N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My hope in authoring this post is to have you adjust your thinking when it comes to the definition of success. Taking from my own experience, I've been lucky to be successful (measured by quick progression up the career ladder, material comforts etc) and yet I'm still working on being professionally significant.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I invited my friend Peter Cappelli, a Wharton professor, author of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty, and a recognized world authority on human capital, to discuss his new approach to talent management. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow: MG: First, what is talent management?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? We’ve also made development conversations a point of emphasis, as an important way to help employees identify, explore and connect with learning opportunities as they navigate their career journey at Mastercard. There are no short-cuts in management.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Define Acceptable Behavior : You know what they say about assuming…Just having a definition for what constitutes acceptable behavior is a positive step in avoiding conflict. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. I know I am still working on it. Thank you for sharing.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 10, 2011

If joining a not-for-profit or corporate board is on your career to-do list, then keep reading. Who you know definitely helps and be ready to be patient… joining a Board next month isn’t likely. Nose in, hands out”… always take a look at the structure of the board and at the management team. Hope to see you then.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Bold and bombastic does not, in my opinion, mean leadership – we have so many of these aggressive people in power today and all they do is yak, yak, yak and fill their bank accounts. A timid or passive person is by definition not action oriented.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2012

As a result, we tend to extrapolate prior trends into future estimates in many domains, ranging from career and compensation expectations to global macroeconomic projections. Might our inability to understand the inherent nature of growth as unsustainable also be affecting our ability to navigate investing, economic, and career uncertainty?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2013

I couldn't help but think that Carol was setting herself up for disappointment and sabotaging her own career with an unrealistic plan to scramble up the investment banking industry ladder. "If John, a user-experience designer, spoke fast and looked on edge as he described his four-week career "vision" to me. The upshot?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Do you rely heavily on objective metrics such as your job title, the size of your bank account, or the colleges your children are getting into? In almost 4,000 interviews and more than 80 surveys, senior executives were asked what success means to them in work and in life (see our March HBR article “Manage Your Work, Manage Your Life” ).

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

Exploring Shared Leadership → March 23, 2010 · 5:37 pm ↓ Jump to Comments The Importance of Being Purposeful When I first came to Vancouver to take up my new role as a Human Resources Consultant with a major bank, my boss and I agreed that I should go on a road trip and meet with as many corporate banking employees as possible.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed? However, no one is saying “before we can do analytics we must explain the take-to-the-bank value of analytics to decision makers.” Subscribe now to get your subscription to this award-winning quarterly magazine.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a result, many choose not to invest in it despite all the evidence that, when skillfully managed, culture can be a powerful and enduring source of competitive advantage. In parallel, revenue per employee increased 89 percent and the bank overtook its peers in total returns to shareholders and customer satisfaction.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 9, 2010

Maybe we need to send a team of management consultants over to chat with Harold Gerstel (aka Harold the Jewelry buyer) to see what he’s putting in the water over at his little shop. Other than a bizarre (and definitely sad situation for all involved), what’s the leadership takeaway for the rest of us?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In the 1980s, however, pioneering women began moving into management roles and into frontline business areas, such as investment banking. Today 47% of management and professional roles in American financial firms are occupied by women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. financial firms are women.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

She happened to work for a bank, but she could have been speaking as a teacher, a corporate magnate, a government employee, a member of the U.S. Because our old approaches by definition cannot not create the new actions needed to move forward in different and more effective ways. Senate, or a homemaker. Absolutely.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Tapping into this talent has implications for HR management, calling for new approaches to screening talent, including sourcing, selection, and role definition. Sourcing for Commitment. Screening In for Aptitude.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Many employees are encouraged to “just be yourself,” only to find their authenticity — and their career ambitions — constrained by unwritten office rules about appearance, speech, and behavior. But what if conforming to your organization’s definition of EP clashes with your sense of self? Diversity Managing yourself'

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 9, 2021

A work ethic is a set of essential values that strengthens your character, boosts your career, and leads to a more fulfilling life. While a bigger house, fancy title, or sizable bank balance may bring momentary pleasure, it will never lead to a sense of fulfillment. Just because you’re at work…doesn’t mean you’re working.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

That was the answer from a recent Harvard Business School MBA graduate when asked why he decided to participate in the School's Leadership Fellows program — a one-year management fellowship in nonprofit and public-sector organizations. So what does it take to attract these students to pursue careers with a focus on social impact?

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

We view control over our time as more important than “lots of money in the bank” as a sign of success. This is a cultural trend, a new definition of credibility and authenticity that bleeds over into the marketing realm. And this comes back to the definition of trust itself. We want greater self-sufficiency.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 18, 2021

That problem still exists even though we’re still attempting similar solutions—remember that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different outcome. The deeper problem: An education system that does not produce qualified candidates from all walks of life and all segments of society.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

It’s simply not possible to work 90 hours a week and see to your own basic needs – much less support someone else’s career. A recent study reported that male managers in such marriages found organizations with egalitarian gender attitudes less appealing and were more likely to give women low job evaluations. Big Law, take note.).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

So most executives manage it according to their intuition. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. We saw this play out in retail, banking, telecommunications, and the fast food industry as well. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

Not only do I have a foot in the publishing world, I also am a former venture capital investor and interact regularly with the business and financial world, where there have been few ramifications of significance—whether for careers, or for social acceptance and peer respect, or for criminal records—from bad behavior.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Jerry Anderson, CCIM We are closing a $4million office building next week as a direct contact from my Twitter tweets about distressed real estate situations and the FDIC taking over banks. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target. What more proof does one need? Long road ahead.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., In his tenure as McKinsey's worldwide managing director, Gupta displayed macher-like ambition not just for himself but even more so for his firm.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. The CEO of a large, global bank once told me: “It is very easy for someone in my position to be very busy all the time. Sit down and think them through.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

” A professional can advise you on whether it makes sense to incorporate, how to save in taxes, and how to manage all of your expenses. Definitely don’t fall into the trap of saying yes to every project that comes your way. ” Familiarize yourself with the legal issues. . All of this preparation has paid off.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 5, 2014

Sarah busted her corporate idol, and made a dramatic career change – from investment banker to professional triathlete. I loved my job so it made the long hours manageable, but it was also stressful. In fact I loved it – so yeh – there are definitely things I miss. Sarah Piampiano: Living Life Her Way. So many benefits!

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has spent his career focusing on the ways in which we get things right , or could at least learn to. At times this belief has led the managing director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin into pretty fierce debates with his intellectual opponents. But he feeds you.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It’s not just that certain schools are known for excellence in a given field or offer coursework and training relevant to a specific career path. I saw this first hand while researching the hiring practices of top-tier investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

I have found that the way we answer it has important implications for how men feel at work, and also influences organizational cultures in ways most managers might not consider. The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. This question is not as trivial as it may seem.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

I had been hired to do 1-on-1 speed-coaching sessions at the Summit Series at Powder Mountain, and I was confident I could help one person, in particular, to take his career to the next level. Once back in the office, I pinged him: “I would love to coach you. Any interest in exploring?” He responded enthusiastically. Excise emotion.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

But nth-hand data is, by definition, an off-the shelf commodity — hence, its often empty of deeper insight. But nth-hand data is, by definition, an off-the shelf commodity — hence, its often empty of deeper insight. When many companies reflect, they choose to use third-, fourth-, or fifth-hand data.

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