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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Yet, their work cultures produce 85% disengaged employees. Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. Consider GM as a case study. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees.

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Selling as a Competitive Advantage in a Crowd

LSA Global

Combine that with the sobering fact that buyers report that over three-quarters of solution sellers do not clearly understand their key issues, are unclear how they can add meaningful value, and are not well prepared to answer questions or to share relevant case studies to substantiate what sets them apart.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

To look into this question, I conducted a case study as part of my dissertation research involving 23 women of color at a Fortune 500 company. Others wanted power in order to bring out the best in their teams and foster an inclusive culture. I had a very diverse team with a very different and strong culture.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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Make Data a Cornerstone of Your Team

Harvard Business

Many are investing heavily in hiring talent with data skills and building out data proficiency across the organization. Share these case studies with the team to encourage them to think about how a process change or new tool might be able to help with their job. Insight Center. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. He wanted to challenge his team, as part of the strategic talent review process, to think about whether or not the company’s organizational architecture was suited to its growth plan to double in size. Learning from Big Companies.

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