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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. ” After experiencing her 8th downsizing, she left DuPont in her 20th year there, concluding her corporate career as an HR manager.

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business Review

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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LeadershipNow 140: January 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2015 that you might have missed: Some of the Things I''ve Learned - What Will Matter by @Josephson0. How to Develop a Lifelong Learning Habit by @dorothydalton. From @PaulJSohn How Does Emotional Intelligence Affect Your Career [Infographic]. Make a difference.

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The Attributes of an Effective Global Leader

Harvard Business Review

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. ” Insight Center. . ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Leading Across Cultures Is More Complicated for Women

Harvard Business Review

This “pivoting” among stakeholders is what our 2015 study of leaders and rising talent in 11 markets (Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the U.S.) reveals to be a core competency of global executives. In the U.S.

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The Time-Consuming Activities That Stall Women’s Careers

Harvard Business Review

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that women’s household responsibilities are taking time away from their career development. A 2015 study from Skillsoft and Eudemonia noted that “women’s time in the office may also be siphoned away from the activities that help people advance.”

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business Review

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. These leaders learn to oversee and delegate work, and develop and coach others.