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Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders

Leading Blog

T HE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES of leadership don’t change over time. While character, patience and empathy are important for a leader to sustain their leadership, they are not necessarily the behaviors and practices needed to get to the top of their chosen profession. They are indeed timeless. How do you become the best at what you do?

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Workplace demographics paint a startling picture: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce is between 45 and 64.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

“Eight out of 10 participants in the Corporate Service Corps program say it significantly increases the likelihood of them completing their career at IBM,” Stanley Litow, VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, told us. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

“Eight out of 10 participants in the Corporate Service Corps program say it significantly increases the likelihood of them completing their career at IBM,” Stanley Litow, VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, told us. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975. Outdated beliefs about the world can linger for decades in a leadership team. How much is changing?