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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

1 and 2: Corporate Leadership Council High-Potential Management Survey, 2005. Hewitt’s 2005 study showed 100% of the top 20 companies for leadership development had CEOs who were actively involved in developing leadership talent, compared with 65% of other companies (outside the top 20). Source for Nos. Source: Great Leadership.

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Philadelphia Marathon Weekend 2011

CEO Blog

It was the one I used was the one I was given at the finish of Boston 2005 which I considered to be lucky. It was in the low 50s (and a bit windy) so I was wearing a sweatshirt over my singlet and had a space blanket to wrap in. There were 25,000 runners.

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Meg Whitman, 51, has been quoted saying a CEO should never stay with the same company for more than 10 years, because by that time the company needs a fresh outlook. Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it.

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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

Great Leadership By Dan

Dan : I always wondered if CEO commitment was a must when it comes to strong leadership development programs. Yet, the same companies keep coming out on top, even as the CEOs have turned over. Susan : Even with a new CEO, great talent management leaders seem to be able to maintain the momentum and committment. How do they do it?

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How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View

Next Level Blog

Magazine » December 06, 2010 How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View Every so often, The New York Times will run a long feature on the CEO of a large business.    This weekend, they ran a feature on Ballmer’s early days colleague from Proctor and Gamble, General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt. . 

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Wise Economic Decision Making

Coaching Tip

CEOs across the country want to make sure the economy is growing robustly before they commit to new hiring. CEOs know that until consumer demand picks up, the economy won't lift-off and they won't be able to positively affect a lowering of the rate of unemployment. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., which is down 4% from 30% in the prior year. However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4%