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University President Search: Bridging Academic Vision and Operational Reality

N2Growth Blog

The selection and appointment of the president shape the university’s strategic direction and operational realities for years to come, regardless of how many years they serve in the role. Operational realities, on the other hand, pertain to the practical aspects of running an organization of any size.

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Doubting Existing Management: Private Equity’s Talent Conundrum

N2Growth Blog

The BDO’s latest survey amplifies this concern further, where nearly half of the private equity fund managers and operating partners reported being understaffed across their organizations. Around 20% of PE fund managers identified talent management as the most frequently deployed value creation lever, according to the BDO report.

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What Matters When Hiring External CEOs

The Horizons Tracker

Hiring a CEO from outside is a common practice, with around a third of new hires coming from outside the hiring firm. The researchers analyzed 1,275 CEO appointments between 2001 and 2014, and found that neither the length nor breadth of the new CEOs’ experience had any bearing on the performance in their new firm.

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Conference Board Announces CEOs Plan to Increase Wages by a Minimum of 3%

HR Digest

The other day, HireQuest CEO Richard Hermanns was in Minneapolis and witnessed a restaurant in the middle of the airport closed due to a lack of staffing. The Teamsters leadership had a demand to bring up wages quickly, and according to UPS CEO Carol Tome, this was something they were happy to oblige with.

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Developing The CEO Within You.

Rich Gee Group

Operational – Know how the organization works inside and out. Sit at home and map out your operational chain from start to finish. How do you grow your direct reports, your staff, and your organization through motivation? What other elements do you feel play a key role in defining you as CEO material?

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

For the last 20 years, and all around the world, we CEOs have invested untold millions into the question: “What does it take to have an engaged workplace culture?” Gallup – which has made it its business to track these kinds of numbers – reports that 51% of American employees are actively looking for a job. I have to admit it.

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We’ve Coached Over 1 Million Supervisors … Here’s What We Learned

Leading Blog

The CEO needs to be leading the parade, setting the vision, and pointing the way. After conducting a few million DILOs (Day in the Life of) across 30,000 organizational operations assessments, we found one thing in common. Take the data from your reporting and use it to engage your teams in conversation about their work.

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