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Recent Promotion to Management: Leadership Success Case Study

Mike Cardus

Anthony, at 30, was promoted to Director of Finance. Prior to the promotion, he had served as a team leader of purchasing. Prior to the promotion, he had served as a team leader of purchasing. He was not creating plans to accomplish goals assigned to him by the Vice President of Finance. Intervention. 1 on 1 Coaching.

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When Coaching Finds That an Executive Isn’t in the Right Role

Harvard Business Review

In the traditional view of executive coaching, an executive, with her boss’s participation , takes personality assessments, receives 360-degree feedback , and creates and implements a development plan designed to address performance gaps, optimize her contribution, and prepare her for new responsibilities.

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Are Business Schools Creating Higher-Ambition Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

Higher-ambition leaders are able to integrate multiple business disciplines (strategy, ethics, marketing, finance and so on) into a coherent, systemic approach for building a great company. For example, in finance courses students learn that profitability and return on assets is the measure of business success.

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HR Benchmark Report: How to Recruit, Coach & Develop Teams

No one likes to feel alone - which is why the secret to employee engagement is building successful teams. Paycor surveyed more than 1,000 HR and finance leaders of medium & small businesses and found that only 31% said the teams they’ve built are, in fact, effective. Why 360-degree feedback is critical.