Strategy Driven

MARCH 25, 2016

The call for greater diversity at senior leadership levels is not new, although it has itself become more inclusive, extending beyond gender, race and ethnicity, to encompass age, education, socioeconomic background and sexual orientation, as well as experience, skills and talent. Picking up the pace. About the Author.

Diversity 50

Diversity McKinsey Team Leadership 50

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 15, 2024

Your ability to help your organization and teams make effective decisions is a competitive advantage and rare leadership skill. Three questions will help energize and clarify your decision making process. When Decision Making Meetings Go Wrong You’ve been there before.

Process 444

Process Morale Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing 444

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

For 150 years, corporations, governments and militaries were built for up-and-down leadership, with incentives and rewards that discouraged cross-organization thinking and, in many cases, actually created or encouraged internal competition. Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness.

Incentives 258

Incentives Agility Resources Follow-up 258

Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Expectations run high when a family looks to its young members to take the necessary steps to assume leadership and/or ownership of the family enterprise. Learn more at www.thefbcg.com. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * Their new book is Own It!

How To 304

How To Diversity Open-book Consultative 304

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2014

Will this be a consensus decision everyone must be able to live with and support? EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Relate Articles: The Advisor’s Corner – Does working smarter, not harder apply to leadership positions? WHAT METHOD will you use to decide? About the Author.

Competitive Advantage 64

Competitive Advantage Consensus Strategic Planning Content 64

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

To find the answer to that question I attended a session on leadership at the World Economic Forum in Davos. This is where the leadership principle of authenticity comes in. How can leaders prevent this from happening? Typically, 80% of a company's managers believe their company has this differentiation.

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Goleman Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Autocratic decision-making fails to engage all of the critical stakeholders, while consensus sinks every decision to its lowest possible common denominator. Breakthroughs cannot survive without a decision-making model that is different from the one used for incremental innovation. It's not about metrics; it's about "the educated gut."

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Inspirational forces like that built by ADL and other groups are most effective when they add constituencies outside their normal scope, building consensus of opinion and the strength of wider resources. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. Yet while that kind of leadership is crucial, it’s the ability to tap the collective minds of the organization that drives the business. They have a pugnacious, single-minded determination to make their vision happen. Think like engineers and customers.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 25, 2015

Succession planning, done well, creates brilliant competitive advantage. However, I often find this is less of an issue of discrimination at the succession table, than a problem with hiring and focused leadership development down the line. False Consensus. If it’s a perception problem.

Planning 180

Planning Succession Diversity Competitive Advantage 180

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In some cases, regulatory change can lead to direct commercial benefit, creating markets that didn’t exist before, or handing competitive advantage to those better able to capitalize on the regulatory change. Respect the leadership role of government, but be prepared to use your voice and influence.

Globalization 10

Globalization Policies Supply Chain CEO 10