Career Advancement

JULY 1, 2019

Peter Drucker. Build a Positive Reputation : Be seen as credible, trustworthy, respected, and reliable. They gained the confidence to seize the reins in their careers. Braxton Asks: To prepare my high-performers to take on more challenging roles, my company wants to hold a leadership training event.

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Training Execution Biotechnology Audience 179

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 1, 2017

Peter Drucker instilled this short phrase in me, “Your mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt,” as he did with so many others, and it has guided my career for many decades. How many integrity violations does it take to ruin the reputation of your company? Do you use it to help guide your career decisions?

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Mission Statement Govindarajan Executive Coaching Porter 70

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market. Once I found my life work and pursued career choices that really turned me on, my health miraculously improved. Brand management is an inside job. So, I was sick a lot and stayed home.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Peter Drucker. It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. Peter Drucker. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci. In every success story you will find someone who has made a courageous decision. David Oglivy. Warren Buffett. Benjamin Franklin.

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Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 118

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all. It reminds me of Drucker’s first rule of decision making: one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement. Consensus isn’t the goal.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Depending on the phase of your career and your other goals for the year, you may want to prioritize one more than the others. Developing an expert reputation doesn’t happen overnight, but a steady creation drip of, say, one blog post per week can pay enormous professional dividends within a year or two. Who else has influence?

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Planning Development Collins Competitive Advantage 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419