Inc.

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Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different. Indra Nooyi, former chair and CEO, PepsiCo People getting under your skin is a luxury. I don’t operate

Working Mother

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Anthropologist & Transformational Coach, Solveig Brown Consulting Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. blends expertise in leadership development with a ten year background as a psychologist affiliated with Harvard Medical School. She has a br

Business Today

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After spending 37 years in the financial services industry, I am often asked about the one management lesson that has made a lasting difference. For me, it has always been about learning continuously. In March 2017, at the annual convocation of my al

Inc.

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WESTPAC WEALTH PARTNERS 160 FAs AND 40 EMPLOYEES WORKFORCE 30 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES 30,000 CLIENTS OPERATES ACROSS 7 STATES Sustainable, diverse cultures aren’t possible without blending different backgrounds and view-points. At WestPac Wealth Part

strategy and business

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Gary P. Pisano, Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation (PublicAffairs, 2019) Rita McGrath, Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019) A TOP SHELF PICK Nicolaj

NZBusiness and Management

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It seems unlikely there would be many chief executives who employ more than 400 people, have projects worth more than $100 million on the boil and have been lauded as ‘visionary’ with regard to staff culture, who would describe their leadership style

strategy and business

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As a business strategist and writer, R. Gopalakrishnan has devoted his work to studying ethics, leadership, and human capital. He began his 31-year-long career at Unilever’s massive, idealistic India business, and then became a board director at the

strategy and business

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Every February for the last 35 years, the National Football League has run a scouting camp, called a combine, to assess the skills of college players before its annual draft. With scientific precision, the players are evaluated on a number of tests,

Business Today

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In simple terms, a strategy is an overarching plan to achieve a vision through a skilful interplay of ends, ways and means. Ends are the goals or objectives which must be realised to achieve the vision; means are the resources available to pursue the

NZ Marketing

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In 2006, NZ Marketing interviewed ‘longterm brand strategist’ Brian Richards, in his all white offices in Newmarket, for an article that presented the views of successful brand strategists on how to build brands. Eleven years later the company name h

Great Walks

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Some say that great leaders are born not made, but leadership skills can also be nurtured. A leader may emerge naturally in the planning of your walk. If they don’t, and your group is more than say, three or four, you may want to consider nominating

Business Today

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Q. The biggest challenge in your career A. Challenge is part of life. I remember the time early in my career when I was heading the largest bottling unit for Coca Cola, and the issue of pesticides in colas created doubt among consumers. Suddenly, bus

Inc.

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While cloud-based HR tech solutions are fast and easy to implement and give a tremendous boost to execution speeds, strategic leadership cannot be automated.

Inc.

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David Klein began his career at McKinsey, an organization obsessed with feedback. So, in 2011, when he launched New York City-based student loan lender CommonBond, Klein decided to made feedback core to his company’s culture. When seeking structured

ThinkSales

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How do you define strategy? It’s a process that requires an executive or group of executives to make a set of choices about what the company, division, functional unit or product will do and will not do. Second, it includes key components such as a

Flying

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Julie Boatman SENIOR EDITOR Rob Mark EDITOR-AT-LARGE Pia Bergqvist MANAGING EDITOR Jake Lamb ART DIRECTOR Amy Jo Sledge COPY EDITOR Abigail Creel STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Jon Whittle Sam Weigel Ben Younger Martha Lunken Dick Karl Les Abend Peter Garrison J

ThinkSales

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How many times has sales missed revenue growth goals? More often than not, the root cause is a sales number that was set incorrectly. Corporate strategy is the main culprit. The sales team will consistently achieve success when your corporate strateg

Sunday Independent

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GAUTENG has all the socioeconomic attributes for its earned reputation as a geographic influencer in South Africa. The province’s economic contribution, in terms of economic activity and employment, has drawn people from different parts of the countr

Soundings

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JEANNE CRAIG EXECUTIVE EDITOR PIM VAN HEMMEN ART DIRECTOR BRIANA SMITH SENIOR EDITOR GARY REICH ASSOCIATE EDITOR CARLY SISSON DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER CHRIS CIRILLI CONTRIBUTING WRITERS KARL ANDERSON, LOUISA BECKETT KIM KAVIN, STEVE KN

Flying

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Editor-in-Chief Julie Boatman SENIOR EDITOR Rob Mark EDITOR-AT-LARGE Pia Bergqvist MANAGING EDITOR Jake Lamb ART DIRECTOR Amy Jo Sledge COPY EDITOR Abigail Creel STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Jon Whittle Sam Weigel Ben Younger Martha Lunken Dick Karl Les Abend

Kiplinger

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The big news in the workplace over the past couple of decades has been the emergence of women as a significant force. We've gotten the opportunity to show what we can do, and we've done it. We've made the workplace a different place; a better place

Inc.

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SEISMIC 900 EMPLOYEES 14 OFFICES AROUND THE GLOBE 7 TOP WORKPLACE AWARDS SINCE 2019 600+ ENTERPRISE CLIENTS ► A strong leadership team is a must-have for any company to be successful. But when the co-founders truly like each other and treat each othe

The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters

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Brought to you by “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” That Chinese proverb was the “Silver Bullet” quote assigned to me on my first day at a Texas Brigades summer camp. The next f

Working Mother

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Blake, 1.5, Kayla, 13, husband Lamar, Jalen, 6. Photo: Bain & Company Manager; Atlanta, GA; Kala, 13, Jalen, 6, and Blake, 2 Emily has led teams helping clients on large corporate transformations and organizational effectiveness and operational impro

ThinkSales

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AMY GALLO is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict at Work. She writes and speaks about workplace dynamics. Follow her on Twitter at @amyegallo. ANTHONY IANNARINO is the President a

Cruising World

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EDITORMark Pillsbury mark.pillsbury@bonniercorp.com EXECUTIVE EDITORHerb McCormick herb.mccormick@bonniercorp.com SENIOR EDITORJennifer Brett jen.brett@bonniercorp.com MANAGING EDITORMegan Williams megan.williams@bonniercorp.com ELECTRONICS EDITORDav

Australian Flying

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As we all process changes to our lives, our livelihoods, our social circles and the world around us, one thing remains intact: leadership. Crisis can be a time when leaders miss the opportunity to lead, while others will thrive and embrace the comple

Soundings

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JEANNE CRAIG EXECUTIVE EDITOR PIM VAN HEMMEN ART DIRECTOR BRIANA SMITH SENIOR EDITOR GARY REICH ASSOCIATE EDITOR CARLY SISSON DIGITAL PROJECT MANAGER CHRIS CIRILLI CONTRIBUTING WRITERS KARL ANDERSON, LOUISA BECKETT KIM KAVIN, STEVE KN

The European Business Review

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We live in turbulent times, and business leaders need to draw on a range of different skills as they plan their strategies, look for innovation, strive for sustainability and cope with digitalisation. Against this background, business educators are w

NZBusiness and Management

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2020 was the year of disruption. Unlike other crises in recent history, Covid-19 directly or indirectly affected almost every individual in the world. Economies, communities and livelihoods were upended, and the business world witnessed immense chang