The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The researchers quizzed staff from high and low in the education system across a couple of states whose education systems had very different cultures, one being known for data-driven standards and the other preferring consensus-building. Indeed, many drew on this personal experience in their attempt to empathize with teachers today.

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Education Consensus System Quality 128

Lead from Within

MAY 9, 2019

Start early: It can take time to find and prepare a promising candidate for a leadership role. Engage senior leaders: It’s essential to have consensus among the CEO and senior leadership team about the importance of proactive leadership development and succession planning. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Planning Succession How To Consensus 163

Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Expectations run high when a family looks to its young members to take the necessary steps to assume leadership and/or ownership of the family enterprise. Some may want to pursue a career separate from the family enterprise, while some who join the family business may feel an extra level of intensity around performance expectations.

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How To Diversity Open-book Consultative 303

You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Then again, there may be times when an authoritative style of leadership is called for. Sometimes there just isn’t time for lengthy debate or consensus building. It was a miserable experience and my observations from the experience were two-fold: 1) Good leadership means listening to others. Not a pretty picture.

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Leadership Styles Leadership Blog McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

They recognize the value of inclusion and diversity and believe it’s the right thing to aspire to. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. They have to in order to communicate and to reach consensus with others who may not share the same experiences or perspectives. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

In the summer of 2008, I experienced a massive hormonal shift, moving from the largely-male, testosterone-charged environment of Harvard Business School, where I had spent the first 18 years of my career, to the nearly all-female realm of Barnard College, the all-women''s liberal arts college where I now serve as president.

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Diversity Consensus Career Conference 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

He knew she was expecting a promotion to the senior leadership team, but she just didn’t seem ready. Managers and employees can then map out, together, a career development plan so that the path forward is clear to everyone. See the value in collaborative leadership. Susan was gobsmacked. Focus on results.

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Delegation Consensus Committee Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Doctors were once viewed as ill-prepared for leadership roles because their selection and training led them to become “heroic lone healers.” The emphasis on patient-centered care and efficiency in the delivery of clinical outcomes means that physicians are now being prepared for leadership. ” But this is changing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

There’s a growing consensus that companies need strong, independent boards full of qualified directors if they are to sidestep risks and seize opportunities in our complex and dynamic international economy. But boardroom diversity had not kept pace with the demands of international business activity. According to our data, only 7.2%

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Globalization Committee Telecommunications Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Yet a vast body of research now points to the import of contemplating diverse, dissenting views. Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus.

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Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Yet a vast body of research now points to the import of contemplating diverse, dissenting views. Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus.

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Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 4, 2016

As a leadership coach who also trains leadership coaches, I believe that both coaching and being coachable are key skills that can make a difference in this environment. He is trying to find an authentic life and career in an extremely uncertain world with many needs.

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Diversity Consensus Training Career 120

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

Yet the impressive credentials and achievements that have caused them to be dubbed "the model minority" aren't reflected in senior-most leadership positions. There's a pervasive feeling of being "a square peg in a round hole," as one manager puts it, with 48% reporting that conforming to prevailing leadership models is a problem.

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Human Capital Survey Globalization Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2011

A few even say that it was the most important growth and development experience in their careers. But there is another choice: Embrace the complexity, ambiguity, and intensity of the integration period and turn it into your own leadership development academy. Post-merger/acquisition integration is like a change project on steroids.

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Consensus Learning-by-Doing Case Study Execution 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? The list goes on.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that women’s household responsibilities are taking time away from their career development. ” Specifically, certain leadership attributes involving collaboration and emotional intelligence have been found to occur more often in women than men. hours and 7.8

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Career Leadership Styles Emotional Intelligence Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Influence and conflict management capabilities help leaders to build consensus around a common purpose and deliver the collaborative solutions that the matrix requires. Just how scarce are matrix-related leadership skills ? Ensure that teams are more diverse. Facilitate different types of leadership experiences.

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Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 25, 2015

Letting Diversity Trump Common Sense. However, I often find this is less of an issue of discrimination at the succession table, than a problem with hiring and focused leadership development down the line. The worse thing you can do is pad your “grid” by sliding diverse candidates into blocks where they don’t belong.

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Planning Succession Diversity Competitive Advantage 180

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. I learned about how perception of time varies from culture to culture early in my career. Well, Japan’s business culture prizes group consensus. Managing Across Cultures. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Having a Difficult Conversation with Someone from a Different Culture.

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Delegation Efficiency Learning-by-Doing Consensus 11

You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Leadership Style Part II – Command & Control A Leader? Is there something missing? What do you think? → Like Be the first to like this post. → Like Be the first to like this post.

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Leadership Styles Goleman Emotional Intelligence Leadership 40

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Ambiguity in Leadership is a Certainty Failure, the Other “F&# Word → June 30, 2009 · 1:35 am ↓ Jump to Comments Workplace Democracy – A Genie in A Bottle Okay so I’m going where Boomers fear to tread here today.

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