Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2014

When we invited each member of our company’s board of directors to begin mentoring a high-potential manager, we were thinking mainly about the benefit to the managers from being guided by experienced board members. What if a protégé disagrees with a mentor’s advice?

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Self-aware Report 9

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 6, 2012

Seek a mentor. It’s part of maturing as a leader. Follow King David’s advice. My best advice is to lead well, keep improving, show people you genuinely care and give them something worth following. One Contrast Between Leaders and Managers. Hire a coach or consultant. Recruit a board of advisers.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Maturity Advice 83

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Without the mentoring of my high school coach, I (Bill) would have never been able to achieve the success I did. Research increasingly confirms how critical it is for young people to have caring mentors. In the corporate world, formal mentoring programs make sure newer employees are learning all they need to be successful.

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Mentor Diversity Career Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The other one of us cofounded 10x Management , a well-respected talent agency representing top-tier freelance programmers, designers, and other technology professionals. Others are new to managing or stronger technically than as a supervisor. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers.

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CTO Agility Management Chief Technology Officer 8

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Participative leaders were those who show great concern for employees and use input and advice from these individuals when making decisions. Not bad advice, no matter who you’re leading. Fiedler developed the Least Preferred Coworker Scale as a way to determine which managers would be the best fit for a leadership assignment.

Leadership 131

Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

At one point, I suggested that we revisit our project governance – the operational guide, how it was implemented, and whether the team followed it – but this was a mature team and the general consensus was that everyone knew what to do. And so, I relented.

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Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

These challenges are unlikely to be fatal, but they illustrate the fact that the issues facing mature online communities are both significant and distinct from those faced earlier in their life cycles. This is good advice, but it won’t help Yelp or Wikipedia, both of which helped cement this as best practice in the first place.

Maturity 8

Maturity Case Study Mentor Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Our data included executives’ scores on personality and emotional intelligence assessments, interviews with their managers and HR, and our case notes. This is consistent with classic lifespan literature that describes ongoing maturation during each decade of adulthood. The average coaching engagement lasted six to 12 months.

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Execution 360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2014

You need a sponsor , which is different from a mentor. Make your request for advice timely, specific, and prescriptive. That could mean something as obvious as ditching the graduate student wardrobe for a polished, mature look. Sylvia Ann Hewlett is a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need.

Career 9

Career Skills Mentor Execution 9

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Demand for information often outstrips what you and your managers are able to supply: the consequence is a lack of clarity, which erodes confidence in leadership and strategic direction. That advice applies to companies just as much as individuals. A single voice can undermine a company’s reputation.

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Reputation Chief Executive Officer Globalization Motivation 269

N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

James Hotaling : Call it maturity, but I would be lying if I said I haven’t learned from my mistakes and frustrations. James Hotaling : I have been blessed with great mentors. My last great mentor was my team leader. James Hotaling : Over management and under leadership. He taught me about the power of giving back.

Leadership 375

Leadership Servant Leader Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 375

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. The CIO must understand and execute on the differences among leadership, governance, and managing.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

How do you put age aside and focus on what you have to learn from your manager? And what can you do to best support your boss—which is your job no matter your manager’s age? Seek out people who can offer helpful suggestions, support, and advice. How do you keep your ego from getting in the way of your relationship?

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Case Study Advice Report 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Mature confidence and informed judgment. I remarked to Sonny that I often quoted his song “The Beat Goes On” as analogous to change management, and he was pleased. Best Advice to Future Legends. Be glad for people who mentored you. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection. Courage and leadership.

Balanced Scorecard 69

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 69

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Maybe I’m old school, but attempting to provide advice and counsel to a client without having the experience of walking in their shoes is a recipe for disaster. Sure, in some cases I coach and mentor, but most of my clients simply view me as their closest personal advisor.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. Many managers have poor people skills, as well as poor verbal-written communications skills. They require human development, mentoring, knowledge enhancement and much more to be successful.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

With all of us pushing leadership advice and counsel, why is it that our leaders are failing at such alarming rates? When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333