Lead Change Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

What do venture funding, employee reviews, project planning and vendor selection have in common? Leadership Development leader leadership skills negotiator' Let’s put it simply – they call for negotiation and persuasion. The parties involved must reach an agreement and for that to happen they have [.]

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Venture Funding Skills Leadership Development Review 322

Mills Scofield

JULY 8, 2013

Ilan , Founder of The Founder Project , is no exception and I can''t wait for The Founder Project to come stateside! This is the type of engagement we need to get economies growing, build trust and a sense of ownership for our Millennials as they grow into leadership positions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Entrepreneur Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Project 192

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

In a world hungry for great leadership, these are just a few of the questions that too many leaders seem incapable of answering. I first encountered the term last year, in an intriguing interview with a CEO named Victor Ho, cofounder of a customer loyalty company that has raised more than $100 million in venture funding.

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Schein McKinsey Venture Funding Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Foundations typically fund projects, not products. We tried it at the NewSchools Venture Fund, where I used to work.

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Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Only around 20% of technologies funded by CVC&A grab enough attention of business units to start co-innovation pilot projects with portfolio startups. Selected startups become real suppliers, with purchase orders and supplier numbers, from day one of the venture client program.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Women must project gravitas in order to advance at work, yet they also need to retain their "feminine mystique" in order to be liked. The Double-Bind Paradox.

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Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

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Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15