In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Most of you have heard the saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,” or something to that effect. Basically, the idiom advises us not to discard something valuable in our eagerness to get rid of some useless thing associated with it. If you are not careful, this can happen to businesses going through a rough patch. In terms of rectification, you have to look at the issue in the context of whether the problem is a short-term blip or the beginning of a long-term shift to your business

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This infographic from the Wall Street Journal captured the typical work week of a Chief Executive Officer in November of 2009. Fast forward to 2012 and “answering e-mails” would surely bite into the time-starved CEO’s work week. Nonetheless, I suspect meetings at 18 hours a week isn’t a declining trend. Meetings can be a necessary evil for every leader; meetings can also be the catalyst to advance the strategic agenda.

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