Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 11, 2025

Adam has spent much of his career in the education, arts and voluntary sectors. While Adam is a proactive technology adopter, he tends to approach it strategically, he says. He said he wanted to become a COO. He has always been driven by making a meaningful impact. His managers response was: Why wait five years?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9%

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

” CNN wrote, “SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell described the ‘No A **e’ policy in a commencement address last year, saying, ‘These kinds of people — a s — interrupt others; they shut down or co-opt conversation; and they create a hostile environment where no one wants to contribute.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your company have a COO today? Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing. Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

This continuous feedback loop is critical to raising the bar in how we make Blackstone the absolute best place to grow a career. That’s why it’s crucial to have a culture where we not only attract extraordinary talent, but where everyone can thrive throughout their careers.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

When technology, access, information and how consumers buy changes, so must management.” ← Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario The Value of a 3rd Opinion – Part 1: finding and working with a Mentor → Like Be the first to like this post. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Ctrl.Alt.Del.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2016

I’ve found that just being conscious of the obvious shortcomings of the technology goes a long way. The day has come to elevate your meetings and your role in them, and to use meetings as a tool to take your company and your career to the next level. Before you do this, there are some things to consider. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

They''re people like Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO and author of Lean In ), who is advocating a big new idea from within an organization. In forty years of idea entrepreneurship — spent in writing, speaking, travelling, network building, and technology development — he has influenced the way millions of people think and act.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

He decided to stop thinking of his career as something separate from himself, and the values, ideals and principles that were important to him. He decided it was time to pursue a path that baked his mission into his career. It was just one of the many ways that Ben decided to bake his mission into his career.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

I have had to juggle kids and career for the last 10 years, and I cannot separate work and home life, as I’ve found that creates too much stress and pressure. We believe that to both recruit and retain the best people, we need to provide a culture that gives them room to be creative, take initiative, and excel in their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Digital technology, one of the world's fastest-growing and most lucrative sectors, is popular with consumers of all ages. One of the headhunter-experts I talked to for that project was Ann Carlsen , a recruiter in telecommunications and technology based in Boulder, Colorado. Consider the industry. She was bracingly blunt. No and no.).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

The answer turns out to be far more nuanced than mere wealth accumulation and career advancement. He offered an example: “I recently recruited a VP Sales and Marketing from a well-known consumer technology company to be the president and COO of a small but fast-growing smart-grid consumer technology-products company.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The keynote speaker was Sheryl Sandberg, famous both for her role as Facebook COO and for her advice to girls and women to “ Lean In.”. Sheryl’s own examples were that mentors had advised her not to take the job as an executive at Google and not to take the job as Facebook COO – the very roles that have made her rich and famous.

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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. I never realized that we have behavioral economists on staff who can apply psychological and cognitive research to help clients with technology implementation projects.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

“Part of running a 21st-century company with a 21st-century work force is establishing systems that allow for women to go out and return from maternity leave with minimal impact on the company or on their careers,” says Joan Williams, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Chief "Innovation" Officer: Looking for disruptive technologies to drive innovation. Research focused on the careers of 14 highly successful CIOs found that, beyond the skills needed by all C-level executives (an extensive network, emotional intelligence, leadership, etc.), Today''s CIOs must learn to balance all of these personas.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

At age 41, I am where I want to be in my career: running my own sales-training business, with enough clients lined up that I can probably live comfortably for the next several years. Stop playing catch-up with technology. odla3D/Getty Images. But I’m in trouble. Every Gen Xer is. Here are a few things I’m learning from him.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Most of you who have been following this blog know that I’ve been an a strong evangelist of social media, and perhaps even more so of blogging for several years now.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

What follows is a short recap of some of the best bits from this year’s commencements, as related to business and career success. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaking at City Colleges of Chicago. So congratulations graduates – as you move forward in your careers, you’ll be face to face with innovation that’s relentless.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Marne Levine is the COO of Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). My husband was one of the earliest investors in alternative energy technologies in the U.S., Future Economy. Mission-Driven Sustainability. Previously, she was the vice president of Global Public Policy at Facebook. This interview has been edited and condensed. We need both.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 2, 2024

With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to apply them, it is a must-listen for managers at every level. Leadership has never been easy, but the technology available today can help. She must unite a team in such disarray that it threatens to derail the entire company.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Divya Silbermann – Human resources leader at technology startups, including Facebook and Eventbrite. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer. Entrepreneurs.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. We’ll teach you our technology. I’ve seen it my whole career. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. You haven’t been appreciating people for the last 20 years of your career?

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. We’ll teach you our technology. I’ve seen it my whole career. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. You haven’t been appreciating people for the last 20 years of your career?

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Publicly acknowledging achievements, offering career development pathways, and creating an environment of appreciation can foster loyalty and commitment. Currently Managing Director at Google, she has built a career focused on cross-functional leadership, large-scale business growth, and executive alignment.

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