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The Rise of AI Makes Emotional Intelligence More Important

Harvard Business

It takes a person, however, to sit with a patient, understand their life situation (finances, family, quality of life, etc.), A human being, however, is still best suited to jobs like spurring the leadership team to action, avoiding political hot buttons, and identifying savvy individuals to lead change.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. According to Dr. Travis Bradberry, CEOs and other executives have the lowest emotional intelligence skills of all management levels. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees.

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. Explicit in our HR officer’s question was her assumption that the newest thinking on leadership development must contain something essential.

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

Tuck takes leadership seriously. In fact, every student is required to come up with a personal leadership development program. Harvard Business School could probably more aptly be named Harvard Leadership School, as the goal of molding future leaders permeates every course offering at HBS. Average signing bonus: $27,508.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In the mid 1970s, as public opinion swayed toward greater accountability for the finance industry, Peat Marwick took steps to firm up controls on its accounting practice and increase transparency. Capabilities: Finance. Consulting Mag’s “Top 25 in Consulting” for “Excellence in Leadership to Mike Nolan of KPMG (2014).