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Practical Tips for New Leaders: How to Write a Strong Email Click to view Practical Tips for New Leaders: How to Write a Strong Email
Note: This is a post in the Practical Tips for New Leaders series. For more tips, learn about running effective meetings and working with senior leaders.
One of the fastest ways to build credibility as a new leader is to communicate clearly. That starts with your emails.
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What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership Click to view What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership
I recently came across a set of notes I wrote in 2023 while teaching myself to code at age 54. I never turned them into anything at the time. But rereading them now, two years later, I realized how much they taught me about learning, leadership, and persistence. Here’s what I...
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Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems Click to view Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems
Editor’s Note:This post grew out of a recent team conversation exploring the long-standing conceptual model of “Business System Over People System” introduced by Nick Noyes (read more about that in"The People System: Your Hidden Strategic Engine") and how the arrival of...
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The Two-Word Secret to Making the Matrix WorkThe Two-Word Secret to Making the Matrix Work
The matrix is here to stay. It’s an organizational structure that, when done right, that can be agile and responsive to...
Amanda Young Hickman
Sep 24, 2015
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Lessons from the Field: Strategic Thinking as Markets EvolveLessons from the Field: Strategic Thinking as Markets Evolve
Markets and customers are rapidly evolving in the financial services industry. With a business imperative to stay...
Pamela Roller
May 27, 2015
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Business Simulations Transcend the “World’s Dumbest Idea”Business Simulations Transcend the “World’s Dumbest Idea”
A growing chorus of business leaders is questioning the singular notion of maximizing shareholder value. In a recent ...
Laurel Tyler
Apr 30, 2015
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Lessons from the EndLessons from the End
The end of a brand is often a rotten confluence of events—economic trends, smart competitors, and changing technologies...
Amanda Young Hickman
Mar 18, 2015
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Catch the Tidal Wave: Coaching the CoachCatch the Tidal Wave: Coaching the Coach
Actor Victor Webster is quoted as saying, “If you throw a pebble in the water on one side of the ocean, you can create...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Mar 11, 2015
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Balancing Leadership™: Start with StrengthsBalancing Leadership™: Start with Strengths
The value of Balancing Leadership™ is clear: Balancing your Orientation (organizational vs market), your Approach...
Nick Noyes
Mar 2, 2015
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How Simulations Help Leaders Find Their BalanceHow Simulations Help Leaders Find Their Balance
We see it all too often: top-level leaders who have all the strategic skills they need to make complicated business...
Amanda Young Hickman
Jan 23, 2015
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Balancing Leadership™: Strategic and Interpersonal SkillsBalancing Leadership™: Strategic and Interpersonal Skills
In today’s corporate environment, leaders are expected to wear many hats. We must be technical experts and strategic...
Amanda Young Hickman
Jan 13, 2015
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Are You a Balanced Leader?Are You a Balanced Leader?
Leadership is a great balancing act. It involves balancing the short- and long-term; investment and return; innovation...
Amanda Young Hickman
Nov 12, 2014
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