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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Mike Hoban of Development Dimensions International (DDI) provided Could Siri Become Your Leadership Coach?

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Stop Letting the Latest Trend Dictate How You Run Your Company

Leading Blog

Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers. Listening to your staff will establish trust among peers, managers, and higher-ups, which leads to loyalty and engagement. So, when thinking about your employees and talent strategies, that’s where you must start: at the top.

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The Personal Strength of Loyalty - The Glue of Relationships

Building Personal Strength

One force that strengthens relationships is a dynamic we refer to as loyalty. His most recent act of loyalty was to restructure our credit to our advantage, to help us thrive during the recession. So loyalty is earned, and it’s a two-way street. The problem is, most people have many loyalties, including loyalty to oneself.

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Making the Turn: 10 Warning Signs You aren’t Shifting from Founder to Leader

N2Growth Blog

When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. You have tremendous loyalty to your friend. The very best rely on a coach or coaches to help them with their continuous development. How do you avoid this fate? Make the turn.

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0508 | Orly Lobel: Full Transcript

LDRLB

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” ORLY: Right.

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You Might Be the Reason Your Employees Aren’t Changing

Harvard Business Review

Consider the example of a CFO we worked with who had his heart set on landing the CEO job when his boss retired. ” The CFO was deeply embarrassed and vowed to change. Like the ill-fated CFO, many of us are “coached,” but few of us are changed by the experience. But, he didn’t.

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How CMOs Can Get CFOs on Their Side

Harvard Business Review

In our work with clients across dozens of sectors over more than five years, we have found that the strongest CMO/CFO partnerships develop when both parties undertake five actions: 1. CMOs need to start building this relationship by having a clear understanding of what CFOs expect.

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