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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Distinguished Service Medal.

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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

Some innovative and determined professionals working in world's largest and most complex corporations are choosing to stay put and use their corporate platforms to lead change. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Some are recent graduates.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Wellins, Ph.D., DDI Senior Vice President and study co-author.

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. Without balance, they simply won’t understand the world that’s emerging. How did he do it? .

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How Learning and Development Are Becoming More Agile

Harvard Business Review

According to executives surveyed by the Collaborative, access to difficult-to-find technical or functional expertise, speed, flexibility, and innovation are the top five drivers of using talent outside your organization. In particular, we see several interesting developments: Technology-supported peer learning is disrupting the old paradigm.

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The Eight Archetypes of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

I was once asked to facilitate in a group coaching intervention for the leadership team at the subsidiary of a large chemical company. The builder: leadership as an entrepreneurial activity. The innovator: leadership as creative idea generation. The processor: leadership as an exercise in efficiency.