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.

Groupthink 72

Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 72

Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

s fledgling CEO Marissa Mayer made her first misstep. said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. For instance, a business wants to expand its social media marketing. This past February Yahoo!’s In a company-wide email, she announced Yahoo! was changing its telecommute policy.

White Paper 231

White Paper Human Resources Consensus Case Study 231

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 5, 2017

Characteristic #1: Courage When Dave Lewis became CEO at European grocery store giant Tesco in 2014, the company was struggling. Teams collaborated to create an e-mail-based, fast-response system by which representatives could provide marketing with customer feedback and other observations. Do you as a leader have this mindset?

Short-term 260

Short-term Efficiency Brand System 260

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2019

No confusion, no mixed messages, no need for consensus-building or alignment, no persuasion necessary – just a very, very smooth path from sensing to fleeing. The sensing, absorbing, thinking, and deciding functions that you just processed were extremely efficient, and so you were able to get to action right away.

Outsourcing 196

Outsourcing Trends Consensus Committee 196

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2024

The best change management strategies are often the ones that are adopted through a consensus at the organization, where all those affected also benefit, or at the least supported by, the change. There might be situations where there is no time to plan, for example, under reactionary circumstances while facing unexpected market crashes.

Management 98

Management Tips Strategy Planning 98

Lead from Within

MAY 9, 2019

Engage senior leaders: It’s essential to have consensus among the CEO and senior leadership team about the importance of proactive leadership development and succession planning. This group should set expectations, put processes in place, and hold the organization accountable for making it happen.

Planning 162

Planning Succession How To Consensus 162

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.

Groupthink 40

Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 40

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things. Product managers need to provide direction for how a product should be built, and through your understanding of the market, give them assurance they are building the right product.

Productivity 182

Productivity Products Management Leadership 182

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Slow decision makers who are driven by how others will feel about the decision, look for and desire a consensus decision making process. If a leader is a Slow Decision Outlier, miss market opportunities, slow to change, will often want to decide using consensus-can’t please everyone. Are you a Decision Outlier?

Team 226

Team Consensus Stress Executive Coaching 226

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 29, 2014

The financial market already recognizes it: In an academic study of 30 public companies that announced co-CEO arrangements, the average stock return that could be attributed to the announcement was 2.58 Leadership is, after all, a social practice, and 2030 leaders will recognize this.

Leadership 244

Leadership Globalization Maturity Agility 244

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The current social strategy of many Marketing and Ad Agencies goes something like: “It doesn’t matter if the content is good, as long as we get a celebrity to tweet it, the thing will go viral!” Yet any attempt to market to these hyperactive, frenzied, texting balls of estrogen would be rejected and loathed.

Marketing 50

Marketing Video Content Advertising 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Consensus is a powerful tool. When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive.

Consensus 9

Consensus Innovation Company Ries 9

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Managers need to develop a clear strategy around their company's unique place in the market (and not worry as much about creating strategy to compete head-on with other companies.). Strategy is not something that is done in a bottom-up consensus process. Porter, director of Harvard's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.

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Porter Execution Strategy Consensus 98

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

There is much talk today about the need to constantly align and adapt strategy to constantly changing market conditions to insure sustainable competitiveness. Think of culture playing the role of greasing the skids making alignment to market conditions faster and smoother. The following is a guest post by Dr. George H. Dr. George H.

Goal 226

Goal Festinger Strategy Insurance 226

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2001 the list of companies with the highest market caps was dominated by blue chips. The market now rewards the long-term vision and continual investment in new growth represented by these younger enterprises. When Nadella took over the CEO role in 2014, he immediately began refocusing the company on growth. TodUdom/iStock.

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

A CEO we’ve worked with – let’s call him “Gary” – prides himself on being a collaborative leader who invests in consensus and builds relationships. Unfortunately, by the time we met Gary, his habits as a “nice CEO” were about to cost him his job.

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Kaplan Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

CEO activism, the growing trend of top executives speaking out on sensitive social and political issues, has been labeled the “ new normal.” There are conflicting views of how CEOs should proceed. The same dynamic may now complicate Google’s plans to re-enter China’s search market. fotog/Getty Images.

CEO 8

CEO Politics Policies Survey 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Readers'' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Top Books About Leadership.

Books 77

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 77

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. If you’re a CEO who doesn’t leverage conflict for team building and leadership development purposes you’re missing a great opportunity. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

Readers' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

Books 92

Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

Because they have been trained and incented to care about the real game, the one happening on the field, and not about the associated betting market. CEOs routinely go to the microphones to apologize or make excuses for missing the analysts' consensus earnings estimates — even if their real results are substantially up.

CEO 14

CEO Consensus Conference Rogers 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Readers'' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Top Books About Leadership.

Books 50

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. The company’s swift recall of product from the shelves and the timely response of the company CEO were part of the crisis plan that was in place well ahead of the tragedy. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. by Hank Moore.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The two men had created distribution channels, built a supply chain, entered profitable new markets–and, just as importantly, held the family together, ensuring that family members were well taken care of and that family disagreements didn’t harm the business. They called this idealized new CEO “Mr. Wonderful.”. Know your agenda.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Consensus System 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Readers' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

Books 59

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 59

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Headlined by Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers, Tipping Point) and joined by Simon Sinek (Start with Why?) – who stole the show, Mitch Joel (Six Pixels of Separation), Nilofer Merchant (Rubicon Consulting), and Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney), the day showcased some amazing ideas, great presenters and inspiration to spare.

Management 48

Management Simon COO Blog 48

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested. Global business'

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” and the CEO’s response is, “Well, what happens if we don’t and they stay?”.

Human Capital 60

Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." The head of R&D remembered it as a failure to properly market the innovation. The Chief Marketing Officer recalled that sales and distribution did not achieve planned market presence. Introduce Celebrating Failure Day.

NPV 15

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The charismatic Apple Store retailer turned JC Penney CEO announced far worse-than-expected quarterly results. The congealing critical consensus is that Johnson's bold overhaul of the sagging American retailing icon went too far too fast. Speed to market" isn't what's driving the change. Pity Ron Johnson. Pity Meg Whitman.

Consensus 8

Consensus Welch Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

As a CEO visiting one of our classes put it, "If you have time, you can be infinitely collaborative, but if you have to fix things in a significant way and you're in a hurry, you've got to be more directive.". Two levers available to any manager stand out in our research on top-performing CEOs: 1.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Politics CEO Leadership 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Katzenberg recently hired Meg Whitman, the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. Because the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It has to find product-market fit before running out of cash. And it may work.

IPO 8

IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

For example, many American CEOs spent considerable energy in the weeks building up to Trump’s Paris announcement lobbying the President not to withdraw. But there is now a growing trend of some CEOs actively lobbying for more ambitious government action and regulation on a whole range of social and environmental issues.

Globalization 8

Globalization Policies Supply Chain CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

360-Degree Feedback 15

360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. The main goal was that these cross-functional teams had to reach consensus on a solution in two days—and devise a plan for executing it. This was delaying product production.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

The company is already in market and earning revenue. In my experience, companies that are world class at creating growth through innovation have clear consensus around: The overarching definition of innovation. "The company needs to start raising money soon, or it is never going to realize its full potential," Piyush argued.

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Power Consensus Christensen Disruptive Innovation 12