In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While some handle their “success” well, others fail to realize the happiness that money and celebrity status is expected to bring. None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. The reason? Too much of something that is deemed “good” often turns out “bad.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many even believe in the myth that just good work creates success!) How do you best focus the time and resources you have? What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. No one is equally expert at both.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

It’s proving to be an eventful year for AirAsia, the Kuala Lumpur-based airline that has emerged as Asia’s most successful low-cost carrier in recent times. Despite the low odds of success, though, the urge to set up joint ventures remains strong. Strategy' A llocate decision rights based on the context and logic.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. Many major companies, such as Southwest Airlines, UPS, Chick-fil-A, Best Buy, Yum! Discussion questions are provided for each case.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact.

Chief Operating Officer 8

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Particularly, I wonder to what extent business schools foster the integral skills these higher-ambition leaders use as a foundation for their success: Business Integration. Most business schools do not teach students how to design strategies or policies that are grounded in their personal values or how to test solutions against those beliefs.

360-Degree Feedback 13

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 3, 2014

We don’t want airlines, oil riggers and gas pipeline distributors acting bold. Weak, wishy-washy strategies have no place in 21 st century business. I’ve never seen a successful entrepreneur known for cautiousness, have you? Not much, although their courage could surely come in handy in several C-suites. Here’s my point.

Human Resources 214

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

Over the last decade and a half, the company has realigned its HR practices and strategies to move away from the analog ways of the past and to embrace a variety of 21st century approaches, including some highly unconventional ones. To be successful as an interactive global network requires changing your HR game all the way down.

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