We’re very excited that Leader’s Studio trainer Kimberly Bishop was featured in last Saturday’s New York Times. In the article Under 40, Successful, and Itching for a New Career, they recount her journey from being the youngest member of First Data’s executive team to New York where she became a senior partner at Korn/Ferry International. In her words: “Sometimes, risks pay off.”
Congratulations, Kimberly! We’re proud to have you on our team.
Interested in learning more? Sign up for Kimberly’s upcoming webinar, the Basics of Business Style!
Recent articles on leadership from around the web…
- A harmonizer and a bridge-builder
Canada.com brings us coverage on incoming UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s plan. “You could say that I’m a man on a mission, and my mission could be dubbed Operation Restore Trust.”
- Nine of 500
Julie Creswell of The New York Times gives us a detailed look at why so few women are in the top spot at Fortune 500’s. “For decades, the pat explanation was that women simply had not been in the work force long enough; with patience, the pipeline would fill.” The pipeline’s full, so what’s really going on?
- It’s what you do, not when you do it
Best Buy is ’smashing the clock’ and moving to a ‘results only work environment’. As Business Week tells us, this means no more schedules or mandatory meetings. Is this the way of the future?
- Or is it not really what you do, but why you do it?
Fast Company tells us that matching values is more powerful than money in keeping good employees. It turns out, if you feel that your work is important, you’ll also find it meaningful.
Technorati Tags: leadership, career development, Ban Ki-moon, Best Buy, Fortune 500
Recent articles on leadership from around the web…
- Understanding Burnout
New York Magazine has a feature story about our increasing levels of burnout and what causes it. According to the article, burnout is more a factor of the perceived ‘return on investment’ of an effort than workload.
- And you thought your project was stretched for resources?
Business Week takes a look at the OScar project, an effort to build an open source car “without an engineering center, without a boss, without money, and without borders.” It turns out keeping the team organized is a bigger issue than lack of resources. “Under the weight of this unanticipated interest, the project slowed to a crawl.”
- Do you need an MBA for that?
The Seattle PI reports that in this era of high-speed communication, many are clicking the ’send’ button to fast. As a result, many business schools are going back to the basics by including classes on grammar and writing in an effort to clean up bad writing.
- The Seven Essential Ingredients for Leadership
In a special report of 100 premier IT leaders, ComputerWorld gives us their seven essentials for leadership. Number 1: The ability to lead. It’s hard to argue with that! They might want to listen to our experts thoughts on Number 7 (A knowledge of the industry), though, because you can’t always expect your leaders to be experts.
Technorati Tags: leadership, MBA, burnout, open source, OScar, career
Recent articles on leadership from around the web…
- The Second World War for Talent
Online Recruitment declares that because of employee turn-over, increased hiring, and a shortage of key skills, ‘A Perfect Storm is Coming’ in the battle for top talent, and this time it’s going to be a global struggle.
- Being Good at Your Job isn’t Enough
Management Issues summarizes a British study by the Chartered Management Institute, telling us that managers largely believe that their efforts are going largely unnoticed by their bosses.
- Corporate Ethics . . . How Far Has Business Got with Reform?
The Slow Leadership blog gives us a very detailed analysis of the impact reform has had on improving corporate ethics. In a nutshell, “when it comes to corporate and business ethics, it’s questionable whether we have advanced very far over the years.”
- Sometimes, All You Need is to Say “Thank You”
After years of bad press due to cost-cutting labor practices, Wal-Mart gets some positive coverage due to a new policy of saying ‘thank you’. The New York Times tells us about the company’s new practice of having managers meet with 10 rank-and-file works a week to hear what’s on their mind and thank them.
Technorati Tags: leadership, leadership development, corporate ethics, recruiting, wal-mart
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