Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2016

“Oh, I learned how to be a good leader the hard way.” It’s often our most klutsy moves that teach us how to Win Well. We’d been preparing for a month for Bob, our COO’s, annual visit to our region. When I told “John” what I did for a living, he chuckled. Don’t we all. .

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Additionally, you’ll learn how to overcome various obstacles, such as market saturation and international competition. An MBA can also teach you how to effectively communicate with your team, investors, clients, and customers. As a result, you’ll have a vast network to draw on as your business venture progresses.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The management team never collectively engaged in discussing how to integrate digital capabilities into business strategy and strategic direction-setting discussions. The planning group began reporting to the COO. Digital Transformation Planning was now the COO’s priority. In essence, the spigot was turned off.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

On a team and organizational level, we must aim to be Never Agile Enough and understand how to shift between roles to best serve our missions, how to put systems in place that lead to superior decision-making, and how to keep our teams as flexible and responsive as possible. What plays into agility is knowing how to think.

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Women on Business

APRIL 11, 2012

Want to learn how to work smarter, not harder? If Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg can leave work at 5:30 every day, then so can you! A new infographic shares some useful information and mental tricks that can improve both your efficiency and the quality of your work while reducing job stress.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 16, 2023

“We considered how to measure a CEO as a person and not at the corporate level,” the authors explain. Thinking of others The study found that companies with prosocial CEOs have a lower likelihood of executive subordinates, such as CFOs and COOs, leaving the company.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2019

. * * * Phillip Sandahl , the internationally renowned bestselling author of Co-Active Coaching and the CEO of Team Coaching International (TCI) and Founding Partner / COO of TCI, Alexis Phillips are authors of the new book, Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional (..)

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

However, as a succession of leaders, including William Toppeta, CEO of MetLife, Myrtle Potter, COO at Genentech, Howard Safir, New York City Police Commissioner, and many others spoke at the Forum, it became clear that the concepts we were uncovering were in need of an organizing tool. You’re planting a seed. Sander Flaum, M.B.A.,

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But within two weeks, one of us (Geoff, who was COO at the time) realized he was averaging a Snickers bar per day. For Geoff, this was the moment he realized that a successful COO needed to think about the environment in which employees make choices. And if you are a COO, embrace your inner choice architect.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

By Guest Author Jessica Garcia Dudek , COO Oxygen Learning. The best coaches also understand how to adjust their approach, if warranted, to fit the talent they may have on the field as it oftentimes changes from year to year. While sports analogies can be over-used, it’s truly helpful to think of a coach of a sports team.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 25, 2010

He cooed when they kissed his face or stroked his cheek, and when they cooed back, he opened his mouth into a wide, joyful O. How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. How To Survive In A High Performance Workplace. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. How To Make Wonderful Mistakes.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Take Sheryl Sandberg, COO at Facebook, who took it upon herself to help women attain leadership roles in business, wrote a book about how to do it, Lean In, and started a foundation to promote it, Leanin.org. Ordinary citizen leadership, however, need not be all about saving lives. Often it is about changing the status quo.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Learn how to manage the complexities of running a fast-growth firm. If you have a partner, he or she may well become one of these department heads or perhaps the COO who complements you as CEO or vice versa. As the leader - in whatever form that takes for you (CEO, President, COO) - set the vision, expectations and culture.

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Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Any trail that has remained popular for over 1000 years can teach us how to build longevity in our organization. Since the Camino, I am more thoughtful when I start a new project to look for lessons from the past. Think About the Future. He is a leadership consultant, speaker, and managing director of the consulting firm DiscoveredLOGIC.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

Functional leaders typically manage groups of more than 500 people, have budgets in excess of $500M, and are often on a shortlist to be COO or CEO. For example, self-awareness is critical to understanding how to improve your influence and executive communication. They run business units and geographic regions.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

When I asked him to talk about what he wanted out of coaching it basically came down to support and guidance about how to handle this big opportunity that secretly scared the hell out of him. If you liked what you read here, subscribe here to get my latest ideas on how to lead and live at your best.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I was contacted by a COO of a mid-size manufacturing plant. The COO Nikhil recently promoted Jackson from Production Manager to General Manager of Production. This accountability was followed by all the other leaders and the COO-Nikhil was accountable for Jackson’s work. Situation. I asked, “When is the next Executive Meeting?”

