Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2015

I spent the first decade of my career in HR. The HR (or training) organization becomes the dumping ground for people who struggled to “carry a bag” in the sales function or meet their P & L in an executive role. .” An eye roll rapidly followed by, “Do we have to?” 4 Reasons HR Gets a Bad Rap.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 18, 2018

Can you help me figure out how to navigate these new waters? Here’s how to give them what they’re looking for. If you said you would read her proposal, call her into your office and provide effective feedback so she knows you’re supportive of her efforts. Be Trustworthy. Trust is important to the employee/manager relationship.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In addition, when your bid is the first time a government agency learns of your company, you can be sure your proposal is heading for the bottom of the pile. How do you get to the top of the pile or, even better, how do you ensure there is no pile of bids, only your name? Build relationships.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

That’s one reason I was interested to talk with Leo Tilman and General Charles Jacoby, who co-wrote a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption. It is through that shared understanding, training, and practice that the agility mindset is created. Take a smart risk. John Rhodehamel.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

At a time when there has been breathless exultations about the breadth and depth of technological change upon us, it seems that this would be the most interesting angle to explore, and indeed the various methods Frey proposes for supporting greater adaptability are genuinely interesting.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I’m going to stick my neck out here and propose that many of us have reacted in the moment with words to that effect. Or the new hire with sincere career aspirations …. … The more I want to learn how to do something, the quicker I will learn how to do it well. People are not born ready to do too much of anything.

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Lead from Within

MAY 2, 2017

After sending out proposal after proposal for a new book, one publishing house finally asked Lolly, “What have you been training, teaching, and doing successfully the last 3 decades? How to use the 7 archetypes on your team. How your archetype can give you purpose and a legacy. That’s what we want to hear.”.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 7, 2016

They range from how to lead in a crisis to how to develop leadership qualities when things are calm. David shares a personal and inspiring story of how to overcome these common leadership doubts.” David shares, “Focusing on how you finish your day sets you up to be the best leader you can be for your next day.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2018

. “Tell me about your career goals.” ” How often have you said this to a person you’re managing or mentoring, only to get a blank stare in return? How do you begin to provide support? We are suffering from the career myth — a delusional belief in the outdated idea of linear career progression.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

For instance, German research suggests that entrepreneurship is most definitely a skill that can be learned, and the researchers argue that action-oriented training can enable us to unlock any entrepreneurial potential within us. The reality isn’t quite so romantic. Supporting entrepreneurship.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Send the email you’re using now (this is your control, or “A”)) to 500 names, and send your proposed new email (“B”) to the other 500. If so, How to Drive ROI on Direct Mail Guest post by Elizabeth Lombard, manager of postal carrier education, Pitney.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We required every person who had supervisory responsibilities to attend a nine-day intensive training spread over three-four months. The experiential, highly interactive course included intensive exploration and training in 4 core Masteries: Personal Mastery, Interpersonal Mastery, Team Mastery and Culture and Systems Mastery.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative. You can also train yourself to think more creatively, if you’re willing to put in the effort. Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack propose a series of steps you can use to access the hypnagogic state, the creatively fertile period that you experience before you fall asleep.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Now you may have heard some version of ‘drill-hole’ in your career, but you have never heard what the situation is, how to address the buying motive, how to take control of the sale, how to gain trust, and how to create a vision of “outcome” in the mind of the buyer. REALITY: He didn’t come for a drill.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

Still others describe it as the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us. So before we could focus on how to improve self-awareness, we needed to synthesize these findings and create an overarching definition. Researchers have proposed two primary explanations for this phenomenon.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. No company exists in a vacuum and understanding how to create an equitable compensation system depends on what stands as fair.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

On average, one of them will be sexually harassed during the next 4 years, before she has even begun her career as a physician’ ” The efforts of many healthcare organizations and medical centers tend to go little further than avoiding litigation. This needs to change.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Over the past five years, we have studied dozens of unexpected crises in all sorts of organizations and interviewed a broad swath of people—executives, pilots, NASA engineers, Wall Street traders, accident investigators, doctors, and social scientists—who have discovered valuable lessons about how to prepare for the unexpected.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 22, 2011

