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

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

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even though self-awareness — knowing who we are and how we’re seen — is important for job performance , career success , and leadership effectiveness , it’s in remarkably short supply in today’s workplace. Sven Krobot/EyeEm/Getty Images. In a survey we conducted with 467 working adults in the U.S.

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Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Survey Tools 15

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. What should other CEOs of small-to-medium companies consider, as they move toward the next stage of their careers? While five years might seem like too long a runway, it rushes by very quickly.

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CEO Organization Chief Operating Officer COO 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Not only do employees with disabilities comprise a large talent pool, it’s a remarkably innovative one: 75% of them report having an idea that would drive value for their company (versus 66% of employees without disabilities). And they are more likely to have their ideas endorsed.

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Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.” Moreover, studies are finding no consistent gender differences in self-reported self-confidence.

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Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Document Influence 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. What are the most important tools or techniques you used to integrate an intense, demanding career with sudden single parenthood? I still do that today.

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Chief Technology Officer Travel Chief Operating Officer Long-term 8

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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