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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Shook has created the engine known for attracting, developing and retaining great talent who enjoy Accenture’s collaborative, innovative, and highly diverse culture. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. CHRO for HSBC. Previously, Mr.

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Why Zuckerberg Is (Almost) Right About Great Talent

Harvard Business Review

Whether in education, consulting, medicine, construction or finance, the 100X gap between median performance (and even 2X to 20X gap from "pretty good" performance) is becoming a New Normal. Now picture an individual fluent in Cantonese who not only is a talented engineer but a gifted facilitator. Of course! How do we know?

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Why a Great Individual Is Better Than a Good Team

Harvard Business Review

Anytime a CEO, quarterback, engineer or author is paid ridiculous amounts of money, dozens of investors, armchair quarterbacks, and scholars jump in to debate the value of individual contributors versus teams. earthquakes ), finance (i.e., I have heard plenty of people argue that no one individual is worth the price of many.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

Taylor s textbook about "productivity" squarely at my nose if youd like, but Id suggest: the sharpest implement you might not yet have in your toolkit is a set of reflection items. Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do. So throw Frederick W. So throw Frederick W.