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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. Appearance of Improvement vs. Improvement – In the effects domain, managers often look for steps to improve the appearance of their P&L results, yet no real, underlying change takes place.

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

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. 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. Both Janet and the CEO have made good points. Main menu Home.

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Leadership That Gets Results

Great Leadership By Dan

P eople aren''t wondering if they are going to be fired. Mark Newman, the current CEO of H irevue, never misses flowers on executive assistant''s day; notes of caring when someone loses a loved one or making s ure everyone in the organization feels cared for. L et them know what the board of directors is saying.

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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. Lawful leaders should seek to build a culture that differentiates their organization from others. * * * Jerold L. Surviving since the 1920s testifies to the enormous strength of the American Mafia’s culture.

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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. The value propositions presented by ACME, all too often dazzles the decision makers with the creation of shareholder value through huge P&L benefits. Can you hear the creepy organ music?) If only ACME’s claims held true.