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We’ve Cracked the Code for Career Success!

Have you ever wondered why women tend to stall at mid-level in their career? We did, too. And we discovered the biggest reason is really quite simple…most managers don’t actually know what skills and competencies they need to develop in order to be seen as future leaders––and reach VP and senior executive-level roles. Our research on The 9 Critical Differentiators™ for Career Success has cracked the code on what women need to succeed––and we want to share it with you now!
1 min read | Diane Coffey Chaput
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How To Be Strategic With Employee Resource Groups For Women

One of the biggest challenges I hear from clients is “How can we bring more women into leadership?” According to a recent report by McKinsey, women continue to be underrepresented at every stage of the corporate pipeline. I am a believer that empowering women in the workplace is not just a moral imperative; it’s a business advantage for any organization. And yet, most companies today face a different reality every time they look at their leadership team or talent pipeline. Why?
5 min read | Kelly Primus
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Leadership IWiN Women's Leadership Development

What's Driving The Need For A Change In Key C-Suite Skills

For decades, when a company wanted to hire a CEO or key executive, they knew what they needed to look for. The best candidates would have technical expertise, superior administrative skills and a proven track record of successfully managing financial resources. Because these skills had a direct impact on business performance and results, they were considered the most critical when searching for candidates to fill executive roles.
4 min read | Kelly Primus
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Intentional Succession Planning For Women Is A Must

Women make up almost 50% of the American workforce, and for decades they'd been increasing their numbers in senior leadership roles. But in 2022, that trend began to reverse. According to the World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, the percentage of women in director roles or higher dropped by 10%.
4 min read | Kelly Primus
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How Can We Close the Leadership Gender Gap for Women?

How can we close the leadership gender gap for women? That’s the million-dollar question. Organizations continue to struggle to move women from manager-level into director-level positions, and even more so, from director-level into vice president level and above. Why?
3 min read | Kelly Primus
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Leadership Belonging

What's So Important About Belonging?

In 2020, many factors collided that caused business leaders to double down on initiating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives. Fast forward to now, and the political climate and recent pushback surrounding DEIB have many leaders struggling to successfully implement inclusion strategies.
4 min read | Kelly Primus
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Leadership Belonging

What To Do When A Fear Of Innovation Holds Your Organization Back

Earlier in my career, I was caught off guard when I was asked during a job interview, "How do you innovate?" It was a question I couldn’t answer, and it became a defining moment that has stuck with me throughout my career. Today, as Leading NOW's CEO, it’s a question I often ask our clients when advising them on how to create a culture of inclusion and innovation.
5 min read | Kelly Primus
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Talent Development Leadership Accountability

Are You Holding Yourself And Your Team Accountable In The Right Way?

Accountability is at the heart of all high-performing teams and successful organizations. Employees at all levels take full ownership and responsibility for their actions, decisions and performance—and for the achievement of business outcomes—without excuses. Healthy cultures that prioritize accountability see better results in productivity, collaboration and engagement, high morale and a greater capacity to thrive. If that doesn't sound like your organization, then as a leader, you have to find out why. It's time to determine how teams can align their tasks with the organization's big picture.
4 min read | Kelly Primus
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Top 3 Things About Talent That It's Time For CEOs To Address

Five years ago, I read Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First, a book by corporate governance expert Ram Charam, Dominic Barton of McKinsey & Company and Dennis Carey of Korn Ferry. Immediately, I knew these visionaries were onto something big. They forecasted the need for organizations to deploy talent as a critical function of business, warning CEOs that if they wanted to be successful, they needed to pull the talent initiative into the C-suite. Given where we are today with the war for talent, I'm still amazed at the foresight. CEOs must prioritize people and can no longer leave talent solely in the hands of HR. They need to focus on developing the next generation of leaders if they want their organization to survive, thrive and outperform their competition.
4 min read | Kelly Primus
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DO THIS, NOT THAT - How Investing In Leadership Development Leads To An Inclusive Culture

According to a recent article in CEO World, among the top 3 things that are keeping CEO’s up at night is the strength of their people. But it’s not physical strength that keeps them awake. It’s the strength of their current and future leadership talent that has them concerned.
3 min read | Diane Coffey Chaput
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