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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. Employee Engagement Leadership'

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

Lou Gerstner’s arrival at IBM in 1993 is a classic example of leadership through a liminal period. Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. Business education Informal leadership Leadership'

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. They are viewed from the top as solid, reliable, good soldiers but not "leadership material." According to John Reed, this was Sandy Weills thinking preference. We all have.

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Women in Asia Are More Financially Savvy than Women in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

Our new book, Harness the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors , based on recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation, indicates that there is a rising tide of female wealth worldwide. Today, it’s increasingly young, worldly, self-created — and female.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. Leadership also wanted to improve service delivered to property taxpayers and municipalities. They knew that achieving these aims would require some skill building in the work force.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an "F"

Harvard Business Review

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. What would this leadership look like over time? Should some specific talent management practices receive greater focus than others--that is, do they exert more influence on competency of an organization''s overall talent management process?