Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed?

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” After the meeting, my marketing manager came into my office and said words to this effect: “in that meeting I think you really intimidated (person X).

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Function as Administrative Officer, well beyond Administrative Assistant job description. Initiated contact with Director, staff, students, and faculty to minimize disruption of department’s operations.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer. Our president also now handles the negotiations with our IT providers, and our COO fully manages the compliance process and the preparation for marketing presentations. Would I begin to feel obsolete?

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CEO Organization Chief Operating Officer COO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

This plagues everyone, but especially women who are candidates for high-powered careers. A woman executive who doesn't drink coffee never learned how to make it, thus saving many hours of time over the years while never being forced into coffee-service role early in her career. Not exactly your typical job.

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Chief Operating Officer Belief Systems Micromanagement Outsourcing 19

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. Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder.

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Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Yet, we find, individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential. ” But there are ways to remove the challenges faced by people with disabilities and open up innovative opportunities.

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Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact. About 75% come from the private sector.

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Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

That''s why Elizabeth started out one notch lower, with the office of the Chief Operating Officer, "because that secretary knows everybody," she says. Career planning Managing yourself' Her goal wasn''t actually to score an interview with the COO, which was probably unlikely.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Bill George is best-known as the former CEO of Medtronic, where the company's market cap grew from $1.1 They gave me the encouragement to go back to Medtronic, where I had turned down three times the opportunity to become president and chief operating officer. billion to $60 billion during his tenure.

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Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

Coaching Tip

APRIL 23, 2013

“EQ has quickly become a global movement that’s helping companies large and small rebuild trust internally to make its employees happier and more productive, which in turn impacts the overall ROI,” said Joshua Freedman, chief operating officer for Six Seconds and the chairman of NexusEQ, a global conference taking place this summer at Harvard. “We

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