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Recent Promotion to Management: Leadership Success Case Study

Mike Cardus

Anthony, at 30, was promoted to Director of Finance. 6 months later, after several of his staff had approached the VP of Finance with their concerns, I was brought in to help Anthony meet these challenges: Anthony was showing favoritism to his friends , with whom he used to work and now was managing. Intervention. Coaching Performance.

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E-Coaching Roles

Marshall Goldsmith

Tools such as 360-degree feedback and mini-surveys can be done online, at low cost as needed. Experience difficulties while searching for high-quality leadership development tools. For example, some leaders may need to change behavior; others may need functional training in marketing or finance. This seldom works.

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Helping a Bipolar Leader

Harvard Business Review

The people reporting to him all agreed that he had provided outstanding leadership in the company’s last crisis; his refusal to bow to adversity and his ability to rally people behind him had been truly remarkable. . Apparently John had been reckless with his personal finances and had been involved in numerous affairs.

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Are Business Schools Creating Higher-Ambition Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. Or Val Gooding , former CEO of BUPA UK, who shared her 360-degree feedback with managers across the business, role-modeling the kind of behavior she wanted them to emulate.