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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

HBR: Why We Keep Hiring Narcissistic CEOs. The Key Traits that Separate CEOs from other Senior Executives via @ChiefExecGrp Chief Executive magazine. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. 523: Tom Asacker Interview with Michael Covel.

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Their Commitment Might Mean More Than Our Insight

Marshall Goldsmith

Dave once taught me that effective performance can be seen as a function of the quality of an idea times the employee’s commitment to make it happen (EP = QI x C). When I asked one new Fortune 100 CEO what he had learned about leadership in the past year, he sighed and sadly noted, “My suggestions become orders.

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Cracking the Code That Stalls Multicultural Professionals

Harvard Business Review

Among Fortune 500 CEOs , only six are black, eight are Asian, and eight are Hispanic. Top jobs are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to new CTI research (PDF) , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion.

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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to CTI research , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion. Across the board, 56% of minority professionals feel they are held to a stricter code of EP than their Caucasian peers.

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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

CEO John Stumpf set the tone. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. But for more than ten years, anyone who called attention to the blatant gaming was either ignored or actively silenced. Everyone came to know that Stumpf did not want to hear bad news or deal with conflict. That’s what Wells Fargo did.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

The oft-cited CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman, announced the company's Sustainable Living Plan , saying to investors: "if you don't buy into [our long-term value model], I respect you as a human being, but don't put your money in our company.". Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR. Breakthrough Institutions.

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