In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip. The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. After all, I had come up through the marketing ranks. CEOs must watch for that. Leadership.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

News of Google layoffs has struck again as the company has moved to eliminate at least 200 “core” employees from its U.S. The company doesn’t intend to work with a smaller team and get by either. At least 50 of these positions included engineering positions from the company’s Sunnyvale California offices.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

Guest post from Bruce Hartman : The CEO of Footlocker, Matt Serra, once said to me, “It’s lonely at the top. As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? You’re moving on up.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To determine if this is the best route for your company, you’ll need to understand the different types of executive search firms and why you should retain one. At N2Growth, we iteratively source and stay in the market until a finalist candidate is found. The report noted that not only do 30% of top business leaders in the U.S.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

This fantastic news has deservedly boosted the stock market, and lots of companies are shifting to retract planned staff and budget cuts. Let’s consider James, the COO of a mid-size production company that was impacted by the pandemic. However, many senior executives and stock investors are very attentive to vaccine news.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. But every numeric result – product development, marketing, sales, manufacturing, and distribution – reflects human behavior. Logic tells us we can manage cause, but only measure effect.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. Now I must admit that my Nabob Foods and Jacobs Suchard alumni would be the first to tell you that marketing occupied that prime piece of bone real estate. CEOs must watch for that.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles.

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CFO Education Diversity Reference 272

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

How corporate venturing programs work is not always well understood, however, so researchers from Stanford set out to look under the lid and explore the VC units of 74 American companies, who between them account for around 80% of all corporate venturing in the S&P 500. A mixed bag.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Understanding that each team member has a role in the company and their personalities need to match these roles can mean the difference between failure and success. You need a numbers guy to navigate your company to financial success. Your CFO should be Captain America with the emotional range of a rock. Chief Financial Officer.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Team Ethics 100

Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In Practice: A CEO convinced that remote work hampers productivity may only acknowledge studies supporting this view, while ignoring evidence to the contrary. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions.

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Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 56

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

NASDAQ: APPL ) has named Andrea Jung , CEO of Avon  (NYSE: AVP ), as the eigth member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. Andrea Jung is the first woman and the first Asian to hold a seat on Apple’s board.Â

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 15, 2011

Q: Do you have any specific suggestions for marketing executives in this challenging climate? During hard times companies often cut back on marketing budgets. As business becomes more competitive, marketing executives face increasing pressure to demonstrate the value that their function is adding to the firm.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You started a company. Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. There are things that only the CEO can do. By Thomas Brattle Gannett and Dr. Greg Giuliano. You got funding.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. So, with the help of WordPress analytics and content judgment, here’s my list of the top ’CEO Afterlife’ blogs of 2011. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The publication date of this post, December 1, 2020, marks the 20 th anniversary of our leadership development company, The Eblin Group. And, by the way, that guy is now Senior Vice President and Treasurer of his Fortune 500 company. There’s a lot to say and share about that for sure – more than one blog post can address.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 29, 2020

The lay-offs are done according to the employees’ performance and are targeted at the bottom five percent of Accenture Company. ” Earlier in July, the company cut 900 jobs in the UK, citing a downward curve in market demand. In 2019, the company earned revenues of a whopping $43.2 About Accenture.

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Attrition Crisis CFO Long-term 52

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. Even in the worst of times they believe nothing to be insurmountable.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). They get the most up-to-date, critical information from customers of any group in the company. Sales: Without a solid sales team the company will not succeed.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And, sadly, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) reports that 60 percent of small companies are unable to sustain their business more than six months following a cyberattack. Patches are often created after a software or hardware company has experienced a data breach or recognized a vulnerability that might allow one.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 88

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and a company is only as strong as its lowest-performing employees. However, according to Eagle Hill’s survey, among companies with high turnover rates, 26% of high performers leave because of poor management. And it’s costing companies a pretty penny to replace workers.

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Charan Attrition Morale Survey 229

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

When a CEO becomes a household name, that CEO may well need to get his own house in order. In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.” Then came the tempest.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 7, 2014

Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. He was liked by the companies customers and vendors, and they were happy to have him visit and treat them to golf and dinners. Consulting and examining this with the company CEO, CFO, COO and Sr. Photo Credit.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

If the agency has worked in your industry, presumably they understand what companies like yours value. Put it this way: just because an agency placed a technical Project Manager at a software company doesn’t mean they can find the right Chief Financial Officer or Director of Marketing in the same industry. Consulting.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Alan Mulally – Former CEO, Ford and Boeing Commercial Aircraft. CEO Magazine – CEO of the Year. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Non-profit CEOs. Former CEO, Covestor and CircleLending.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Increased Differentiation in Compensation Many studies and reports have highlighted the huge compensation increases of CEOs relative to the average salaries of the general population of employee. As CEOs have enjoyed massive increases in pay, other C-level officers - the next level down - have also noticed large increases in compensation.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

He was President, CFO, General Counsel, and the second largest shareholder of PDS Tech prior to its purchase by AKKA Technologies. Previous roles include attorney and marketing executive for Union Pacific Railroad, associate and then partner at Jenner & Block in Chicago, and chairman and CEO of an internet company.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.),

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. This critical alliance needs and deserves much greater analysis and application.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This (pretty long) document has evolved over the years and is often cited as an example of how that company just “gets it.” At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Org charts can be arranged by function, process, product, market, customer, geographic, matrix, or a combination approach. Companies use different assessments to determine their employees’ communication and leadership styles, so that they can assemble groups that mesh well and are balanced in terms of skills/approaches.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Org charts can be arranged by function, process, product, market, customer, geographic, matrix, or a combination approach. Companies use different assessments to determine their employees’ communication and leadership styles, so that they can assemble groups that mesh well and are balanced in terms of skills/approaches.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

This week Uber took a major step toward righting the ship with the choice of Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. Since its founding just eight years ago, Uber has become one of the best-known brands in the world, has presence in over 80 countries, has market share reported at 77% in its core U.S. So, what are they?

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