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Executive Assistant Coaching: Elevating Leadership Skills for Success

CO2

Far from being mere administrative support, executive assistants are pivotal in driving the strategic agenda , managing critical relationships, and fostering an environment of efficiency and innovation. This involves honing skills such as decision-making, emotional intelligence, and crisis management.

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Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

The past few days had been a whirlwind, and she was still trying to make sense of how her work life had transitioned so abruptly from celebration to crisis. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Costs and Risks.

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Case Study: When the Twitterverse Turns on You

Harvard Business Review

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and e-mail address.).

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It

Harvard Business Review

It’s a new turn in what has been a PR disaster for the company. That was what management told us to do. And it fails to take into account the power of social media to punish companies whose employees go against their instincts as decent people because they felt bound to follow orders. What must they be thinking now?

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Managing People on a Sinking Ship

Harvard Business Review

As the continued bad news from Blackberry reminds us, no company’s future is secure. When your business is facing declining sales, a potential buy-out, or even certain closure, how do you manage people who are likely panicking about their future? In a crisis, you may think you need a whole new set of management approaches.

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How to Lead During a Data Breach

Harvard Business Review

In 2007, I wrote a case study for Harvard Business Review , “ Boss, I Think Someone Stole our Customer Data.” In this case, trust should be the “true north” for Target in its dealings with its many stakeholders. Target is a company that takes security and customer trust seriously. Are you ready?

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