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. Not surprisingly, peers and bosses placed more importance on “working across boundaries” than direct reports did (who are themselves mid- to senior-level managers).

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Self-aware Leadership COO Influence 83

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. The best coach for any team is the manager who leads that team. Being a good coach is essential to being a good manager and leader.

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Consensus Groupthink COO Mentor 236

HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. In this role she oversees human resource management globally for the firm.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Learning-by-Doing 59

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Guest post from Bobby Martin : There comes a time for every founder of a rapidly growing entrepreneurial business when you have to decide if you can be the one to both lead and manage into and through this growth stage. You need to become primarily a manager. Learn how to manage the complexities of running a fast-growth firm.

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IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

” Employees are constantly told they need to change processes and practices, only for the leadership team to keep on doing what they always do, and managers maintaining the same old routines. What leaders must do is to help employees and managers to recalibrate their expectations,” Altman argues.

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Altman Six Sigma COO Sharpe 86

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 27, 2023

As with much in life, the researchers believe that a problem shared is a problem halved, and having a discussion about work-life balance with employees can help managers get more out of their team because they can co-create solutions to the inevitable challenges that are presented during this unprecedented time.

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COO Document Reference Long-term 52

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Senior management reviews the ideas and responds to questions raised. By staying connected to the front-line (not just your management direct reports), you get the unfiltered information, perspectives and insights directly … rather than through the layers of the management rinse cycle. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

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. Such asymmetry historically gave salespeople and managers an edge. Schein and Daniel H. Pink being the standouts. This has not happened.

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Schein Leadership Teamwork Self-aware 248

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. The results were telling. A general feeling of resistance to organizational change — a.k.a.

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Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The perceived need to learn something new is inversely proportional to the rank of a manager. Be sure to take into account if the employee has had to switch roles multiple times, though, or make huge changes in order to accommodate different managers’ expectations. That’s really short-sighted.

Leadership Styles 87

Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Seeing these connections and implications may remind you of the need to be an active learner as a leader (not a finished product). “The perceived need to learn something new is inversely proportional to the rank of a manager. These situations can stifle typical developmental-progress trajectories. That’s really short-sighted.

Leadership Styles 78

Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

Women gaining more power to lead, green-light projects, and innovate does not come at the expense of men. Who better than these two to give advice on how to move forward in a men’s world as they draw upon their experience in the male-dominated Marines, making it one of the best books for new female managers in male-dominated office spaces.

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Books Entrepreneur Leadership Advice 105

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

An Additional outcome of this process, that was determined through interviews with the staff and Management team, was increased trust in the competence and effectiveness of the organizations leadership. The process ended with the creation of an internal Director Leadership Program.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2019

Young innovators especially, though it applies even to more experienced entrepreneurs, tend to lack self-awareness of their own weaknesses. Teams often don’t rise to the level of their best people. They often sink to the level of their worst people. Keep that in mind as you build your company. Know and own your limitations. About the Author.

Self-aware 58

Self-aware Entrepreneur COO Banking 58

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Leadership Solutions Focus in Practice Wednesday, November 03rd, 2010 Posted by: mike Working with a leadership team of 5 people including the COO of the organization. Powered by WordPress. People started to say, we are already doing all these things, we are there.

Leadership 125

Leadership COO Team Building Active Listening 125

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company. By Jess Chipkin , Geneca, Manager of Public and Community Relations. I wanted to learn more so I connected with Lisa Kimmel, General Manager of the Toronto office. Ken Pedersen, COO. I was off and running.

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. Innovation Advocate. Contact: caduhigg@gmail 9 43,800 5,107 9,706 Clayton Christensen Innovation, Leadership Professor at Harvard Business School. Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Goleman Emotional Intelligence 100

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.] I Think Not.

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Blog Content Media Brand 298

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

There’s no manager to select team members, much less to assign them the roles they’ll undertake. Who would be CFO or COO? The founding team of a startup obviously has various differences to teams formed in other work contexts. Who would be CEO?

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Team Entrepreneur COO CFO 85

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

The recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding of even one new employee is a time-intensive process every manager takes seriously. Becoming a Manager. 5 Things New Managers Should Focus on First. New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers.

Learning Curve 14

Learning Curve Management CFO Delegation 14

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

. “We take people who have not been involved in the formal economy and provide them with the appropriate training and move them into full-time and formal work,” Wendy Gonzalez, Samasource’s President and COO told me recently. As such employees often have career opportunities within the company.

Power 69

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 69

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. Key takeaway: When you’re leading on the innovation edge you have to keep innovating…not buying NHL teams. Happy leading!

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COO Leadership How To CEO 37

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. Key takeaway: When you’re leading on the innovation edge you have to keep innovating…not buying NHL teams.

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COO How To CEO Leadership 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance. Manage and evaluate performance of work-study students and graduate assistants.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Paul is an old friend who, until his recent retirement, worked as a senior scientist at a pharmaceutical company, where he managed a group of innovative researchers. Shortly after the best practices meetings, the COO visited Paul's location to see how the alignment was going.

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COO Short-term Pharmaceuticals Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Over the past year, we hosted current or former leaders from each of these retailers at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and all four talked about a corporate culture of setting high expectations and creating conditions that encourage employees to innovate. For Boyan, the key is giving real power to store managers and partners.

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Retail Merchandising Incentives COO 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Governance expert Ram Charan considers executive sessions the most important recent innovation in corporate governance. ” Have a good COO and other C-level people in place. Tesla has no COO. Facebook brought in Sheryl Sandberg as COO. It is a sign of danger when investors say “There is no Tesla without Musk.”

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CEO COO Charan Advice 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

I repeatedly hear from young entrepreneurs that, as fund managers come in, they introduce too many controls for cash flows, income projections, budgeting, risk analysis, financial modeling – the list is endless. Building a new product or service in itself is not adequate, even if it’s a brilliant innovation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Core Competence COO Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

During a long and illustrious career that is far from over (you can read all about one of his most recent ventures — building the most direct fiber-optic connection between Chicago and New York – in Chapter One of Michael Lewis’s new book ), Barksdale has become a big believer in the value of the folksy aphorism as management tool.

Advice 8

Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. COO, Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Short-term rewards too often take precedence over the longer-term interests and viability of a company. Climate Change on HBR.org. by Forest L.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services. Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. At Asian Paints, Manish Choksi managed the difficult step of centralizing and standardizing processes across a loosely-coupled set of regional units.

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CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

He was promoted to COO within two years. Senior management encouraged the employee’s creativity and coached her on how to implement her idea. As the organization has grown, CEO Charles Best has encouraged senior executives to take on increasing responsibilities. Best has also created a culture of mentorship.

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Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Consider Nissan’s “Vision Zero” which aims for “zero traffic accidents involving Nissan vehicles that inflict serious or fatal injuries,” according to COO Toshiyuki Shiga. ” Managing its waste, which once cost GM billions of dollars a year, now makes the company more than $1 billion annually.

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Goal Transportation Automotive COO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

His energy and emotion accelerated innovation and execution across the company. "I''m The COO of a software firm, he had had a horrible relationship for years with Ron, a key product development VP. Leadership Managing people Managing yourself' I''m upset. I''m responsible. I apologize." Let your emotions out.

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COO Energy Tactics Motivation 11