The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 4, 2019

CEOs are perhaps never more vulnerable than when they first enter the role. The first of these is when the stock market reacts badly to the appointment, while the second is if the previous CEO remains at the company as the chair of the board. No silver bullet. ” Social influence. . ” Social influence. .

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CEO Succession Audience Influence 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ Carey Pellock: Since I joined Neustar in 2012, the company has undergone significant changes – most notably a transition from public to private company status and the arrival of a new CEO.

Leadership 52

Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. To help us piece this together, I’ve invited fifteen different thought leaders, authors, editors, and CEOs to collaborate with me to parse this question and share their opinions.

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Porter Christensen Consultative Influence 150

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Failure to have a CEO succession plan is nothing short of dereliction of duty. Then look to the CEO, some of whom, fearing competition, don’t even want to deal with the notion of a succession plan. Sure, you need to be concerned about CEO succession, but, it should not be limited to that one role. And I will. Sounds good, right?

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Talent Management Planning Succession Management 232

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 23, 2012

The Transformative CEO : Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changes. The Transformative CEO by Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss identifies a number of common personal qualities and approaches taken by celebrity CEOs in building or turning around their companies. Innovating and making everything better. by Jeffrey J.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2020

The concept of hero leadership came into its own in 1978 when James MacGregor Burns published his Pulitzer Prize winner, in which he described the transformative leader. This phenomenon seemed to be largely confined to the CEO themselves, with hospitalization of senior managers having about half as big an impact as that of the CEO.

CEO 88

CEO Contingency Plans Politics Human Capital 88

Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. A recent study conducted by Zenger Folkman tested males and females in leadership positions in the workplace.

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Chief Operating Officer Quinn Discount Goal 256

Coaching Tip

JULY 16, 2015

This is CEO Shigetaka Komari's own story of why Fujifilm succeeded where Eastman Kodak failed with hard-won lessons for managers and employees everywhere. In 2000, Shigetaka Komori, author of Innovating Out of Crisis , became president of Fujifilm and said, "The whole of Fujifilm was depending on my managerial skills to make it happen.

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Film Crisis Innovation Brand 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Executives, especially CEOs, need something better. You just finished reading Ten Ways to Engage Your Workforce in 2012 ! And Other Great, No-Nonsense Ways to Retain Your Best People Complimentary Resource – Ten Innovative Ways to Use Twitter for Business Lock in and Engage Top Talent Have You Earned the Right to Lead?

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Competitive Advantage Micromanagement Motivation Execution 80

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. greater revenue growth 34.7%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. greater revenue growth.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. The lack of skill development and leadership development among Generation Y affects every generation. Human Resources'

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Film Human Resources Technology Maturity 150

Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

In 2012, 18 of the Fortune 500 companies will have women CEOs at the helm. For example, for the first time ever, IBM chose a woman CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty. Hewlett-Packard, another technology company, named Meg Whitman as their CEO in September 2011. India, for example, has more women CEOs than the US.

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Power Cooper Diversity CEO 248

Change Starts Here

JULY 9, 2013

A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. When the Transformation Team met to report on their progress in June 2012, things had started to improve. Collaboration.

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Balanced Scorecard Workshop Supply Chain Objective 95

ExactHire - Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The following blog post is part 3 of a 3-part series , which is adapted from a speech given by Harlan Schafir (CVO, CEO of ExactHire and Human Capital Concepts) at the Collective Alternative Executive Speaker Series on September 17, 2015. Innovation was the focus. or possibly, “I didn’t dictate the style of the leaders who led me!

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Leadership Styles Leadership Constraint Talent Management 52

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. Employee Engagement Leadership' The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Deming Institute

JANUARY 15, 2018

This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Bob is the former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company. Guest post by John Hunter. It is very difficult to copy when you start undoing the cultural things.

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Deming Company Management Conference 53

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Every company wants “integrity,” “respect for people,” “quality,” “customer satisfaction,” “innovation,” and “return for shareholders.” When I conducted leadership training for J&J, one of its very top executives spent many hours with every class. Leadership'

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Ethics Pharmaceuticals PR Execution 137

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

One of my former clients (who I will call “Joe”) is now the CEO of one of the world’s most valuable corporations. He was brilliant, dedicated, high in integrity, committed to the company, dedicated to serving customers, innovative and consistent in achieving results. Leadership'

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Learning-by-Doing Open-book CEO Execution 142

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Executives, especially CEOs, need something better. This book will help you take both your leadership and strategy formulation to new heights. No one has to cajole a zombie to act, which clearly contrasts them to many leadership teams who dither rather than decide. You just finished reading Leadership Lessons from Zombies !

