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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. Her Leader-as-Coach training received Harvard’s Inaugural Program Award for Culture of Excellence in Mentoring. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Award-winning author of eight books, including: One Minute Mentoring. Faculty of Columbia Business School.

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Convincing Employees to Use New Technology

Harvard Business Review

Almost any enterprise you can think of, no matter the industry or sector, is trying (or being pressured by competitors) to use new technology to harness the vast new oceans of data being generated by smartphones, sensors, digital cameras, GPS devices, and myriad other sources of information originating from customers and markets.

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Shifting Finance from Controlling to Improving

Harvard Business Review

As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. He gives credit to mentors who helped him. "We I got a mentor ("Lean Sensei") who became my shadow, 40% of their time through the first seven months, helping me through.

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Overcome Your Biases and Build a Great Team

Harvard Business Review

Nance Dicciani, to head our European operations in 1999 (first in the senior ranks in our industry to hold such a senior position); a Venezuelan (Rueben Salazar) and Korean (YiHyon Paik) to head our operations in Japan; an African-American (Charles Hill) as CFO of our subsidiary in Japan; and the list goes on and on.

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The CEO’s Guide to Retirement

Harvard Business Review

Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. For example, Chenault knew that in his business work he wanted to focus on digital and technology. Assume the role of mentor. She is also mentoring women, “saying yes to more people than I was able to before.” It’s the people.

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Balancing Parenting and Work Stress: A Guide

Harvard Business Review

” Most working parents look to their networks of mentors, coworkers, and professional contacts for advice on balancing the competing demands of work and home. Invest significant time in training and mentoring a junior colleague so they can run the budget meetings without you. ” “Hire more help!”

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If You Have a Bad Boss, These Are Your Options

Harvard Business Review

A good boss provides encouragement, development, mentoring, and support, while also being fair, constructively critical, and helpful in integrating employees into high-performing teams. Eventually, her team built a portfolio that caught the interest of the CFO and the CEO, and soon she was meeting regularly with them.