Meetings, after all, are where important announcements are made, and smart employees and board members network, get to know each other and maybe meld together a little better as a team.
A majority of the 6,300 top executives surveyed feel that a candidate with a better understanding of global markets is given serious consideration for appoints to higher level positions.
You’ve probably experienced the frustration of seeing someone promoted who is not necessarily the most talented candidate available. Unfortunately the most frequent reaction is to conclude that top leaders are clueless. But the real reason is that the candidate who was promoted is the one who does have a clue. He knows that it takes more than talent to get noticed and be pulled to the top.
You know that networking is necessary for career advancement. You’ve heard more than once that it’s not only what you know it’s who knows you. Relationships are vital to success and the key to developing relationships critical to career success is to hone your networking skills and expand your network.
By Vishal Ingole A few months ago, you met some potentially mutually beneficial contacts at a networking event. They said they’d connect with you, you said you’d be in touch, but there was no further connection. Today you realize that one of those contacts can be helpful with critical information and resources for an assignment [...]
by Stephanie Barnes Taylor You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. —Zig Ziglar More than ever in today’s corporate environment, there is a demand for a return on investment. This demand not only applies to financial performance, but also to human capital. In [...]
by Tom Phelps Charles Darwin said that it is not the most intelligent or the strongest that survive, but that those most adaptive to change who survive. This holds true especially in the business world. What was effective and revolutionary last may be outdated today. Change is constant and whether the catalyst is the economy, [...]
by Sue Holland In today’s fast-moving corporate environment, many executives are eyeing the door and planning their next career move. Perhaps they’ve decided that they want a new challenge, or maybe they’re choosing to use their capabilities to give back to society. Either way, this executive mobility creates a need to develop executive level talent [...]
by Caroline Ceniza-Levine As a recruiter turned career coach, I have seen the arc of many careers, including where careers stumble and the fears that accompany an uncertain future. Maybe you started out on the fast track, but have now hit a plateau, you need to propel yourself forward but you are anxious about your [...]
An urgency for innovation seems to escalate with each economic crisis as a fundamental way to stimulate business growth. Yet each directive from top leadership draws out a few devils advocates who bury innovation teams. Or the appointed team leader does not have the relationship and communications skills necessary to foster innovation. Calling for innovation, [...]
