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Stop Letting the Latest Trend Dictate How You Run Your Company

Leading Blog

Quiet firing” came about in response to it, describing the passive-aggressive behavior of managers who withhold opportunities from quiet-quitters instead of firing them altogether. Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers. When your executives have different visions, you have a problem.

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36 Lessons for Business & Life from Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell

Leading Blog

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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Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Skip Prichard

Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. More important, even if you managed to get all the spilled water on the ground back into the glass, at that point would you still want to drink it? Linda is a manager at a software company. Me neither.

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A Step-by-Step Plan to Improve CMO-COO Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

”) Delivering a consistent experience on the most common customer journeys is an important predictor of overall customer experience and loyalty. The CMO and COO are the natural partners for turning this around. Here are our recommendations for how CMOs and COOs can develop a more collaborative working relationship: 1.

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When Can’t a Leader Change The Culture?

The Idolbuster

Lobo went from from being a successful CEO to feeling “bruised and battered” as COO at a larger company. Think about it: if it were easy, would so many corporations spend millions on “change management?” Chapter 6: Corporate Culture -The Invisible Hand of the Company Part 7. Over the last few posts, Harry T. So my advice?

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How to Bounce Back After a Failed Negotiation

Harvard Business Review

. “If all you’re thinking about is saving face, you’ve already made the negotiation and its aftermath into a battle,” says Margaret Neale, the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business and coauthor of Getting (More of) What You Want. So you didn’t land the big client.

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Why New Leaders Should Be Wary of Quick Wins

Harvard Business Review

Although talented and competent, he allowed himself to enter a negative cycle of activity after being hired into a large consumer goods company as the COO, and the presumptive successor to the CEO, who planned to retire in 24 months. Greg rolled up his sleeves and worked harder than he ever had, pushing the organization and himself.