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He coached many others including Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Chegg, John Hennessy, former President of Stanford University, and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Campbell was a coach, mentor, and friend to Steve Jobs spending many Sunday afternoons walking and talking.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For Stephens, though, love is not an abstraction–it’s the underlying motivation for everything he does as president and COO. Most of us are not accustomed to using the words “love” and “business” in the same sentence. And it’s what drives his success and keeps him motivated when times get tough.

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CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I had a great COO working for me at SYNNEX who talked about "Conditions". Conditions are those things which you cannot change - you can only choose how to react to them. For example - the exchange rates or if an accident has already happened. It is done - now you can only react to the Condition.

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CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I had a great COO working for me at SYNNEX who talked about "Conditions". Conditions are those things which you cannot change - you can only choose how to react to them. For example - the exchange rates or if an accident has already happened. It is done - now you can only react to the Condition.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” CNN wrote, “SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell described the ‘No A **e’ policy in a commencement address last year, saying, ‘These kinds of people — a s — interrupt others; they shut down or co-opt conversation; and they create a hostile environment where no one wants to contribute.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Excerpted with permission from TEAMS UNLEASHED: how to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams (Nicholas Brealey, 2019) by Phillip Sandahl, bestselling author of Co-Active Coaching and the CEO of Team Coaching International and Founding Partner, COO of TCI, Alexis Phillips. How to Coach Virtual Teams.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

How to Success in Business Without A Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman . She recommends that women learn how to balance their inherently female qualities with what are perceived as traditional male advantages. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit the bestseller list with this book in 2013. by Karen Salmansohn .

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The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prior to his current (and second) stint as CEO, Harry was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a technology company in Silicon Valley I’ll call “ScorpCo*”. It took Harry years to make changes, and he had the support of the board to make it happen.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Based on interviews and first-hand experience, Common Purpose lays out how to achieve and then sustain a culture based on a common purpose. In Common Purpose , consultant Joel Kurtzman makes the case that excellent leaders build a sense of inclusiveness—a sense of we—within the organization by creating a common purpose.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 7, 2014

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s hugely successful Lean In complements both by providing a clear example of a leader who demonstrates in action the managerial practices that both men advocate. The core of To Sell Is Human is a lively section titled “How to Be” that spells out Pink’s new ABCs of selling. Schein and Daniel H.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

Among the other women in the top 50 was Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of the 2013 book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead ; and former Oracle executive Liz Wiseman. May On How To Encourage Creativity & Innovation Are We Ready For The Workplace Gender Shift?

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Here are some of our thoughts on how to make leadership succession a more relevant process in your company. Following are two classic examples how succession plans may lack realism: The head of engineering is a high performing leader who has the potential to be COO. Jim is the former CLO of three major companies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Like smart investment managers, smart people managers figure out how to shift their investment of time and energy from some parts of their portfolio so they can invest more in other parts where there is more potential for improvement. Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Read ZF’s COO, Bob Sherwin’s blog post on Cross-Training for Your Leadership Marathon for a bit more about this revolutionary approach. He’ll draw from the latest research just published in their new book, How to Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your Strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2019

Reddit COO Jen Wong discusses the biggest social network you never talk about, and how Reddit’s unique culture of free expression within community-moderated spaces has made it one of the most robust marketplaces of ideas on the internet.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2019

Reddit COO Jen Wong discusses the biggest social network you never talk about, and how Reddit’s unique culture of free expression within community-moderated spaces has made it one of the most robust marketplaces of ideas on the internet.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 24, 2012

After rocketing the Blackberry to success in the mid 2000’s, RIM Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down this week and were replaced by new CEO (and former RIM COO) Thorsten Heins. What can we average leaders learn from this shake-up?

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Regardless of how great your leader (or CEO or COO) is, I find that the message is misinterpreted between the Execs and senior Managers. Ive authored a Time Leadership Audio CD, book and eBook ; "How to use the Secrets of Leadership for Time Management".email I like to know more about your career change. Happy holidays.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2012

John Lees, a career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You'll Love , says that people rarely get to re-negotiate the terms until after two years on the job. But the salary Karen*, the company's COO, provided was much lower than she expected and she was disappointed. She made it clear to the COO that these were not perks.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 24, 2012

After rocketing the Blackberry to success in the mid 2000’s, RIM Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down this week and were replaced by new CEO (and former RIM COO) Thorsten Heins. What can we average leaders learn from this shake-up?

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