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PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

Harvard Business

Making these shifts requires increased attention to organizational governance around three domains: talent, capability , and leadership. To focus that attention and transform the companies in their portfolios, PE firms are establishing a new role that we call a leadership capital partner (LCP). The LCP’s Role in the PE Firm.

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

Harvard Business

We then conducted a series of in-depth individual interviews, delving into pivotal experiences in their personal history and career progression, and using Korn Ferry’s executive online assessment to measure key personality traits and drivers that had an impact. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner. But what else did you do?

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Are You a Toxic Leader?

Peter Stark

There are so many ways corporate relationships can be disharmonious; In one study , 94 percent of the participants stated they had worked at one time or another with an individual who created a toxic work environment. One employee we were interviewing told us that working at his corporation was almost like a religious experience.

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10 Must Read Books for a Business Consultant

ConsultX

A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire. So many entrepreneurs experience this, and some have given up the hope of ever finding the money, time, and control they thought business ownership would bring them. But take heart!

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Leading Across Cultures Requires Flexibility and Curiosity

Harvard Business

When I was heading Organization and Management Development at Pepsi International, I would encourage our international executives to study local comedy shows. This was validated in my most recent research into mindfulness and leadership, where it emerged as the number one skill. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

.” The tech industry’s combination of high-velocity competition, complexity, global talent, and interdependence among rivals makes it a truly unique environment, requiring a distinct set of leadership skills. We then interviewed more than a dozen U.S. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business

One study I did as part of my work at Genesis Advisers and IMD, of HR leaders in Fortune 500 companies, showed that new hires represented on average one third of all transitions in the executive ranks in a typical year. The study also looked at relative levels of support for executives vs. more junior managers.