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.” Guides are risk-aware and provide safety in uncertain conditions. It’s never about talking about things.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 22, 2010
I have consistently espoused the value of walking the floor, dropping in for meetings on an impromptu basis, proactively engaging key stakeholders, and any number of other items that focus on raising your awareness. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2015
How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. Distefano : Because we’ve got [a database of] over two million assessed executives, we can cut that so that we can see how a CFO at a state-owned firm in China is different from a CFO in private equity-owned firm in Silicon Valley. Insight Center.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2011
Christine was a smart and driven Chinese senior executive, a self-declared perfectionist, she set the bar as high for those around her as she did for herself. I had been asked to work with Christine because she was in line for a promotion to CFO. She was a Tiger Boss and a Tiger Mom to boot. HR did find a taker. I certainly hope not.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 3, 2017
Zabeen Hirji, CHRO at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), grew up in retail banking and operations management roles before moving into HR. She says she applies a little self-test: “If I’m not presenting ideas that get turned down by the top team, I know I am playing it too safe. My job is to push the envelope.”
Harvard Business Review
JULY 26, 2013
While the schools'' own IT infrastructures and apps proved disconcertingly incompatible, Dropbox and skillfully edited Skypes facilitated exactly the kind of real-time and asynchronous coordination and "version management" needed to deliver a "knock-their-socks-off" plan fast. They won eight-figure funding.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Others became depressed and filled with self-doubt. Self-doubt can inhibit the proactive behaviors necessary for renewal, recovery, and advance. This risk is compounded if the leader is not aware that he or she is out of balance, as is often the case. Leadership Managing yourself Personal effectiveness'
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