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How to use Measurement to Manage Like a Pro

Lead on Purpose

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. It’s easy to lose sight of “people” thanks to the inordinate focus on specifics, business goals, projects, and deadlines.

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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 6 – Developing a.

Strategy Driven

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome. Diane’s book, Win at Work! ,

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that American workers in alternative work arrangements, including temp workers, increased by 9.4 They can be called upon to staff high-level projects that were previously too expensive to hire employees to work on full time. million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump.

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How to Work for a Gossipy Boss

Harvard Business Review

It can be disheartening and demoralizing when your boss tells you things he shouldn’t, says Annie McKee, founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and a coauthor, with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis, of Primal Leadership. “I’ve learned to be more cautious of how I talk about others.”

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IN COMMEMORATION International Woman's Day

Women in the LEAD

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? She was just a darling, powerful, “everything” woman.

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