Category: Financial Services
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Is the Honeymoon period over for you?
An internal study of 20,000 executive searches performed by global executive search company Heidrick & Struggles found that 40 per cent of executives hired at the senior level are pushed out, fail or leave within 18 months of their start date. This study and the data on recruitment success rates, below, are a clear indicator…
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Vision and direction or fire fighting?
We worked closely with a group of senior leaders in a global manufacturing business. Many of the leaders ran the operation because they knew the nuts and bolts from the ground up. This left a yawning gap in the vision and direction of the business, not to mention the enrollment, engagement, education and motivation of…
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6 Leadership tips that actually work
Jim Collins the successful American author of ‘Good to Great’ has helped a good many companies over the years. Although it can sometimes be difficult to follow leadership advice as it often exaggerates what can really be achieved, here are some useful points from Jim you may find helpful. His first is a step by…
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What can coaches do for you?
In the seventeenth century, the French statesman Cardinal Richelieu relied heavily on the advice of Father François Leclerc du Tremblay, known as France’s ‘éminence grise’ for his grey monk’s habit. Like the famous cardinal, today’s business leaders have their grey eminences. To understand what they do to merit that money, the Harvard Business Review conducted…
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The best coaching you will ever get
Marshall Goldsmith, author of ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get You There’ asks some interesting questions about business coaching. He says “Imagine yourself at 95, knowing what was important and what wasn’t. Take that knowledge to heart now, both for your career and for your personal life”. You are now about to receive the best…