Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 8, 2015
Let’s be real. The biggest mistake managers make when developing their people is that they don’t spend enough time doing it. Or, even worse, aren’t spending any time at all. The fact that you’re reading this indicates that you care, and are trying. Even imperfect development beats what many employees telling me they’re getting–nada.
Penelope Trunk
MAY 3, 2015
First of all, let me say that I feel really bad for everyone who is losing Dave Goldberg in their life. I feel bad that he will not get to see his two kids grow up. His death is very sad. I have not had a spouse die or a parent die and I’m sure the experience is more awful than I could even imagine. Still. I can’t help but wonder how he died.
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Eat Your Career
MAY 4, 2015
I’m going to make a bold statement here: In the field of professional development, I consider myself an expert. It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). Rather, it’s because I’ve immersed myself in the field—soaked up knowledge and applied it at a rapid pace. And these days, I really feel it’s paying off with a level of expertise few others possess.
Strategy+Business
MAY 18, 2015
The Berkeley professor and his coauthor say companies can no longer afford to treat failure like a dirty secret they have to hide.
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Profitable Problem Solving
MAY 27, 2015
And once you maximize your role as an Intreprenuer.how make sure you get the right reward for your accomplishments. First ask yourself, are you an Intreprenuer? The post Top 3 steps to maximize your role as an Intreprenuer… appeared first on Profitable Problem Solving.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 22, 2015
My client, Laura, had invited me in to observe the spectacle. I watched as she carefully articulated her research findings and presented her “no brainer” suggestions to Mark. Each time Laura’s ideas were met with a similar response, “thanks so much,” followed by a bogus reason of why the idea wouldn’t work. The conversation was the equivalent of Laura saying, “I’d like to give you 100 bucks.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 15, 2015
Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our May Festival is all about energizing leadership. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors, ! Next month’s Festival is all about beginnings, fresh starts, and launching well. New contributors welcome. Energizing Ourselves. We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels. – Silvia Cartwright.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 29, 2015
“The other day, a customer tweeted at me, ‘are you a bot?’ At first I was really offended and wanted to tweet back “I AM NOT A BOT!” But when I thought about it some more, I got kind-of sad. I realized that by following the scripts and all the rules, I sounded very robotic. That’s not what our customers want or need. They come to social media because they want some upbeat and friendly interaction.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 13, 2015
I’m launching a new project that will significantly propel the LGL mission of growing leaders with the confidence and humility to make a deeper impact on the world. It’s a strong team, and I found us organically asking one another questions to frame our mission and set us up for success. There was no checklist, but I thought, “Wow, wouldn’t it be helpful for others in such scenes if there were?
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 6, 2015
There are four main reasons my MBA students give me for wanting to work for the big guys versus a smaller company: prestige, salary/benefits, room for upward mobility, and security. Tough factors for the small guys to compete with for sure. Interesting, those conversations have been juxtaposed with interviews I’ve been doing this week for a mid-sized client, as we’re looking to take their social media strategy to the next level.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 20, 2015
I’ve spent many years in a “trust but verify” culture.” What this meant was that I, and every executive above me, were expected to constantly show up in the retail stores to experience what was happening as the customers would. Is there a bird’s nest over the front entrance risking bird poop falling on a customer’s head? Are customers being serviced in a timely way?
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 11, 2015
This week has been hard here. We’ve lost my mom who was vibrant to the end, at a slower pace than predicted– with a painful ending no one should have to endure. Some of my mom’s last words to me were “I just wish all this pain and suffering could help you write a really good blog post.” She was kidding of course, but what the heck.
Penelope Trunk
MAY 4, 2015
After three days of silence on the cause of death for Dave Goldberg, the New York Times has changed their story in the span of seven hours, some mysterious source said collapsed while exercising. Then a leak to the Associated Press said head trauma. If we were in an Agatha Christie mystery, I’d say heart attack. But we are in the real world, and I don’t believe any of it.
