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The Surprising Power of Questions
Alison Wood, BrooksLeslie K. John on Harvard Business ReviewMuch of an executive’s workday is spent asking others for information—requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart in a tense negotiation. Yet unlike pro... Read »
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Lisa Marsh explains several key elements of the search process candidates need to understand prior to connecting with a recruiter.
Working with Executive Recruiters: What You Should Know
Lisa Marsh on BlueStepsEach year, many executives make huge leaps in their careers with the help of executive search. But there are several key elements of the search process candidates need to understand prior to connectin... Read »
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“Chief Executives have tremendous resources at their disposal, but they face an acute scarcity in one critical area: Time. Drawing on an in-depth 12-year study, this package examines the unique time management challenges of CEOs and the best strategies for conquering them.”
3 great articles:
- How CEOs Manage Time
- What Do CEOs Actually Do?
- One CEO’s Approach to Managing His Calendar
The Leader's Calendar
on Harvard Business ReviewRunning a large global company is an exceedingly complex job. The scope of the organization’s managerial work is vast, encompassing functional agendas, business unit agendas, multiple organizational... Read »
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How To Lead For A Hard Future
Rasmus Hougaard on ForbesIn the book No Ordinary Disruption, the three authors - all directors of the McKinsey Global Institute - reported findings from years of analysis of the changes taking place on our planet. Their findi... Read »
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Here are some stimulating minds on leadership to get you thinking.
New Leadership Mindset
Peter Fisk on LinkedInLeadership matters more than ever in today’s frantic and fantastic markets. More change in the next decade than the last 250 years. More uncertainty, yet also more possibilities than ever before. We... Read »
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Success, it has been observed, is the sum total of the confident decisions you make. Here are six ways to immensely improve your confidence in the workplace.
Six ways to improve your workplace confidence
Amanda Robar on The Slade ReportThe word confidence has been on the forefront of my mind lately. Whether you are conscious of if it or not, confidence is an incredibly powerful feeling/belief that significantly impacts the way you c... Read »
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Henrik Brabrand explains what an effective leadership team does, and provides key elements that need to be in place for that leadership team to run effectively.
What makes an effective leadership team?
Henrik Brabrand on LinkedInLeadership teams can be the difference-maker. They can be key to tying organizations together and accelerating the development- and implementation capabilities of an organization, and they can be inst... Read »
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Kathy Simmons provides 5 tactics to help you gauge culture when considering a job prospect.
Five Tactics Executive Candidates Can Use To Assess Company Culture
Kathy Simmons on BlueStepsMost of us have heard the famous quip attributed to Peter Drucker, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." It's become so commonly repeated that's it's almost a cliché at this point. But what does the... Read »
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There is a talent and performance multiplier premium for organisations that build their culture and leadership team around exceptionally talented and committed leaders. Here are a few pointers on how to re-energise a leadership team for maximum impact.
Tips For Re-energising Your Leadership Team
Jack McGuinness on Chief ExecutiveAll leadership teams have the opportunity to serve as force multipliers for their organizations where the team’s impact goes far beyond the contributions of individual team members. Leadership teams... Read »
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Never has talent been more mobile, and never has the mobility of talent been more critical for business success. This report uses data from a survey of 366,000 people in 197 countries and a simultaneous survey of 6,000 recruiters to “understand what has changed about people’s job preferences and attitudes toward mobility.”
Decoding Global Talent 2018
Rainer Strack, Mike Booker, Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic, Pierre Antebi, David Welch on The Boston Consulting GroupAsk leaders at big companies what worries them, and one of the first things they’ll mention is the challenge of managing a workforce at a time of rapid change. Jobs being transformed by automation a... Read »
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