In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

When a company has clout, there isn’t much incentive to re-invent. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone.

CEO 170

CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2019

Ultimately, you can’t easily switch career unless you can be confident that your skills are transferable – or that you don’t need them to build a successful presence. In reality, building and maintaining your market presence is the most critical operation. Reason for failing: You misunderstand the psychology factors.

Audience 58

Audience Open-book Entrepreneur Proposal 58

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times.

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The park, which has been operating for a decade, has created a free zone and business park to encourage multinationals to rub shoulders with researchers and startups to generate technology-driven businesses.

Resources 88

Resources Innovation GDP Education 88

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

According to “Spin Selling” author Neil Rackham, when Xerox first established a sales operations group in the 1970s to take on activities such as sales planning, compensation, forecasting, and territory design, group leader J. •Administer quarterly sales incentive compensation plans and the goal setting process.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Outsourcing Analysis Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A McKinsey study found that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41% in terms of return on equity and by 56% in terms of operating results.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives. I believe the goal for leaders in this century is to widen the lens of their thinking by challenging not only their own assumptions but also the beliefs and biases on which their organizations operate. You have given me incentive to do that.

Learning Organization 56

Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

This includes understanding employee needs and putting in place policies and operating principles that maximize engagement. This undermines the careers of less experienced attorneys whose early errors can result in exclusion from future assignments. This is rife with the influence of unconscious bias. Clients also have a role to play.

Talent Management 12

Talent Management Incentives Efficiency Training 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

It sends the signal that these are not the projects that people should bet their careers on. Build it into good people's career paths. Many organizations were once structured to ensure that each function operated with maximum efficiency. Too little diversity of thought; too much isolation from customers' experience.

Process 15

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. More often the dilemmas were the result of competing interests, misaligned incentives, clashing cultures. Incentives and pressure to inflate achievement of targets. Cross-cultural differences.

Ethics 9

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. This links directly to his second theme around “getting the incentives right.” That scares me. Incentivize Excellence Not Competence.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

As a researcher and consultant to executives across diverse industries, I know how common it is for successful, high-performing people to lose their passion for work — and their commitment to their organizations — over time. I wasn’t. More money won’t cut it.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Crisis Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? They had incentives to do so, but they could easily refuse. At a time of profound volatility in the U.S.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? They make up by increasing rates of advertisers…offering cause-related marketing packages as incentives. Greatness is earned over an entire career.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50