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Leadership Execution Competitive Advantage Library 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Our greatest challenge as leaders is not understanding the practice of leadership; it is practicing our understanding of leadership. The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is “if they understand, they will do.” by Marshall Goldsmith. Most make a lot of sense.

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360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The Patriots seem to be the leadership blogger's team of choice. New York Jets. Dallas Cowboys.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Benchmarking 243

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

Because of the regional interest, I contacted the CEO of Assured Labor, David Reich, to pitch my ideas. When we met in January 2012, my idealist entrepreneurial dreams hit pavement as David shared their years of market experience in mobile recruitment while managing a large and rapidly growing team in over four countries.

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Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Deming Institute

JUNE 23, 2015

The theme of the conference is Next Generation Leadership: Disruptive by Design. and Board of Directors, Capital Quality & Innovation. Langford , President and CEO, Langford International. Paula Marshall , CEO, The Bama Companies. Eric Budd, Improvement Coordinator, Peaker Services, Inc. Edwards Deming Institute®.

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Deming Conference Human Resources CEO 28

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

In the 1980s, I appeared on a videotape that was widely distributed as part of a leadership development course for IBM managers. All I had to do was look at the path of technological innovation and make a reasonable guess. After losing billions of dollars, the IBM board woke up and decided to get new leadership. 1-858-759-0950.

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Telecommunications Education Politics Quality 98

You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

That’s the philosophy Claude Mongeau, CEO of CN Rail , has embraced and it has proven to be highly effective. Service Before Selling~ Arthur Mesher is CEO of Descartes Systems , a Software Company in Waterloo Ontario. As Stuart Suls, CEO of Mr. Lube puts it, “ You only have one life. Everything else can flow from that.

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Diversity CEO Bottom-up Commitment 84

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

One of the challenges of being a CEO is that you rarely are asked to choose between a wrong or right answer. CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. The 21st-Century CEO.

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CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

How much do CEOs actually matter? For example, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk enjoy cult-like status and are widely regarded as modern tycoons of innovation. For example, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk enjoy cult-like status and are widely regarded as modern tycoons of innovation.

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CEO Drucker Peer Review Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. Consider George, a CEO of a large building-engineering firm in Silicon Valley. Bad news, right? What does happiness mean?

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P&L Construction Survey Stress 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

So it's no surprise that GE, P&G and IBM occupy the top three spots in Hay Group's seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership (BCL) ranking. Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns.

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Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Plenty of people — including here on Harvard's blog — espouse the theory that big companies can't innovate. A look at any performance measure shows that innovation can come from either size, and that both arguments are oversimplifications. HP is #10 on the 2012 list, and IBM is number 19.

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Operations Innovation Industry CEO 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

Last week, Joann Lublin reported in The Wall Street Journal that more CEO jobs are going to internal candidates. According to her story, a survey by executive-search firm Spencer Stuart found that about four out of five S&P 500 companies that chose a new CEO last year promoted insiders. That is good news for the companies involved.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

Penney and Procter & Gamble replaced a sitting CEO with his predecessor. One thing we know is that companies prefer insiders — people already at the organization — when they hire CEOs. We also know that you can''t understand the challenges of being a CEO until you''ve actually been one. In recent weeks both J.C.

CEO 8

CEO Long-term Planning Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Yet even with all that knowledge and effort, many private equity companies still don’t do a good job when it comes to deciding whether to keep the CEO in place or select a new CEO. Too many CEOs fall short of these skills. Here are the most common CEO selection mistakes we see.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Not a bad metaphor for work, life, and leadership. Just look at Kodak in the past few months leading up to leap year 2012. Easier than we all think (and Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma is one of the best books around on leadership drift). When this "leadership drift ratio" exceeds 2:1, watch out.

Leadership 14

Leadership Christensen Innovation Metrics 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. We have seen these forces at work in many different industries around the world, requiring a decidedly closer working relationship between the CEO and CMO. That was very helpful.”.

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CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8