“As digital tightens its grip on business models, new ways of working and organisational practices are migrating from the tech world into the wider business community as it undergoes the often fraught process of digital transformation. Enter the chief product officer, the executive charged with making sure it all runs smoothly.”
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The Rising Influence Of The Chief Product Officer
Tess Bennett on Which-50Answering to the CEO, the CPO typically has a broad purview at the intersection of tech, user and business requirements. Read »
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What do we do when someone comes to the team? How far does it rest on those who arrive? Should you adopt a traditional way of incorporating talent, or consider a more disruptive practice? Carlos Cortés provides questions and tips to aid the integration of new talent into your organisation. (in Spanish)
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Carlos Cortés on LinkedInWhat do we do when someone comes to the team? How far does it rest on those who arrive? Read »
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Some of the most important lessons are often revealed where we might least expect it, and often in the words of people who’ve walked distinctly different paths than our own up the corporate ladder.
Working For Your Resume Or Your Eulogy
on TRANSEARCH InternationalSometimes, if you listen intently enough, some of the most powerful lessons of your executive leadership career can come from some of the most unexpected places. Too often, it seems, global executives... Read »
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Henrik Brabrand presents a simple plan to help you obtain a better understanding of yourself, identify your drivers and goals and create a new and more rewarding future.
Build Your Executive Life Plan
Henrik Brabrand on LinkedInMost people - including executives at all levels - do not have a plan for their lives, and some even drift along and just let life happen to them. They may plan their careers or major projects like re... Read »
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Experience is a gift for those who choose to learn from it, and those who learn how they must adapt in order to recognise how different situations, resources and people fit the current day and potential for tomorrow. Yet experience can also cut the wrong way when an executive leader uses experience as a default setting to stifle new ideas and extinguish the flames of innovation that may seem strange, unachievable or simply unfamiliar.
Experience Can Be A Restrictive Default Setting
on TRANSEARCH InternationalMost global executives are promoted or recruited into new leadership roles because of the education they completed, the experience they gained and the insights they bring to new business opportunities... Read »
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How 100 smart women discovered six unexpected benefits from an unlikely escape.
Chris Toussaint on The Slade ReportPlaying a team sport like football is so much more than running around an oval and kicking a ball. Read »
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Just as CEOs lead companies, we each assumed the chief executive role for our own careers the minute we stepped out into the working world. In that capacity, we have to protect and nurture our interests and prospects, just like the big guys do.
How To Transition Into A New Industry
John Ryan on TRANSEARCH USAYou deserve a job that has a lush potential for future growth. It’s waiting for you. Go out there and grab it. Read »
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How can leaders translate the complexity of strategy into guidelines that are simple and flexible enough to execute? Rather than trying to boil the strategy down to a pithy statement, it’s better to develop a small set of priorities that everyone gets behind to produce results.
Turning Strategy Into Results
Donald Sull, Stefano Turconi, Charles Sull, James Yoder on MIT Sloan Management ReviewStrategy Planning Results Strategy, at its heart, is about choice. Few companies succeed by making a single big bet. Most winning strategies are based on a bundle of choices about, among other things... Read »
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Are You Getting the Best Out of Your Executive Team?
on Center for Creative LeadershipAn executive team is a powerful asset for any organization. A strong C-suite mobilizes everyone in the organization to propel the organization’s vision and strategy forward. Yet too often this consi... Read »
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When thinking about leadership skills, it is pertinent to remember what Alexander the Great said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
How to Become an Inspiring Executive
KV Dipu on BlueStepsA recent survey of executives about traits needed to succeed as an executive highlighted leadership skills as the most commonly cited one. While there are several definitions of leadership skills (pra... Read »
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