Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

That challenge brings into sharp focus the impact of your people strategy. Presuming your role as a business leader is to drive your team towards a measurable and sustained improvement in business performance, then what conditions support that success? So, if adapting technology to your emerging business model is not you, make it so.

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General Leadership

APRIL 18, 2013

Karen is the CEO of the New York-based strategic technology, staffing and project management company Sharp Decisions. For almost a quarter of a century, her organization has been providing best in class technology services to both national and international clients. Uncategorized Charity Honor Sharp Decisions V.E.T.S.'

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Skip Prichard

JULY 31, 2023

Enhanced Decision Making A well-rested leader is a sharp-minded leader. “Sleep isn’t just a time of rest, it’s a cornerstone of leadership success. Successful negotiation requires sharp critical thinking, emotional control, and the ability to understand the other party’s perspective.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 28, 2019

Being a successful leader can be exhausting. Leadership requires a sharp focus and their careful attention, with no room for checking out. Successful leaders have plenty of stress. Fuel your body with fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein, and drink lots of water to stay hydrated and sharp. Turn off your screens.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

An executive leadership training program is specifically designed to help senior executives develop the skills and competencies necessary to lead at the highest levels of an organization. This can help executives build a network of contacts and develop relationships that will be valuable throughout their careers.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation. He also has previous leadership experience at other prominent companies. His primary focuses have been talent selection, employee engagement, and leadership development.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

By emphasizing communication skills in the performance evaluation process, employers can also encourage their employees to develop their own unique communication styles. Uses technology effectively to enhance communication and collaboration. Acts as a mentor and coach to team members, helping them develop their skills.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

In Technology and Cooperation Help Fight the Pandemic Chelsea writes, “The threat from COVID-19 should be taken seriously, but there are reasons for rational optimism even during a pandemic.” Based on this sharp change, he predicted all of China would improve in two weeks and stop in China by the end of March.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Rapidly advancing technology (sometimes helpful and sometimes not). If you engage in consistently correct behavior, you’ll be successful. The futile search for perfection will kill success, because it is never achieved. Today, turbulent times are the norm, so we might as well get used to them and get better at dealing with them.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As the COVID-19 crisis takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of redefining jobs moves up the agenda. This very nimble organization allows Amazon employees to build their own path by owning their development, their career, and their future. Looking ahead, we will focus on three things.

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CEO Blog

MAY 8, 2011

Someone really needs to develop a pollen filter that works. I have actually become quite a successful investor. Koppel starts the book by saying that successful investors have wins and they have losses. Early on, he quotes Baruch: " Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Accelerated change driven by exponentially advancing technologies have made steep learning curves part of every day work. Leading Without Maps with Four Leadership Shifts : At the threshold of a new frontier in leadership and workforce development, business leaders can no longer rely on the guidebooks of the past.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

Managing remote employees and building a successful remote team can be a daunting task for any organization. Image: Pexels Establish Clear Communication Guidelines The Backbone of Remote Success Effective communication is the backbone of successful remote employees and managing a remote team.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

This easily leads to miscommunication, misunderstanding and misalignment (from the start) about what the problem is, what success looks like, why it matters, and what’s at stake. Good execution requires a “Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals.” ” The Power of Questions.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? That requires us to invest in developing both current and future skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. What does success look like in your position?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many even believe in the myth that just good work creates success!) What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? Being sharp means being succinct. Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. No one is equally expert at both. Rehearse your pitch.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Neuroscientists have found that when it comes to creating memories around an event that sparks an emotional response, our brain experiences a form of tunnel vision where our focus becomes so sharp for certain details that we end up overlooking others which at that time might have seemed unimportant or unrelated.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

tool knife from the rig on my body armor and let the pristinely sharp blade slice effortlessly through the tape and label—while being ever so careful to avoid harming whatever wonders lay inside. Enough examination of the outside of the package—time to figure out what it contained! I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

They are invariably successful. And success goes to those who play it best. It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” The developers of the ulcer drug at C. Accountability. Perseverance. Discipline. ” ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Here are four ways to think about the people left behind after the trucks bring in all the new technology. ” The point of technology, she argues, is to boost productivity, not cut the workforce.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. SD : Why now?

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

They are invariably successful. And success goes to those who play it best. It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." PERSEVERANCE The developers of the ulcer drug at C. In my view, USA Today is assured great commercial success in journalism.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Neuroscientist Gary Marcus has a typically sharp post over at the New Yorker’s site explaining how dumb our most cutting edge artificial intelligence technologies still are. I think there’s only a very, very slim chance that these things would develop in a way that’s friendly to humans. Ethics Technology' Why should it?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Wield a sharp hatchet: Once you've gathered lots of material, start cutting mercilessly on your audience's behalf. Though they're important principles in the world of product development, they'd be a distraction in this particular talk. But you probably don't need to get into trends such as agility and serendipity.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 30, 2011

Our successes often depend on the successes of others, not only other individuals, but also other countries, other continents even. Technology, too, has brought us closer together and the opportunities we have to develop relationships and work with others on-line are many and varied.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies. The tension between human-driven and technology-driven capabilities is often miscast, positioning automation as a threat to the people that drive our industry. Humans and Automation. Distribution strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

For example, I worked with a global consumer products company in which the commercial organization — the set of departments responsible for developing new products and bringing them to market — was deeply fragmented. No wonder our requests drive you crazy!” What do we need from each other to succeed?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. Use technology to provide quick, efficient customer service. Hess Growing an Entrepreneurial Business is a textbook designed for courses that focus on managing small to medium sized enterprises.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

After Bodek left, the suggestion system was led by Yorke, Technicolor's manager of organizational development. Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. If we stopped the story here, we'd have a classic success story of front-line engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Experiments are happening and the successful ones are complementary to one another. And Hart is not the only one who has developed this skill. The underlying technology is PowerPoint but it is accelerated beyond what one could do in a lecture hall. These developments stand in sharp contrast to what Apple has focused on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Wield a sharp hatchet: Once you've gathered lots of material, start cutting mercilessly on your audience's behalf. Though they're important principles in the world of product development, they'd be a distraction in this particular talk. But you probably don't need to get into trends such as agility and serendipity.

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