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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2019

Leading Blog

Henderson and Barry C. But how do you find standout proteges, let alone develop them so that they're able to come through for you and your organization? These organizations tend to lag behind in innovation, discretionary effort, morale and ultimately performance. An active shooter. A media controversy. A data breach.

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team. Bandleaders on the late-night are vital #3 characters on the show, including Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson, Paul Shaffer and The Roots band. A host of people make the CEO look good. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. Whelan : Most of the CEOs did talk about policy in the interviews, but their statements were pretty vague. Future Economy. Future Thinking.

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Are you stuck in a never ending project spin cycle?

Roundtable Talk

One of the highlights came from keynote speaker, Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson, who spoke to us on the subject of organizations being stuck , and how they can get un-stuck. Dr. Henderson kept playfully referring to Project #26. We loved it so much, we asked Peggy if we could share it with our readers.

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Got Leadership Grit and Grace?

Lead Change Blog

Despite being a vice president who managed a department of 150 people in a $2 billion annual revenue organization, a male boss felt free to describe me to the CEO as a “soft and round Aunt Polly” and a female colleague as a “colorful little butterfly.” Helen Henderson, writer. Inclusion works to the advantage of everyone.

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Customer-Centric Org Charts Aren’t Right for Every Company

Harvard Business Review

The logic sounds compelling: A customer-centric structure , as the approach is known, can help a company understand its customers better, develop deeper relationships with them, and improve customer satisfaction. Henderson of the University of Oregon and Irina V. But our research, conducted with Conor M.

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3 Transitions Even the Best Leaders Struggle With

Harvard Business Review

I’m no different: I’ve spent my career helping executives succeed, either through coaching and development or assessments of their strengths and opportunity areas to identify the development work they need to do to take their careers to the next level. The organizational transition. The pinnacle paradox.