Women in the LEAD

MAY 4, 2012

When I was a young aspiring leader at IBM, I was fortunate to have been mentored in the distance by Frances Hesselbein, who at the time was the CEO for the Girl Scouts of America. I had seen her in a classic film by Warren Bennis called THE LEADER WITHIN. At the time, there weren't a lot of women in leadership roles to emulate.

Film 40

Film Webinar Globalization Download 40

Women in the LEAD

MAY 4, 2012

When I was a young aspiring leader at IBM, I was fortunate to have been mentored in the distance by Frances Hesselbein, who at the time was the CEO for the Girl Scouts of America. I had seen her in a classic film by Warren Bennis called THE LEADER WITHIN. At the time, there weren't a lot of women in leadership roles to emulate.

Film 40

Film Webinar Globalization Download 40

Roundtable Talk

JULY 19, 2010

management expectations, groupies, fame, fortune) is demonstrated time after time through the film retrospective. Watching the film, you can’t help but be impressed with the group’s camaraderie and commitment to each other. Leadership lesson: What are you doing to push yourself? Skip to content Home Welcome!

Leadership 37

Leadership Teamwork Film Blog 37

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2018

This “Moneyball for leadership” approach showed that much of the conventional wisdom about what it takes to become a CEO and succeed is wrong. Question : What do prevailing stereotypes about leadership get wrong? For many successful CEOs, this team orientation has its roots in early organized athletics and in mentoring others.

CEO 50

CEO Books Succession Charisma 50

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As fast as we could pin an idea on the wall, some red-faced account manager in a bad suit would run away with it. Our ad agencies, design groups, film and music studios have gone from being cottage industries and guilds of craftsmen and women, essentially unchanged from the middle-ages, to dark satanic mills of mass production.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

What the film doesn’t mention is that so do a vast swath of men , at least those that didn’t die in the mud of WWI without ever having voted. The (mostly male) leadership teams I work with are working to adapt their businesses to the times. That’s where leadership is most needed today.

Conference 8

Conference Film Globalization Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. Many managers have poor people skills, as well as poor verbal-written communications skills. They require human development, mentoring, knowledge enhancement and much more to be successful.

Brand 51

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 51

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

With the recent movie The Iron Lady , leadership scholars like me have seized the opportunity to reflect on the lessons of Margaret Thatcher's life and career. In the film, we see an old and diminished Maggie flashing back to the pinnacle of her power. She attracted powerful mentors who would groom her for bigger and better things.

Career 11

Career Consensus Politics Film 11

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Mentor 50

Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Remember that throughout the 1950s and 1960s having few African Americans, few Latinos, few Asian Americans, and few white women in management and professional ranks didn’t keep U.S. businesses from creating the most successful economy on earth. But it was a problem for members of those groups and for our society.

Diversity 8

Diversity Innovation Bottom-up Long-term 8