The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Early in my career, I reported to Harold, a leader who proudly described his MBE approach – “management by exception.” ” And they’re quickly turned off by what comes across as “according to company policy, you’re due for a compliment.” “That means I think you’re doing just fine.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Just be sure to get a receipt from the charity for the cash, or keep your credit card statement, bank record or other receipt as documentation. Most charities accept gifts made in cash, by check, credit card or wire transfer. Remember those donations you made for disaster relief after the devastating earthquake in Haiti?

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HR Digest

MARCH 6, 2023

The Proposed Rule is a follow-up to the FTC’s recent Policy Statement last year that they have the authority to crack down on “ unfair competition ” methods under their governing law. The Proposed Rule would affect many industries, though some sectors like banking typically fall outside the FTC’s authority.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

In today’s post I’ll quickly examine the merits of developing your listening skills. Listen to those that confront you, challenge you, stretch you, and develop you. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are being shed by GE, Chevron, Sam’s Club, Wells Fargo Bank, HP, Starbucks etc. Want to become a better leader?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers. Their tendency has been to jump right back into the same type of career for security purposes only, even if they truly dislike this work. When you look at your bank balance and the bills each month, how do you react? Are You in Career Quicksand?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously. Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. link] Summary Sunday | Guide for Lifetime Career Navigation | Career Sherpa [.]

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] the company is not leveraging its true talent base. Thanks for stopping by Drew.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Through the blog, I have met with many former career women—from all over the world—who fear they ‘threw it away in their forties’ to become mothers, and can never make it back as the prodigal daughters of business. The transition had a great impact on my personal relationships” she says. “I

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s my belief that culture does not happen organically, especially in today’s world of hybrid or remote work , but that companies have it in their power to develop and foster environments that respect issues of S&B. We built a new, highly customized interview, onboarding and L&D plan to set the Returners up for success. .

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s my belief that culture does not happen organically, especially in today’s world of hybrid or remote work , but that companies have it in their power to develop and foster environments that respect issues of S&B. We built a new, highly customized interview, onboarding and L&D plan to set the Returners up for success. .

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

… Executive Development Opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers. In 2001, Turkey experienced a financial crisis in its banking sector. Group merged its three banks (Körfez, Osmanl?, and Garanti) under the Garanti brand.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

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. Our life cannot be measured from the bank balance but by service.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. If your mentoring and training programs don’t focus on the development of action oriented leaders then you are simply breeding obselesence, and utlimately…failure. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Ask any career-oriented woman about her top work-related concerns, and she will likely rank having access to high-quality jobs at desirable companies and having equitable opportunities to advance within those organizations at the top of the list. Guest Post By: Rania Stewart, senior product manager with Peoplefluent.com.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2018

As a startup founder, I’m constantly struggling to recruit top talent without breaking the bank. How do you recruit a developer making well into six figures, or an experienced salesperson with four kids in private school? Invest in training and professional development. Promote balance and flexibility.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

However, the utilization rates for these policies were low, and they were often seen as incompatible with professional norms of success. That effort has taken root in the development of a strategic focus on flexibility that can serve as a blueprint for any workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank. And in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. It's not about keeping the relationship happy, but about making both members of the couple aware of the career path that might be most promising for the young woman at the bank.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

What are the costs of this, beyond stifling or ending the careers of thousands of people? And how much do entire economies suffer when governments enact discriminatory policies against certain groups? The latter type of government policy in particular is reflected in current events and global history.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

“Culture” can sound like a catchall, a convenient way to place the blame outside the realm of policy, but I am talking about one specific dimension of culture: avoiding uncertainty. This suggests that in addition to short-term policy changes, Greece needs a longer-term cultural shift. And it all starts in school.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. But these economic development strategies focused on big businesses, sometimes known as “elephant hunting,” may overstate the importance of large firms. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

Gone were the days where careers were routed through banks and mining companies. From Nokia to Blackberry, everyone is asking the graduate to come and develop on their platforms. Even World Bank has been influenced in this redesign — they sponsor technology events and task entrepreneurs to go and solve their own problems.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Many years later, French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace developed Bayes’s idea into a powerful theory, which we now know as the Bayes Theorem. Bayes is relevant to modern leaders because it can help them develop an approach to uncertainty that is less deterministic and more probabilistic. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Most African artisans do not bank because of the fees associated with operating current accounts.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “I’m not sure when I first asked if I thought it would be successful,” said Hickox, now CFO of Independent Bank in McKinney Texas.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Respondents were also asked about their education and careers, including whether they’d ever taken virtual courses through an online university, whether they use social media or online job postings to access employment opportunities, and whether they use instant messaging or webcams to collaborate at work. This is a huge leap forward.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. Here a few notable examples. Many economists since have been hired by the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Today's garota de Ipanema , however, is more likely to be carving out a career than prowling the playa. When you look at who's coming into the workforce and what they can mean for the development of human capital, it's a no-brainer that women are a competitive advantage," says Valentino Carlotti, president of Goldman Sachs Bank in Brazil.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

In the old days, if you were a white-collar worker, the deal was that you worked as hard as you could at the start of your career to earn the right to be rewarded later on, with security of tenure and a series of increasingly senior positions. The competition was relentless, but once you won the prize, it was yours for keeps.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Drawing on her work with business leaders, she has developed the following categorization of how people prefer to think: Conceptual : Reads signs of coming change; sees the "big picture"; recognizes new possibilities; tolerates ambiguity; integrates ideas and concepts; communicates through analogy and metaphor; inspires with visions of the future.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

As my experiences from being a rookie accountant to a managing director at an investment bank have taught me, conversations between women have massive benefits for the individual and the organization. As I advanced in my career, I hosted women-only lunches and created open channels of communication.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Matrices also prevent some parts of the organization from going off on strategic tangents, which may result in a product no one will buy or an internal policy that won''t be accepted. If you are able to balance more than one manager, it is a big career plus to work for a matrix organization. He really liked me.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Research conducted by the Center for Work-Life Policy in 2010 confirms that women start out wanting the brass ring almost as badly as men do: 47% of women 30 and younger describe themselves as "very ambitious," as compared to 62% of men. Programs that create pathways to power provide both signposts to the top and support along the way.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a meaningful career and better balance between work and home? For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? But Steve, Amanda, and Brandon all left those jobs and made a mid-career transition.

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