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June 2009

[Canaan Partners' Workbook] How to Ask for Money

June 30, 2009

There are at least two parts to effective communication: a “wrapper” or form in which the information is shared, and the data or actual content of the information itself. Miss both and you bomb, and get one right but not the other and thing can get bumpy. My colleague Dr. Jo Whitehouse of Jumpstart BioDevelopment [...]

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[Leadership Team Facilitation] It’s Not “Mamma Mia”

June 29, 2009

Good corporate leadership team group facilitation is like birthing babies: it helps to have lots of experience under your belt to do it well. Not unlike executive coaching, gray hairs and the experience that came with them helps too. The twists and turns that are sometimes surprises in leadership team work are less so in [...]

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[Life Back West] June 2009 – Step Up Day

June 26, 2009

Transition markers for the big things in life abound: diplomas from schools, birth certificates of children, employee of the year plaques and deal tombstones . All of them shout out “big step” congratulations. But what marks the in-betweens – the minor and important accomplishments that put you in a position for those bigger deeds and [...]

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The Trusted Advisor

June 25, 2009

In the world of executive teams, punches can get pulled and frank words disappear as people become guarded and disinclined to rock boats. It’s the distillation of an environment – as the May 2007 Harvard Business Review notes – where the operating conclusion is “When in doubt, keep your mouth shut.” In such settings, senior [...]

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[New Rules] The Accidental Executive: Will It Be YOU?

June 22, 2009

Some people plan all their lives to become a senior executive – and it never happens. Others, through talent, timing, hard work, and or luck, become one though it was not something they sought, or even to which they aspired. What will be in your future? I think of these latter types of folks as [...]

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