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Spin vs. Sorry: How to Mess Up Well & Become Authentic

Great Leadership By Dan

What many don’t know is that their CEO, John Replogle, and his team and board are also dedicated to authenticity in their dealings with team members, customers, suppliers, everyone. That’s not a word you hear CEOs using often enough—but it’s a term that great leaders don’t shy away from for a minute. But humility builds wisdom.

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E-Coaching Roles

Marshall Goldsmith

Experience difficulties while searching for high-quality leadership development tools. For example, some leaders may need to change behavior; others may need functional training in marketing or finance. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

How much do CEOs actually matter? Although such sentiments may not apply to most CEOs, even the anonymous CEO still benefits from the impulse: Most CEOs worldwide earn between 50 and 100 times more than the average worker. The CEO-to-worker pay ratio in America is even bigger, at 350:1.

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IT Doesn't Matter (to CEOs)

Harvard Business Review

This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it. In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague. Because they distance themselves from IT, CEOs don''t grasp its subtleties. The senior leadership needs to become literate in technology.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business Review

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

No one has done more to spotlight the contrast than Laurence Fink, the CEO of BlackRock. trillion in holdings, Fink in February sent a letter to the CEOs of all S&P 500 companies that essentially cut the Gordian knot of short-termism. For CEOs, creating and communicating long-term growth strategy is easier said than done.

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Build Your Own All-Star Team

Harvard Business Review

In the 1990s, for instance, then-CEO Mickey Drexler turned Gap around by creating a team of A-list merchants and designers, including luminaries such as Maureen Chiquet, now CEO at Chanel, and Andy Janowski, who later became CEO of Smythson. The difference was leadership. Put top leaders in charge of top teams.

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