Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Figure out how to speak the language of the folks you’re trying to convince. The finance crowd speaks and entirely different language than sales or IT. Whitney astutely pointed out, “the people who have the hardest time with this are middle managers. management. Get the right people involved.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

That’s one reason I was interested to talk with Leo Tilman and General Charles Jacoby, who co-wrote a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. What if you are in middle management and the top management isn’t fully there.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do. billion, prompting them to revisit the goal.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Given the unrelenting pace of change surrounding organizations in virtually every industry, companies are looking for executives who know how to innovate and introduce change, not simply caretakers who can manage the status quo. In most companies there's more than a kernel of truth to these managers' complaints.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

These include administrative or middle management functions, which have historically provided jobs for the middle class. They want to encourage distributed decision-making and empower middle management. Not surprisingly, low-skilled jobs are most threatened, but even intermediate jobs could also be affected.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Through mindfulness practice, a person is able to notice how the mind reacts to thoughts, sensations, and information, seeing past the old storylines and habitual patterns that unconsciously guide behavior. This creates space to deliberately choose how to speak and act. Organizations, like individuals, need this kind of space.

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