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Could one leader be costing you thousands of dollars?

Peter Stark

Meet with the leader to discuss how they perceive their leadership and what they believe others would say about their leadership, communication, and performance management style. Conduct one-on-one interviews. Use interviews and surveys to assess progress. Administer a 360 Leadership Development Assessment.

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Are You a Toxic Leader?

Peter Stark

Of the many surveys our firm has conducted, we have learned that people may join an organizations,but they absolutely leave because of the relationship they have with their managers. One employee we were interviewing told us that working at his corporation was almost like a religious experience.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

You accept your first job as a manager in a fast growth tech company, thinking: “How much different could this be from my former company—a financial services firm? Management is management, right?” How talent management is changing. We then interviewed more than a dozen U.S.

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

Harvard Business

In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co. Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). Morale was terrible, and important initiatives were flagging.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business

While the focus in recent years on giving more support to onboarding managers and executives unquestionably has produced excellent results – such as reduction in new-hire failure rates from 40% to 10%-15% in many companies – the problem of ineffective inboarding has been ignored. Why dangerous?

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. ” Many CEOs in our interviews emphasized the importance of choosing the right metrics to support both/and decision making.

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