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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

All lights were off except a spotlight on the presenting manager and the CEO’s reading light. Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. Consider GM as a case study. hours a week on people management issues. This CEO sat up in the stands.

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How to Respond to an Offensive Comment at Work

Harvard Business

Managers have a responsibility (in some cases a legal one) to make sure no one feels threatened or uncomfortable at work, and studies show that you have more influence if you are not the subject of the bias, says Williams. “You have to rely on the person’s emotional intelligence to pick up on the cue,” he says.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

Begin by saying something like, “We are seriously considering Mary to be a project manager here. For instance, “Nancy doesn’t have a lot of experience managing people”—how do you think she’ll do as a supervisor? Case Study #1: Solicit feedback from team members to focus your questions.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business

Participants are taken out of their day-to-day workplaces to be inspired by expert faculty, work on case studies, receive personal feedback, and take away the latest leadership thinking (and badges for their résumés). How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.