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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

The traditional model of long-serving executives has shifted, giving way to a more dynamic environment where factors like performance, industry disruptions, and stakeholder expectations play significant roles. In 2013, the average CEO tenure stood at 7.6 One risk of a long CEO tenure is the potential for performance to plateau.

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The Top 10 Habits of Successful CEOs

Lead from Within

As a CEO, success isn’t just about achieving your own personal goals. Here are the top ten habits of successful CEOs that get results: Prioritizing time: Successful CEOs focus on the most important tasks and responsibilities. Setting clear goals and expectations: Successful CEOs are clear about what they want to achieve.

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Looks Matter In The Banking Industry

The Horizons Tracker

In the banking world, how a CEO looks can significantly impact how much they earn. In American banks, CEOs who are considered more attractive make, on average, a million dollars more each year compared to their less good-looking peers. To study this, they gathered data from 167 American banks and 272 CEOs (the top bosses of the banks).

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The Value Of Prosocial CEOs

The Horizons Tracker

It might stand to reason, therefore, that CEOs with a wider mindset might also be beneficial. Recent research from Columbia Business School explores whether so-called prosocial CEOs do indeed have a beneficial impact on their workforce. But for the prosocial CEOs who manage to hold onto their positions, there’s a twist.

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Five Ways to Build Your Strategic Muscles

Next Level Blog

One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. What is your point of view on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to both your industry and your company? What did I miss?

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Leader's Playbook For Perpetual Innovation

Eric Jacobson

And now he’s written, Going on the Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation. Most companies pray for one innovation to skyrocket their growth. Dr. Behnam Tabrizi Tabrizi has whittled those qualities down into eight main drivers of perpetual innovation : Setting an Existential Purpose: Why Does Your Company Matter?