Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models. Advances in communication technology and the growing emphasis on employee empowerment are reducing the need for middle management roles. They are poised to become obsolete in the coming years.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success. Effective leaders know how to achieve operational excellence, and they embrace continuous improvement. These leaders never micro-manage. These managers tend to micro-manage, blame others for their mistakes and sap the creativity, initiative and vitality from the workplace.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 11, 2025

Blog: As a manager, I want my team to flourish Written by Caroline Roberts Friday 11 April 2025 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email Adam Werlinger CMgr MCMI, our Chartered Manager of the Week, first encountered CMI via the governments Help to Grow scheme. His managers response was: Why wait five years?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Like smart investment managers, smart people managers figure out how to shift their investment of time and energy from some parts of their portfolio so they can invest more in other parts where there is more potential for improvement. Some leaders shy away from managing their Passengers because it is uncomfortable.

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Chartered Management Institute

JULY 5, 2024

After a career working in multinationals as a programme manager, Denis Lindsay’s dad offered him this provocation that would change the course of his career. After a career working in multinationals as a programme manager, Denis Lindsay’s dad offered him this provocation that would change the course of his career.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed?

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Cooperperson

OCTOBER 21, 2019

IT Manager, Long Island Board of Realtors. ” -Peter Curcio, Chief Operating Officer, Arrow Security. A must read for anybody looking for success in either their personal life or career. “ -Tommy Panissidi, Manager, Flexible Systems. What an incredible story. Inspirational on all counts!

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Sometimes they’re so high functioning that they don’t even realize they have symptoms of anxiety until they take time away from the office. This week, host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Alyssa Mastromonaco, former White House deputy chief of staff and former chief operating officer of Vice Media.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

.” Stephens joined Marco’s Pizza in 2004 when it was a successful but regional chain operating 110 stores in three states. Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ). ” Raise others up.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” Senior management reviews the ideas and responds to questions raised. A piece of simple advice, but it’s amazing how few senior leaders walk that talk. Happy leading!

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

This plagues everyone, but especially women who are candidates for high-powered careers. A woman executive who doesn't drink coffee never learned how to make it, thus saving many hours of time over the years while never being forced into coffee-service role early in her career. Not exactly your typical job.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. So here’s how she made sure her résumé attracted the attention of hiring managers when she started applying for chief administrative officer (CAO) positions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.” It also reflects how the burden of managing a gender-diverse workplace is placed on the female employees themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. The most common transgression is procrastination, in failing to charge the next generation of managers with more responsibility. I had taken one step toward this two years ago, when I named one partner president and another chief operating officer.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Social enterprises and nonprofits increasingly recognize the need to adopt management disciplines used successfully in the for-profit world. Or Paul Steele, once a senior executive at PepsiCo International who subsequently served as chief operating officer of the World Wildlife Federation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. Despite having a full plate of client projects, she signed up to work on a massive survey to understand the concerns of chief operating officers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even though self-awareness — knowing who we are and how we’re seen — is important for job performance , career success , and leadership effectiveness , it’s in remarkably short supply in today’s workplace. When finally confronted about his behavior, his response was, “The best management tool is fear.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

As organizations run leaner and flatter, your ability to move up can stall much earlier in your career because, simply put, there’s no place to go. So what should you do when you reach that plateau and you’re only midway through your career? This is true whether you work for a corporation, nonprofit, or public agency.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

That''s why Elizabeth started out one notch lower, with the office of the Chief Operating Officer, "because that secretary knows everybody," she says. Career planning Managing yourself' The CEO — the public face of the company — is bombarded with requests.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Tapping into this talent has implications for HR management, calling for new approaches to screening talent, including sourcing, selection, and role definition. Sourcing for Commitment. Screening In for Aptitude.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Yet, we find, individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential. But teaching managers to display inclusive leadership behaviors is just the first step.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. My manager suggested I take a staff role for a while to create a less busy schedule. And I’ve always tried to exceed my manager’s expectations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Conscious movements provide Millennials with all three elements—to give back an issue they care deeply about, to connect with peers and to build their careers, all at the same time. But conscious movements manage this tension and turn it into an opportunity. Bridging global and local.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

They gave me the encouragement to go back to Medtronic, where I had turned down three times the opportunity to become president and chief operating officer. My 13 years with Medtronic became the most important of my career.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

” —Dick Costolo, the night before he joined Twitter as chief operations officer. Even when executed successfully, they don’t confer a boost to your perceived status or competence, and when unsuccessful they can do serious harm to you and your career. Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power.”

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 award-winning Management Thinker 2015-17, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. General Bernie Banks – Former General US Army, head of Leadership Development West Point, currently Associate Dean Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Retention is fundamentally linked to purpose, notes Aarthi Scott , Managing Director, Large Customer Sales for UK and Ireland at Google, Employees need to feel their work contributes to something greater. This makes retention a strategic priority not only for employee well-being but also for cost management and operational stability.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 23, 2013

“EQ has quickly become a global movement that’s helping companies large and small rebuild trust internally to make its employees happier and more productive, which in turn impacts the overall ROI,” said Joshua Freedman, chief operating officer for Six Seconds and the chairman of NexusEQ, a global conference taking place this summer at Harvard. “We

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