Next Year's Pay and Promotions Are Being Decided Now
Most of the pay and promotion decisions people hear about in January get made in the fourth quarter, often by senior leaders who have never seen your work up close. What they hear is a few sentences from your manager or your sponsor. This article is about writing your case so it's easy for someone else to make.
The Career Risk Successful Executives Rarely Notice
Senior executives rarely become disconnected intentionally. It happens as responsibilities grow and their professional world gradually narrows. The Connection Flywheel is a way to stay connected to the people, ideas, intelligence and opportunities that keep a career growing.
AI Is Changing the Talent Strategy. Here’s What Senior Leaders Should Notice.
Companies are discovering that AI can remove work and compress teams without eliminating the need to develop future leaders. For senior financial services executives, the opportunity isn’t simply to protect an existing role from AI. It’s to build the expertise organizations will need next.
Value Creation vs. Value Capture: A Better Framework for Leadership Decisions
High performers are trained to ask how they can create more value. The better leadership question is whether the value they create also compounds into skills, relationships, reputation, influence, and future options they get to keep.
What Strong Leaders Do When a Decision Doesn't Work
What should leaders do when a decision fails to calm the room? Learn how strong executives separate emotional reactions from facts before deciding what comes next.