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Is This the Biggest Shift Needed When Managing Millennials?
Feb 26, 2018 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein in an article about management styles to employ with millennial workers. Finkelstein says business innovators such as Larry Ellison and Ralph Lauren set good examples by offering millennial employees creative freedom and the chance to do meaningful work.
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The Best Leaders Are Teachers
Feb 06, 2018 // In a Facebook Live video for Harvard Business Review, Sydney Finkelstein discusses how the best leaders are also great teachers. Finkelstein says the qualifications for being a teacher aren't as high as some may think, and don't include a corner office or executive role.
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Talent Comes as a Team: Why Companies Should Hire Groups
Jan 06, 2018 // References The Wall Street Journal article “Why Companies Should Hire Teams, Not Individuals” by Sydney Finkelstein. Finkelstein writes that companies can bring in new energy and fresh ideas when hiring in teams, rather than by individual.
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Why Your Best People Have the Worst Safety Practices
Jan 01, 2018 // Cites Why Smart Executives Fail by Sydney Finkelstein in an article about how managers should spend the most time with their top employees, to maximize their talent and create an overall culture of excellence.
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Four Generations of Coaching Wisdom Created the NFL's Hottest Young Coach
Dec 29, 2017 // Features Sydney Finkelstein in an article about the connection between Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh and Sean McVay, the upstart head coach of the Los Angeles Rams.
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The 50 big ideas for 2018
Dec 19, 2017 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein in an article predicting business trends for 2018. Finkelstein says there will be a boom in mergers & acquisitions, which will provide companies with the money and resources needed to grow.
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24 Ideas That are Transforming Talent Management Today
Dec 01, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein asks should we all recruit and manage talent like superbosses do?
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Drucker Forum 2017: From 'Built to Last' to 'Made for Change'
Nov 19, 2017 // Mentions Sydney Finkelstein in a roundup of highlights from the Global Peter Drucker Forum, an annual management conference.
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Team-Based Hiring–a New Trend?
Nov 07, 2017 // References an article written by Sydney Finkelstein arguing that companies should hire in teams, rather than individuals. Finkelstein writes that one major benefit of team-based hiring is that it allows managers to avoid their unconscious biases, which often lead to the hiring of applicants with similar backgrounds.
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One Percent Edge Podcast: Sydney Finkelstein
Oct 23, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein discusses the importance of dynamic leadership for building innovation into a company’s DNA. Finkelstein says strong leaders, or “superbosses,” can be found anywhere in a company, but are often overlooked.
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What’s more important to young people than cool perks or a fancy office? Growth
Oct 18, 2017 // Features Sydney Finkelstein, Steven Roth Professor of Management and director of the Center for Leadership, in continued coverage about the attributes millennials value in workplaces. Similar coverage can be found at The Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and others.
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What's More Important to Young People Than Cool Perks or a Fancy Office? Growth. This Ad Agency Gets It.
Oct 07, 2017 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein in an article about what millennial workers value in a workplace. Finkelstein says businesses need to realize that being a stepping stone isn’t a bad thing.
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Starved for better leadership? Here’s where to find it.
Sep 15, 2017 // Quotes Sydney Finkelstein, who says one of the core characteristics of strong leaders is to be morally grounded. “All leaders set an example for others to follow, and first must be a strong and meaningful moral compass.”
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How to Help Someone Discover Work That Excites Them
Sep 13, 2017 // An article about how leaders can help others develop toward their passions references “Secrets of the Superbosses” by Sydney Finkelstein. Finkelstein wrote that great leaders don’t end the relationship when an employee leaves the company.
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How a Corporate Mission Can Drive Young Workers Away
Aug 23, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein writes that companies must craft compelling mission statements, but avoid grandiose claims they can’t back up, for risk of alienating millennials.
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Uber's Next CEO Inherits a Board at War and a Combative Ex-CEO
Aug 20, 2017 // "This type of turmoil creates uncertainty, and investors hate uncertainty," Sydney Finkelstein says of the challenges facing Uber. "This is also why venture capitalists are leading the battles here to figure out what to do and are pitted against each other because they know this thing could unravel."
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Opinion: This is the management lesson the Google memo-writer missed
Aug 09, 2017 //
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Here’s What Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and 9 Other Successful People Ask Job Candidates during Interviews
Jul 21, 2017 // References the interview question, “Are you the smartest person you know?” which is explored in Superbosses written by Sydney Finkelstein. “According to Finkelstein, superbosses are confident enough in their own abilities that they aren’t worried about employees outshining them,” writes Business Insider.
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4 Ways Managers Can Be More Inclusive
Jul 13, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management and faculty director of the Center for Leadership, identifies four practices for managers to become inclusive leaders and build high-performance, high-growth organizations.
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The Magical Apple Spin-off That Almost Invented the iPhone…in 1993
Jun 27, 2017 // Sydney Finkelstein explains how General Magic, an Apple Inc. spin-off, stacked the deck against itself. “Investors and board members had different goals than General Magic did,” Finkelstein says. “The lesson is that who you take money from is one of the most momentous decisions you’ll ever make.”
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