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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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IT Doesn't Matter (to CEOs)

Harvard Business Review

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. million records), Wyndham Hotels (600,000 credit cards), eHarmony (1.5 In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

As an example, hotel chains like Marriott or Hilton create value chains that deliver rooms and related services to their customers. Everyone on the leadership team has a role to play in making this pivot. In contrast, Airbnb creates a network that connects hosts and guests.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years. The lack of control meant that the leadership team had little say in how the Contect brand was being managed at a local level. ” Henning Weighs In.

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The #1 Killer of Meetings (And What You Can Do About It)

Harvard Business Review

There were about 10 people involved — the CEO and his direct reports — and we met for two days offsite, in a hotel, so we wouldn't be distracted. I still remember the meeting that finally drove me to change how I run meetings. The goal was to discuss and agree on our plans for the next year. A strategy offsite. Coming from him?

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