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How to Manage a More Experienced Direct Report

CaseInterview.com

One of the questions I get a lot from newer managers is: “How do I manage someone who is older and more experienced, knowledgeable, and talented than I am?” A good CEO hires people who are smarter, more experienced, and more talented in their respective functional areas than the CEO. It means you recruited well.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. FTI’s top 3 competitors are CRA International, Navigant Consulting, and interestingly enough, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Internships.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

Two of your most senior managers never do a lick of work—and are only on the payroll to keep competitors from recruiting them. This definition of tech differentiates organizations like Google, Facebook or Uber, from Walmart, Toyota or The Taj Group. How talent management is changing. All of the latter use technology.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

It’s one thing to note a person working solo in an otherwise empty seminar room, or a group of people huddling around someone’s desk because a conference room wasn’t available. Managers note that the fact that people linger there after meetings has increased inter-group learning. courtesy of HLW International.

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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

Drive in high-achieving women manifests differently from the top-performing, predominantly male CEO benchmark group, despite their capabilities showing as almost identical on other fronts. This will also lessen the chances that talented women will leave. Women are driven by achieving business results and making a positive impact.

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business

Not seeking CEOs who value talent development. But CEOs at the best-run PE-owned firms we’ve worked with emphasize both recruiting and talent development. A private equity group led by TPG bought the company in 2007; at the time SCA had suffered more than four straight quarters of declining profits.

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