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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. Logic tells us we can manage cause, but only measure effect. Shifting to cause-based analysis of results positions leaders to laser-target interventions – coaching, guiding, managing or taking direct action – to change the trajectory of outcomes.

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The Hard-Knock Valuation of Brand Equity Growth | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. There’s not a Brand Manager that doesn’t want to build brand equity. Marketers, who work for the likes of P&G or Unilever, periodically check brand awareness and brand attributes to measure progress. Consider this exchange between Hogwash Detergent’s CEO and the Brand Manager I’ll call Janet.

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley: What Keeps CEOs Up At Night

HR Digest

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. times more likely to trust their leaders.

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Leadership That Gets Results

Great Leadership By Dan

B reaking down the walls between "management and the average empl oyees take thought and skill. P eople aren''t wondering if they are going to be fired. L et them know what the board of directors is saying. L et them kno w about your financial goals. At H irevue, we call o ur employees our team members.

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Preview Thursday: Total Value Optimization

Lead Change Blog

With no obvious signs of disease, it may be tempting for the CEO or equity partner to think, “Well, the pain is mild and we’re managing through it, so let’s do the best we can and strive for improvement.” Bowen has more than thirty years of P&L experience, leading turnarounds, high-growth businesses, and Fortune 1000 companies.

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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. The mob bosses constructed enduring crime rings using core economic concepts of corporate governance that lawful managers also must follow. Zimmerman , Ph.D., For more information, please visit jeroldzimmerman.com.

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

The room erupts with cheers and ACME is once again hired to save the Corporate P&L. I participated in engagements as a manager and I sponsored or led engagements as a Sr. The value propositions presented by ACME, all too often dazzles the decision makers with the creation of shareholder value through huge P&L benefits.