Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2015

With a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, through their private family foundation, Rice University is planning an unconventional approach to developing students into leaders. Mobile Leadership Reference Guides: . Can't Get Enough Leadership. Retired Brig. Ask the Coach .

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill.

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Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 62

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. Curation: Increased communication and collaboration demands a new style of leadership, one Ardi calls “curating.” Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2024

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports on a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European leaders whose careers derailed, “the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Unusually Excellent : The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Executive coach and former venture capitalist Jerry Colonna takes questions from listeners struggling with stretch responsibilities.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

But that kind of leadership also has its limitations. Here are three reasons the new leadership imperative is all about transparency. Transparency didn't save Paul Levy from making a thoughtless mistake that negatively impacted his career. Instead, the new leadership imperative is to make yourself known.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2019

Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Mike Troiano, a venture capitalist and former executive. Do you want the corner office someday?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

After working in a fast-growing company as COO, he accepted an offer from venture capitalists to start his own company. In leadership positions, this leaves colleagues feeling like collective efforts are being used to increase a single narcissist leader's ego, rather than a team's shared goals. A chief executive had a dilemma.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Networks are essential for collaboration , innovation, and career development. Get in touch with a venture capitalist. Find out how he or she thinks about leadership and innovation. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don't have enough diversity to be effective. Learn from your students.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

At INSEAD, two students Philippe Dongier and Katie (co-author of this post) sent a school-wide email asking if anyone was interested in cultivating coursework and careers related to nonprofits. Like a venture capitalist, he said if these experiments delivered on their goals, more funding would follow.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Pontormo knew he needed to make these frescoes the crowning achievement of his career, so he sealed off the entire chapel. ” Leadership can be similarly isolating. A contemporary of masters like Michelangelo, Pontormo was a distinguished but aging artist who was eager to secure his legacy. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Even in the most well-oiled CEO succession processes, one piece is almost always missing: preparing the current CEO for the next phase in his or her career. We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them. Each year, over one hundred CEOs retire from the S&P 1000.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As one successful venture capitalist told me, “we try to make new mistakes each day.” During his military career, Petraeus stressed the importance of the “strategic corporal,” the young leader whose tactical actions could have strategic consequences, advancing or undermining an overall campaign.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’m clearly biased in favor of the third type of philosophy about PM (as is venture capitalist Fred Wilson ) as I’ve experienced all three and found the yin-yang to be most effective. Eriksson, Banfield and Walkingshaw ’s book Product Leadership has a section that has a lot more detail on this topic).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. Give you a sounding board to flesh out your ideas. The list goes on.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

T HE titles listed below, published in 2024, improve our self-awareness regarding relationships and communication the sine qua non of leadership and provide us with a wider perspective on innovation and the changes taking place around us. a seasoned venture capitalist, who noticed something strange.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

The only thing that surprises me about the recent furor over sexual harassment by Silicon Valley venture capitalists is that people are surprised. In many organizations, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, a certain cowboy strain of masculinity prevails, especially at the leadership level.

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