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Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health?

Chartered Management Institute

Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. On arrival, I'm greeted warmly by genial chief operating officer Ben Richards CMgr FCMI.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

The Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches ‘pay it forward’ project is officially in full swing, and I am excited to announce the next cohort of coaches who will join me in Phoenix in June! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn.

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The Unnoticed Analyst: Can analytics succeed while going unnoticed.

Strategy Driven

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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How to Capture Value from Collaboration, Especially If You’re Skeptical About It

Harvard Business Review

See More Videos > See More Videos > We’ve found in our research that clarifying what collaboration is (and what it isn’t) and gaining firsthand experience with one or more collaborative projects is the only way to combat these common apprehensions. Contribute to someone else’s project. Work on your network.

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How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You

Harvard Business Review

” But at a time when work is more and more team-oriented and projects often require intense collaboration, “you have to find a way to connect and build a bridge” with even the most irritating people. Compliment the person on an idea they raised in a meeting, or offer to help out with a project. We could work together.”

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How One CEO Prepared Her Organization for Her Retirement

Harvard Business Review

I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer. In addition to the media, I have taken on a project to generate awareness of our firm as majority-owned by women partners. While five years might seem like too long a runway, it rushes by very quickly.

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You Don’t Need a Promotion to Grow at Work

Harvard Business Review

As organizations run leaner and flatter, your ability to move up can stall much earlier in your career because, simply put, there’s no place to go. So what should you do when you reach that plateau and you’re only midway through your career? This is true whether you work for a corporation, nonprofit, or public agency.