Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

As I explain in my new book, Executive Presence: The Missing Link between Merit and Success , performance, hard work, and sponsors may get top talent recognized and promoted, but “leadership potential” alone isn’t enough to boost even the most qualified men and women into top jobs and prime opportunities.

EPS 8

EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. It’s easy to fault CEOs for being too fixated on the short term. It’s easy to fault CEOs for being too fixated on the short term.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

The Carol he was referring to was Carol Bartz , now of Yahoo, then CEO of Autodesk. Convincing me took only this: "You'll be among my top leadership team, fix anything that can and will go wrong, and you can drive every new strategy to drive our market growth." By the CEO. A seriously ass-kicking CEO.

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15