Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 15, 2023

Evidence from workplace studies on the benefits of character suggests that leaders with high character scores outperform others on company performance metrics. Leadership behaviors guide actions, but a leader's character determines how and if the leader acts. Leadership character plays a vital role in unifying a team.

Leadership 78

Leadership Journal Development Survey 78

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics.

Emotional Intelligence 88

Emotional Intelligence Study Leadership Finance 88

LSA Global

JUNE 18, 2020

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.

Sales 36

Sales Training Training Culture 36

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. What made their ascent possible? How did (or didn’t) managers play a role?

Management 39

Management Leadership Culture Development 39

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

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.

Management 42

Management How To Report Training 42

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Many are investing heavily in hiring talent with data skills and building out data proficiency across the organization. Since this is first and foremost the responsibility of leadership, early executive buy-in on becoming a more data-driven company is paramount. Insight Center. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills.

Data 32

Data Sales Case Interview Meeting 32

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

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.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82