He began his distinguished psychology career in the late sixties studying pessimism, learned helplessness, and depression. Army to provide Comprehensive Soldier Fitness and Master Resilience Training to hundreds of thousands. Flourish has two chapters dealing with a huge project Seligman and his colleagues have with the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I’m writing this article on a flight to Raleigh-Durham; I began it last week on a train from New York City, and added a few paragraphs a couple days later on a flight to San Francisco. Of course, life doesn’t stop when you’re in the air: emails still pour in, and reports and proposals are still expected.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what we’ve learned about how to establish a successful internal consulting group. The primary objectives in creating our team were to rein in spending on external strategy firms and to attract, train, and retain top talent in the company. Set objectives and size. Our group welcomes the competition.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Your boss proposes a new initiative you think won’t work. How do you decide whether it’s worth speaking up? Here’s how to disagree with someone more powerful than you. What is the idea, opinion, or proposal that you’re disagreeing with? And if you do, what exactly should you say?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Trap 1: Propose a new vision for the organization immediately. Consider the example of Len, who was hired as vice president of a corporate training department of a Fortune 100 company. Unfortunately for Len, he wasn’t aware that his short-lived predecessor had made a similar proposal. Career Transitions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. The #MeToo movement helped make clear just how common overt discrimination and sexual harassment is in our society— including within medicine.

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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.” A simple question was asked: are hospitals ranked more highly when they are led by medically trained doctors or non-MD professional managers? ” But this is changing.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

” Here are some ideas for how to do that: Take breaks during the workday. If so, you may need to rethink your career. Case study #2: Be prepared to change careers if your burnout symptoms linger. . “It can lead you to feel lethargic, stressed, and depleted — literally spent.” Principles to Remember.

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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. Companies also need to create a culture of support and inclusion by doing the following: Provide training.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2018

My first job out of college did little to prepare me for my future career, but it did teach me something about power — and that all companies should adopt a black-and-white policy when it comes to sexual contact between supervisors and their employees. Rob Atkins/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

There is no shortage of advice for how to navigate power dynamics within organizations — from managing toxic or exceptionally gifted subordinates to dealing with unpredictable and narcissistic bosses. Conduct a network audit to determine how employees across role boundaries connect to each other in person, via email, etc.,

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2018

How to Get the Most Out of a Conference. Regardless of the rationale, the effect is the same: Doing less relationship building limits women’s access to sponsorship and diminishes their chances for career advancement. Developing informal relationships is one of the most important things women can do to advance their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

We developed an intensive training program to equip him for the new role and ensure a smooth transition. How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals. Here’s How to Create It. This doesn’t always work. New Managers Should Focus on Helping Their Teams, Not Pleasing Their Bosses. Karen Dillon. Amy Jen Su.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Strategy is about asking “what” we should be doing—figuring out what problems the company should be tackling, sensing what is happening in the world and learning how to apply it to your business. Career planning Leadership Managing yourself' These activities have been even more worthwhile than he anticipated.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

How to step up and stand out. Even though younger managers typically have more current knowledge and training, their lack of experience leads others to question their technical expertise and professional skills. Younger leaders know how to get others energized and excited about accomplishing objectives. You and Your Team.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

But as companies increasingly adopt an open layout, it’s important to learn how to deal with unwanted noise, says Karen Dillon, the author of the HBR Guide to Office Politics. Zeba Rashid, who specializes in celebrity event management, has worked in many different kinds of office environments over the course of her career.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

How to transform such a huge, iconic institution, wrapped in history, into a nimble player? How to provide hyper-local services tailored to the diverse needs of its patrons while also upholding a consistent and high standard of service? Leadership would shape the conversation to ensure proposals were strategically on-point.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

While we can disagree about how to fix the problem, we must acknowledge that globalization is a hard sell if it doesn’t address these distributive issues. To achieve those ends, we propose that business leaders support a new agenda, comprising seven areas of opportunity. The same goes for technology.

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