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Leadership Edge: Your Soft Skills Set You Apart

Tom Spencer

If your goal is to step into a higher-level leadership role whether in your current organization or elsewhere its time to focus on mastering these critical soft skills and behaviors. For example, you might prioritize authentic leadership, a strong cultural fit, or clear pathways for growth.

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Sustainable Social Enterprise - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Sustainable Social Enterprise. Lack of a sustainable ‘business engine’ is a Social Enterprise’s Kryptonite. IT’S a charity … It’s a for-profit … No, it’s a social enterprise! All social enterprises have a business model. in Business Strategy. Identifying the business model.

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The 5 Elements of a Strong Leadership Pipeline

Harvard Business

Investments in traditional leadership development are often misguided and a waste of money. In a Deloitte study of 7,000 organizations this year, 89% of executives rated “ strengthening the leadership pipeline ” an urgent issue. Paul Garbett for HBR. It’s not that development itself isn’t important.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. The head of operations chimed in: His five most recent checkouts had complained about breakfast, and the cost of compensating guests for disappointing experiences was getting out of control.

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#8: 5 Reasons Why EVERY Consultant Needs Systems Thinking

Consulting Matters

Leadership and Culture Strategy : How employees are led, and the unspoken but understood “ways things get done around here” (e.g., stated and implicit performance expectations, role and styles of leadership, etc.). Every organization has these components, whether consultants and leaders are aware of them or not.

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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

This article delves into the rising importance of ESG metrics, how companies are integrating them into their operations, provides leading examples, and highlights the evolving regulatory landscape. Governance Metrics: These assess the quality of a company’s leadership, executive compensation, and adherence to ethical standards.

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. The Dyad Model and Its Limitations. The CMO should not be part of the dyad model.

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