leaders to understand how they perceive opportunities for advancement at their companies.

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HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly

Harvard Business Review

Managing HR-related data is critical to any organization’s success. 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. Vincent Tsui for HBR. And yet progress in HR analytics has been glacially slow. Consulting firms in the U.S.