Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Simply put, it’s a process that helps you think strategically about how you develop your story, drive alignment, and tell it powerfully—whether it’s a large organizational story or whether you want to communicate change inside your organization. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

Professional roles of introverts vs. extroverts Introverts and extroverts tend to migrate to career fields that play to their dispositions, says Moore. Moore sees a slow movement by companies to provide areas where introverts can retreat – Cain’s book refers to them as “restorative niches” – during the day to work thoughtfully.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. Why Mission Statements Suck [link]. Does a Mentor Have to Breathe?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Simply put, it’s a process that helps you think strategically about how you develop your story, drive alignment, and tell it powerfully—whether it’s a large organizational story or whether you want to communicate change inside your organization. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Org charts can be arranged by function, process, product, market, customer, geographic, matrix, or a combination approach. Companies use different assessments to determine their employees’ communication and leadership styles, so that they can assemble groups that mesh well and are balanced in terms of skills/approaches.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Org charts can be arranged by function, process, product, market, customer, geographic, matrix, or a combination approach. Companies use different assessments to determine their employees’ communication and leadership styles, so that they can assemble groups that mesh well and are balanced in terms of skills/approaches.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. Processes are categorized by a Business Cycle (end to end business process) which are “owned&# by a majority of non-financial senior leaders. The CFO owns a couple. Thanks for sharing this one.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Czar "I rescue troubled companies. ​ ​1.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a key assignment or big promotion? Are these “losers” out of the running for career advancement, or can they regain their footing, refocus their sights, and continue to rise?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. Your growth process should follow the exact same path, clearly specifying where you are today and your preferred destination.

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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. Take a quick scan of the managers and company leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias. Take, for example, the hiring process. The lessons people learn throughout their careers are often the key to uncovering their additive contribution. But they don’t know how to get there. Small Wins, Big Payoff.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Margot, my client, was offered a “great” job as the CFO of a fledgling unit within her company. She did an exemplary job leading a vast piece of the company and was rewarded with a modest promotion. We coach women to network in a much more purposeful way and establish a quid pro quo of career favors with colleagues.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Researchers have pointed to an array of reasons, from explicit discrimination to promotion processes that quietly favor men, but one of the most perplexing is that women themselves aren’t as likely as men to put themselves forward for leadership roles through promotions, job transfers, and high-profile assignments. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It's not an uncommon scenario , particularly in companies with strong succession plans. Here's an example*: Peter was the divisional CFO for the consumer unit of a global products company. In Peter's case, the process of re-contracting was made difficult by Sarah, who was both a peer and a competitor.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards. Our company had grown tenfold, and so had Yan. ” Al agreed. Learning to Learn.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

For example, a divisional controller may report directly to the CFO and on a dotted line to the VP of the division; which ensures that the controller knows what the "internal customer" (the VP) needs as well as what the direct boss (the CFO) wants. Career planning Managing up Organizational culture' Are your managers aligned?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

And there is perhaps no setting that shapes careers, salaries, and lives like annual performance evaluations. To help this process, it’s in both parties’ interest to communicate early about the goal and begin tracking it. How to address the bias.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. He had turned around private and public companies, quadrupled profits and quintupled revenue. But, with his company recently sold, Simon was considering retirement. With this guidance, CEOs can take one of the hardest steps of their career: exiting.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Attuned to the times, he or she has a stronger chance to uncover and release a company’s latent potential.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

But for too many companies, analytics is an unsolved puzzle with the pieces flung all over the floor. In research spanning 20 years, we closely examined 36 companies in eight industries to find out why companies are struggling. Hampered by silos, incentives, and legacy behavior, most companies never approach it.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the board usually means keeping directors at arm’s length. But as I learned over the course of my career, there’s a better approach with boards. The meetings themselves, aside from the CFO’s report on financials, focused on discussions of the main issues.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

For many, self-appraisals are a particularly annoying part of the process. I'll admit it's important to get the employee's point of view in the process but this is the wrong way to do it," he says. Smart employees use self-appraisals to lobby for career development opportunities. Managers: Work to improve the process.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

You''ve put your hat in the ring for a new position at your company and you just got word that you''ve been selected for an interview. Internal interviews require the same rigor as interviews with an external company. John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Just the Job!: Piece of cake, right? What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

While these are clearly “personal” issues, the effects to a company are quietly, but perniciously, toxic because they inevitably bleed into professional behavior. Companies must instead provide a new kind of currency to engage their professionals – one we call “active partnering.”

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Art summarizes, “For all of us, the need to help our firms navigate change while doing the same in our careers defines our level-up challenge.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted The 16 Ways to Improve Your Work Performance in 2017. Let’s Get Started. ” Follow Art on Twitter at @artpetty.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

"You're going to dismiss all kinds of information that could be useful to you, your career, and your work," says LaBianca. Do: Use your informal relationships to gather information about what's happening at your company. Those who were the most active gossipers were the gatekeepers of company information. Principles to Remember.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

” Here’s how to carefully navigate the conversation to get the best possible outcome for you, the employee, and your company. and the open market­ (Does a person doing this job in another company get similar pay?). Dillon says you should also consider how important the person is to you, your team, and the company.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The four weeks since hackers had attacked his company had been the most stressful of Jake Santini’s career. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation and email address. Fleura shook her head. ” She was right.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Women account for just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs and fewer than 15% of corporate executives at top companies worldwide. Real diversity efforts require organizations to address the social patterns that stifle women’s careers, not just the symptoms that result from them. Brett (not his real name) was the CFO of a major multinational.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

Markets demand that companies and people adapt and change constantly. By one analysis , 88% of companies appearing on the Fortune 500 list in 1955 were not on it in 2014 (having merged, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list). As we know, buggy whip makers and telegraph companies must evolve or die. Are you doing so today?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees. Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

Even if letting go of the employee (or employees) is in the best interest of the company, you still may feel guilty. Stybel, a career management and board adviser and an executive in residence at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School. But your career can get sidetracked if you don’t treat people in a dignified way.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The CEO and CFO were marching through their 112-slide presentation. Early on in our careers, we might speak up without concern or context. To that end, we can ask ourselves more nuanced questions, like: How will it improve the process? I was thinking about that story by Thomas Merton during a recent board meeting.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

What’s becoming clear as time passes, though, is that this is not a one-way process. Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” I’m on the board of Time Warner, we have just parsed off our third major part — our original company, Time Inc., But new bundles keep appearing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Similar to the advance of “standardized process” in the early 20th century, digital is not just the new product to offer our customers (e.g., As described in Lead The Work , he had an expansive career with Shell that spanned 25 years but unlike many top leaders in the company, he had a break in service at the top of his career.

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