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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. 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. Even today, GM has record recalls.

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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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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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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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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

However, not all of its resources are pointed towards consulting, as it offers three lines of services, Audit, Tax and Advisory, with the Advisory arm of its operations (where consulting lives) generating $9.09 Within the US, KPMG LLP operates from 87 offices with more than 23,000 employees. Operating Effectiveness. Outsourcing.

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Great Teams Are About Personalities, Not Just Skills

Harvard Business

After years of analyzing interviews and data from more than 100 teams, it found that the drivers of effective team performance are the group’s average level of emotional intelligence and a high degree of communication between members. Consider the crew that will one day (soon?) 100% of team members were considered pragmatic.