Penelope Trunk
MAY 7, 2015
Reinvention is part of being human. The nature of our lives is that we learn more and collect new ideas and that makes us want to do new and different things with our lives. But we often never actually make that transition. The problem is that we are hard-wired to think about the present. Even people who are great at planning get tangled up in daily details because, after all, this is how humans stayed alive as they evolved: never taking their eye completely away from their immediate needs.
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With the increased interest in reskilling and upskilling existing workforces, companies are looking for more training and development content and realizing that higher education has a lot to offer. Similarly, companies are finding value in providing training to students and preskilling their future workforce. The challenge is that the technology and platforms used to serve these two audiences have never had to work well together—until now.
Strategy+Business
MAY 3, 2015
Because unexpected CEO successions can paralyze even the best-functioning companies, they can wreak a harsh toll on revenues, earnings, and stock prices. All of which means there is a far greater payoff to getting succession right than current practices imply. The key is consistent planning.
Strategy+Business
MAY 10, 2015
Because nonprofits play an essential and powerful role in shaping society and culture, they require the utmost professionalism in their leaders. Frances Hesselbein, approaching her 100th birthday, has become the world's leading advocate for management skill in the social sector. As head of Girl Scouts of the USA and then as chief executive of Leader to Leader (now the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute), she has parlayed her skills as a networker, catalyst for change, and management thinker
Strategy+Business
MAY 10, 2015
Emerging markets need a fundamental reversal in approach. The conventional wisdom advocates implementing large-scale economic and institutional reforms that shape the overall business and political environment. It would be more effective to selectively use reform initiatives tailored to each country's unique mix of business dynamics and industries, to improve domestic firms' resources and capabilities at each stage of a country's economic development.
Strategy+Business
MAY 10, 2015
In the complex and fragmented consumer landscapes of many emerging markets, consumer products companies and retailers have much to gain by working together. Collaboration can yield short-term benefits--and can ultimately create more sustainable, more efficient business environments.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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Strategy+Business
MAY 3, 2015
The chief operating officer has traditionally been the number two person in many companies -- the senior executive charged with overseeing all of the company's business operations. But COOs are becoming an endangered species, made obsolete by a more efficient CEO.
Strategy+Business
MAY 21, 2015
Courting investors with expertise in foreign markets can provide companies with a crucial, but often overlooked, advantage in pulling off successful international M&A deals.
Strategy+Business
MAY 14, 2015
If firms become mired in the successful practices that got them to where they are, they may stop looking for new ways to exploit resources and opportunities.
Strategy+Business
MAY 4, 2015
Large companies can lose billions of dollars when they don't plan for changes in leadership. See also "The $112 Billion CEO Succession Problem.
Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager
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Eat Your Career
MAY 4, 2015
I’m going to make a bold statement here: In the field of professional development, I consider myself an expert. It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). Rather, it’s because I’ve immersed myself in the field—soaked up knowledge and applied it at a rapid pace. And these days, I really feel it’s paying off with a level of expertise few others possess.
Strategy+Business
MAY 27, 2015
The success of projects involving several stakeholders can depend on achieving the right balance of internal and external contributions.
Strategy+Business
MAY 25, 2015
Addressing climate change with a sense of urgency isn't a matter of morality, two economists argue. It's about managing risk.
Strategy+Business
MAY 26, 2015
Developing countries need national strategies to protect their digital assets and bolster their economic growth.
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Strategy+Business
MAY 6, 2015
More companies are seeking greater control of their value chain -- but they should do so with caution.
Strategy+Business
MAY 10, 2015
New York Times reporter David Gelles investigates the rising use of meditation in corporate America.
Strategy+Business
MAY 4, 2015
It's time to celebrate those butt-kicking, get-it-done teams who work out of the spotlight.
Strategy+Business
MAY 14, 2015
Seven strategies for managing the unique challenges of large technology acquisitions.
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