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Crown Worldwide Group CEO, Jennifer Harvey, recently spoke with Management Today on the lessons she has learned throughout her 30-year career. In the piece, Jennifer discusses being a 'third culture kid' and what the pandemic taught her. She also discusses the highs and lows of her career at Crown, her first year as CEO, and offers advice to any aspiring leaders. You can read the conversation here 👉: https://bit.ly/4e7v3n8

Some excellent leadership tips and advice.

Think of the firms that generated many fantastic business leaders themselves. Goodmans LLP and Torys LLP come immediately to mind with generations of business leaders. At Osler, I think of Purdy Crawford, Brian Levitt, Jim Ware and Jim Kofman. Think of those who have graduated to business success over the past ten years. How many of your partners could become real business successes outside of GC roles although those are relevant too in many cases.

These days, the best search businesses are broad talent advisory firms who are far more than just providers of candidates to their clients. Many search firms have realised that having a leadership advisory offering affords them some distinct advantages. But setting these divisions up for success is not without its complications. Here we look at some of the key considerations for any search firm looking to do more leadership advisory work. With many thanks to Natalya Sverjensky for her great help with these points.

#JerryHarvey was one of #PatMurray’s mentors along with #LeeThayer. Jerry wrote #TheAbileneParadox. Another book Jerry wrote was a collection of of his essays. The title resonates with Conor Neill’s retelling Gary Burnison’s story. The book title is #HowComeEveryTimeIGetStabbedintheBackMyFingerprintsAreonIt The thread running through the 3 envelopes is the person opening the envelopes. A great Read is #LeeThayer’s Leadership Virtuosity: A Trove of Virtuoso Ideas: The lucky Leader The good Leader The real world Leader The imaginative Leader The trustworthy Leader The triangulating Leader The articulate Leader The responsible Leader The defining Leader The caring Leader The accomplishment minded Leader The Learning Leader The seductive Leader The Intolerant Leader The potent Leader The Omnipresent Leader The frugal Leader The strategic Leader The passionate Leader The performing Leader As Lee shares the leadership virtuosity implies that the person who is exercising the role of Leader is good: good for himself, good for all others he influences, good for the organisation or institution or community in the long-term, good for the larger society, good for the economy, and good for his or her contributions to our individual and collective destiny. It’s talking about the role of the Leader who will affect our present and our future— and our destiny. If the United States, as some say, is a plutocracy, will the leader or leaders that we have be good for us all? History will hold the answer. However, remember: if you want to know the future; create it. And the future is created by how we think, how we act, and what we do now in the present. The U.S. national debt grew to a record $34 trillion by the end of 2023, and it ballooned to nearly $35 trillion by the middle of 2024.1 It's grown over time due to recessions, defense spending, and other programs that added to the debt. The U.S. national debt is so high that it's greater than the annual economic output of the entire country, which is measured as the gross domestic product (GDP).

Attention Black Women: Unlock Your Next Promotion Now! Are you a Black woman in the workplace who is ready to take the next step in your career and attract top leadership positions? If so, I have an exciting opportunity for you. I'm hosting a brand new webinar called "Your Next Promotion" on 03 JULY 2024 at 18:00 SAST. In this webinar, you'll learn: - How to build the and mindset shifts needed to position yourself for a promotion top leadership roles - Create a strong personal brand to attract career promotion opportunities and allies - Learn strategies to navigate bias and corporate politics - Gain the clarity it will take to get yourself promoted - Proven tactics to make yourself visible and indispensable to leadership This webinar is designed specifically for Black women who are ready to unlock their full potential and take their careers to new heights. Space is limited, so click the link below to reserve your spot now: https://lnkd.in/diu_f_Sm I look forward to seeing you there!

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Some of my thoughts on #ownership and #accountability "Own the problem, even though you didn't cause it. You need to get over your ego for that." "My successes are yours and your failures are mine." "Most people do not rise the occasion in crisis, they sink to the level of their training and preparation." Of all the leadership-of-self competencies, I rank Accountability as the first amongst equals. If someone is accountable then they will strive for others: self-awareness (cognitive and emotional), learning, sense and decision making, and resilience.

CITY OFFICIALS ARE EXECUTING DEVELOPERS AGREEMENTS BEFORE PUBLIC IS AWARE ? TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION? DISPARITY REPORT 2016 STATES. Redevelopment Authority] approved the goal over the objections of the Human Relations Department of I think 1.2 minority [participation] and 2.5 WBE [participation], when there was adequate availability of minority and women contractors to meet the City’s standard kind of goal of 15 [percent] and 7 [percent]. They’re diluting the opportunity for minority and women contractors when it comes through the statutory business development organizations, all of whom have different sets of rules..… There ought to be a uniform code that is incorporated in all the development agreements which people in our community never see.… There’s a disconnect. And I realize they’re trying to change some of that now but the insulting part of it was there was more money spent through statutory agencies last year for contracting activities than there were through City departments.… It’s obviously developer driven. By the time we see it the development agreement has already been executed. We’re having a big deal now both with the east patrol, the streetcar and the proposed 800 room convention center hotel. If it’s not in the development agreement there’s very little you can do at that point.… Kansas City’s an inclusive city. We’ve shown that over and over. It has sustained through white mayors, through black mayors, through female mayors. Yet, we allow the statutory organizations to dilute it.They have their own board[s] and they can do what they want.

“The traditional approach marking the boundary between non-executive board directors and senior management is weakening, with more than a fifth of business leaders reporting that boards do not “fully trust” their executive teams “to get things done”. Boards also need to ensure they have an unfiltered view of the organisation’s culture, which is a key value creation driver. #leadership