Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Productivity Products Management Leadership 182

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. The Essence of Strategy [link]. I’ve always loved strategy. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Low performers in management roles contribute to attrition among high performers. These workers leave for a variety of reasons, including limited career growth and pay. However, according to Eagle Hill’s survey, among companies with high turnover rates, 26% of high performers leave because of poor management.

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Charan Attrition Morale Survey 229

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Bernd shares: “As a manager, you need to know how to give feedback. ” CFO Jon Verbeck gives us a major pointer for increasing our profits, and helps leaders understand these important elements of running a department or business. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted 6 Tips for New Managers.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership IAS 269

Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided 5 Strategies to Address Conflict as a Manager. Get tips and strategies today to help your next vacation be email free.” Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Don’t believe it?

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Leadership Development Development Leadership CTO 264

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

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How To Diversity CFO Education 100

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. Today, Calderoni shares these additional insights about his new book.

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Chief Executive Officer Agility Loyalty CFO 65

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 417

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. which is down 4% from 30% in the prior year.

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Press Release Discount PR Directory 113

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence) This is where most C-Level executives fail. Unported License. Unported License.

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CEO Development Licensing Motivation 238

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

Relate your workplace vision and strategies back to “we”: How can you speak in such a way that demonstrates how the vision and mission is achieved by all? The CFO owns a couple. Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The perceived need to learn something new is inversely proportional to the rank of a manager. Be sure to take into account if the employee has had to switch roles multiple times, though, or make huge changes in order to accommodate different managers’ expectations. That’s really short-sighted.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Seeing these connections and implications may remind you of the need to be an active learner as a leader (not a finished product). “The perceived need to learn something new is inversely proportional to the rank of a manager. In the process, it will clarify your development strategies for current employees.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Non-profit CEOs.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

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? Very few managerial careers proceed upward in a straight line. Here’s a case example. Naturally, Sheila was upset.

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Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. Examples of great from/to statements include: From an individual contributor who adds value through technical expertise and closely follows others’ directions, to a people leader who creates a clear strategy and delivers results through a small team. Build your map.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

After studying Hollywood actors for three years, MIT Professor Ezra Zuckerman found that actors who typecast themselves (PDF) early in their careers tend to earn more money, have longer lifespans, and enjoy more fame compared to generalist actors. Over the long term, that is a career strategy with diminishing returns.

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Career Long-term Christensen CFO 14

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” That can be, I think, really demotivating.

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Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

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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Power Management Diversity CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The career question I hear most often from rising senior leaders is this: “How do I get on the C-suite shortlist?” ” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. With transparency in succession planning becoming a priority, career management for senior executives becomes easier.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Guest Post By: Rania Stewart, senior product manager with Peoplefluent.com. 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.

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Career Company Software Handbook 247

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s understandable that most CEOs try to manage their boards. 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. I got rid of that barrier.

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CEO 360-Degree Feedback Management Charisma 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

In addition to pulling out all the traditional retention stops — competitive salary, recognition, effective career coaching — the McKinsey team found several other approaches that have proven effective in keeping techies in the fold. Big Pharma's Questionable Start-Up Strategy (Technology Review). INSIDE OUT OR OUTSIDE IN?

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Development McKinsey CFO Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. It is part shared confessional with peers and part trading research, strategies, tips and lifehacks that DeGroot collects and analyzes for best practices. “We kept trying.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

In reading through this month’s submissions, I see many interesting concepts and multiple strategies for being more productive and satisfied at work. 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.” Let’s Get Started.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 150

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

She said, “We all managed to make time for our executive MBAs, while still doing our day jobs. Make strategy your day job, no matter what your title is. Most people would like to take a more strategic approach to their work but don’t do so because they don’t know what doing strategy really means.

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Porter Delegation Learning-by-Doing Project 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. Here’s what we’ve learned about how to establish a successful internal consulting group.

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Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Chinese women in powerful business positions include Wei Sun Christianson , CEO of Morgan Stanley, China ; Mei Yan , Managing Director of MTV Networks, China; and Mary Ma , former CFO of Lenovo and managing director in global equity giant TPG, who recently started her own investment fund. The payoff? It's absolutely necessary.

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Survey Policies Globalization CFO 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Indeed, senior managers in CWLP focus groups admit that, after years spent clawing their way up the ladder, they didn't want the top job after all. "I I could be CFO," confessed one female executive with particularly strong credentials, "but I'm happy right where I am.".

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CFO Film Banking Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

She kicked off her October management team meeting, which I was attending, by reading the following passage from my book: The dangers of taking too much risk are very clear. I felt that Walter had just given the management team a well-deserved kick in the pants—and they summarily dismissed it without letting it sink in.

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COO Short-term CFO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

What could be easier than chatting with managers you already know? Too many candidates, and hiring managers, shortchange the internal interview process; they view it as a formality and think that all of the evidence is already there. John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Just the Job!: Piece of cake, right?

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How To Reputation Case Study Career 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. The first is this notion that the challenges at work, the challenges of managing modern work, really are a crisis. ” Download this interview.

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Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

The essential question, therefore, is: What is the logic for having world-class academic researchers (who, for the most part, have never managed a business themselves) teach business classes to MBA students? Michael Ryall is an associate professor of strategy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

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Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

” The first step is to create a system that allows executives to talk candidly with their managers about what is most important to them professionally and personally and how their organizations might support these goals given their key work responsibilities. Ten years later, he was the global CFO of his firm. Yes, of course.

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CIO CFO Crisis Execution 8