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While working on his first two books about businesses that scaled to great heights, Jim Collins found that the executives responsible for leading America s most successful ventures possessed a wide range of characteristics everything from brashness to introversion; some were wildly creative while others were disciplined. That s why by the time he was working on his third book, which would become the bestselling business bible, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don t,
he d become convinced that leadership wasn t a determining factor in a company s long-term success. Fortunately for him, he had by that time
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Directed by Brian Durnin for Red Rage, the spots see award winning TV and radio broadcaster Baz Ashmawy drop the F-word to remove stigmas on talking about finances
Finance is on a par with sex and religion and topped only by death on the list of things we find it hard to talk about, according to research by Bank of Ireland. The survey also found that almost three in four people either don’t talk about their finances at all or will only do so if they have to. This is the basis of a new Bank of Ireland campaign – the ‘F-word’ – to encourage a more open discussion of personal finances among consumers. This campaign is part of the Bank of Ireland’s Financial Wellbeing programme featuring Emmy Award-winning TV and radio broadcaster Baz Ashmawy. The ‘F-word’ aims to remove some of the stigmas around talking about finances. The campaign was devised by Grey London and directed by Brian Durnin and produced by Paul Holmes of Red Rage Dublin.
Testing the ‘glass cliff’ theory at school
16 Mar 2021
“When an organisation is in crisis women are often seen as being able to come in and take care of the problem. They’re effectively handed the mess to clean up.”
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“When an organisation is in crisis women are often seen as being able to come in and take care of the problem. They’re effectively handed the mess to clean up,” says Anna Beninger, senior director of research and corporate engagement partner at Catalyst, a nonprofit focused on promoting women in business. Research shows that in many instances, women are put in charge when organisations are in trouble. Although this “glass cliff” has shown propensity for setting them up to fail, in many instances many women have proven to be successful at orchestrating a turnaround.
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Many baby boomersâespecially those at the top of their gameâstruggle with the decision to step down. And when they leave, the transition is often âpainful and messy,â says one career coach.
Older workers have a problem. They donât know when to quit.
As baby boom-era CEOs, professors, lawyers, engineers and others get older and keep their jobs longer, it is raising uncomfortable questions.
Is there an art to stepping down gracefully? âIâm not sure thereâs an art. I think it requires will,â says Anne Mulcahy, who was 56 when she voluntarily gave up the CEO job at Xerox to make way for her successor, Ursula Burns. She is now 68. âItâs hard. Itâs not something that happens naturally if you like what you do and youâre good at it. You have to set time limits for yourself.â You also have to know what your purpose is after you reti