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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Consider GM as a case study. These means they are not good at one-on-one conversations, cultural sensitivity, listening, team building, managing their emotions, managing conflict, or communicating vision and strategy clearly. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

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How to manage knowledge in a consulting firm

Killer Consultant

How did this benchmark value get calculated exactly? You can make your consultants fill out “post engagement forms” and “case studies” and “one pagers” all you want. I have seen tremendous success with two search strategies: a) walking around. Oftentimes, the documents tell only half the story.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing

Harvard Business

But as Churchill reportedly said after Gallipoli , “However beautiful the strategy, you must occasionally look at the results.” Documents uploaded to DocSend’s platform include case studies, overviews and guides, e-books, and proposals.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The conference’s agenda involves keynotes, presentations, case studies, and interviews with leading pharma experts dealing with project portfolio management. The program of the symposium includes case studies, lessons learned, academic research, actionable tips, and more.

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

” Here are some strategies. Case Study #1: Work to understand biases and set diversity goals. Case Study #2: Use software to simplify and standardize the vetting process. “Managers have to learn to de-bias their practices and procedures.” Seek to understand. Neglect to set diversity goals.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

“Also, look at what you will be doing, what success looks like, and what benchmarks you’ll be judged against,” he says. Formulating your negotiation strategy requires creativity, says Weiss. Case Study #1: Do due diligence on salary considerations and be open to making trade-offs. Ignore red flags.

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