Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided 5 Strategies to Address Conflict as a Manager. Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Leaders at the top of the organizational pyramid need ongoing development just as much as newly promoted supervisors. One of the challenges organizations face in developing their senior executives is the need for "mass customization". In order to do this, many organizations turn to " Individual Development Plans ", or IDPs.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Joel recaps: “Have you developed your personal brand?

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage. But so is training.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey write in Talent Wins : Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of talent, yet the talent practices in their organizations use are vestiges of another era. This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer).

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. The Administrator manages process with predictability and efficiency.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. It’s a high-wire balancing act many executives go through to grab the golden ring. You’re moving on up.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

There are many different job opportunities in the accounting field that range from entry-level jobs to executive positions. The accounting field offers space for professional development. If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Good luck with that.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. What has helped to shape you as a leader?

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Combining cutting-edge research with the stories of powerful women executives at the top of corporations today, including Nike, Visa, IBM, Salesforce, Atlantic Records, and more, Fisher provides a data-driven roadmap for both current and aspiring leaders of all demographics to achieve greater levels of success in an evolving workforce.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. You’re not managing your energy well. You must concentrate on managing your energy because there are so many demands on your time, that you can’t meet them all. Make the turn.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

How to Increase Your Executive Presence. I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

In many organizations and occupations, “management by walking around” and micromanagement have fell by the wayside, either by design or out of necessity. I run Executive Development Programs at a large university. After all, the role of “manager” must have been invented for a reason, right? Develop measures.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 7, 2014

Working for a manager who is at the same or lower level of competence as you is anger producing, uninspiring, unproductive, frustrating, demoralizing and eventually leads to underemployment. Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. Mark was the General Manager of sales. Photo Credit.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Low performers in management roles contribute to attrition among high performers. However, according to Eagle Hill’s survey, among companies with high turnover rates, 26% of high performers leave because of poor management. Great sales people rarely make great sales managers for instance; the skillsets required are different.”

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I recently watched a rerun of Executive Suite , based on Cameron Hawley’s book of the same name. In this black and white classic, William Holden portrays a junior executive with great vision but limited executive experience. Upon the untimely death of the revered company president, the board must select a new leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Christian Hoogerheyde, a project manager at Socrata, a Seattle-based cloud software company, says his Icelandic guide’s social skills “serve as a lesson to me every time I try to establish a new client’s trust.” If we build leadership in others, we develop a stronger line and an overall stronger organization.” It’s about showing them.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Being a Manager is tough and being accountable for the work as well as the behavior of a subordinate adds another layer of complexity onto your challenges. The COO Nikhil recently promoted Jackson from Production Manager to General Manager of Production. The Case Study Below is true, the company and names have been changed.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

One of the most common leadership development questions that I hear from executives is, "Why does succession planning feel like such a waste of time?" I do a lot of work on executive coaching and succession with my good friend, Jim Moore. Change the name of the process to from Succession Planning to Succession Development.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

In those days I often thought that corporate managers and professionals were lazy. Professionals and managers were working 35 to 40 hours per week. Today I am amazed at how hard corporate managers and professionals work. The CFO replied, "You are getting paid as much a partner in one of the top professional services firms.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

There is a noticeable focus on “culture” lately, whether the topic is recruiting, engagement, development, retention, what have you. At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative. It’s all good stuff to discuss.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. The CFO owns a couple. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thanks for sharing this one.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996.Â

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Self-promoting divas and power-hoarding executives destroy organizational trust. The hubris displayed by Skilling, along with founder Kenneth Lay and CFO Andrew Fastow, didn’t just destroy Enron. The following is a guest piece by Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue, with David A. Kaplan worked for 25 years at Newsweek and Fortune.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

By disclosing a breach, CFOs of publicly traded companies might trigger investor panic and sell-off, whereas private company CFOs risk irreparable harm to consumer and employee confidence. Make no mistake: this problem is only getting worse.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

Lee Iacocca , a business executive best known for his revival of Chrysler Corp. Successful companies establish a product management/marketing role (or group), empower them with the ability to make decisions, and hold them accountable for their actions. Too often we leave the worries and cares about money to the CFO’s office.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Posted on October 12, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment So, the Globe and Mail is doing a big feature series on why there aren’t more women heading up Canadian corporations and, worse, why other countries are scooping our (apparently meager) female executive talent. Gee Mr. Clark, couldn’t you do a little better than that??

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The CFO will care about profits. The CFO might be interested but would wonder how profitable those sales will be. He’s the managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a leadership development training firm. and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. The VP of Sales will care about sales.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. Bad management? I cringed when I heard the story. Sounds like it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Earlier in her career, she left a position as SVP of business development and emerging businesses to join Boston Scientific in a senior line job. He had to ask her four more times, including once on a conference call with the whole executive team, before she finally relented.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2015

But for the senior-most executives? Executive recruiter Korn Ferry recently introduced a new system, called KF4D, to help them place better bets on talent at the top of the ladder. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. Is it unusual to have data on senior executives? For C-Suite roles?

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