Eric Jacobson

MARCH 16, 2011

C-suite executives themselves admit that employee engagement is discussed "occasionally", "rarely," or "never" at board level in 43% of companies. 47% of C-suite executives believe that they themselves "have determined the levels of employee engagement" in their companies, a view shared by only 16% of senior directors outside the C-suite.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

He served as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of its Board of Directors and President since the Company’s inception in 1978 through to its acquisition in 2015. He publishes regular columns about entrepreneurship and building enduring businesses on Entrepreneur, Forbes Tech Council, FORTUNE and CIO.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 29, 2013

John Mattone is known among leaders of Fortune 500 companies as a cutting-edge thinker in the areas of leadership and talent management. Bob''s blog entries AgFirst Farm Credit Bank Albert Einstein AMACOM Babson College Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville CEO Magazine CIO magazine CLO Magazine Columbia University Fast Company FedEx Inc.

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Curious Cat

MAY 20, 2015

One of the stark differences is how executives are paid. Toyota’s belief in a strong management system contrasts with the self worship many USA executives practice. How the executives pay themselves illustrates this very well. But they have a long way to go before executive pay becomes a serious problem at Toyota.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 30, 2023

The acquisition minded executive is the norm in the business world. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” In other words, if the right deal falls into their laps, they might be stirred into action.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 29, 2023

CEOWORLD Magazine has announced the appointment of new members to its board of directors and executive council.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. It’s a high-wire balancing act many executives go through to grab the golden ring. You’re moving on up. It’s that simple.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago. How would your CFO or CIO handle this? and security penetration.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment. of their portfolio companies.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

High, president of the digital business advisory firm Metis Strategy , advises numerous companies and executives on how to compete in the digital era. Where many new executives get things wrong is in defining culture as though it begins with their arrival.” How do companies compete in this digital era ?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

The enterprise architecture should manage changes in the architecture, but input by other employees should be appreciated. This approach is developed by Aloys Kregting, who was entitled as CIO of the year twice. And example of a mode 2 process is employee skills management. Additionally, mode 2 requires agility.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. We are in the midst of a computing renaissance, when all CIOs will need to raise their game and master this same set of practices.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

CIOs who do great things in leading IT soon gain extra responsibilities. By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

B2C companies invest millions to understand the various personas, segments, demographics, and geographical nuances to help them determine how to position and manage their brands to appeal to the faceless masses. Sean Geehan: The B2B Executive Playbook: The Ultimate Weapon for Achieving Sustainable, Predictable and Profitable Growth.

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B2C B2B Marketing CIO 95

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. These executives played mission-critical roles in driving multi-million dollar projects that delivered massive change. However, a global recession and the inability of CIOs to deliver on business value have tarnished their status.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

When we talk about “learning to love your job” or “managing yourself,” it’s often in the context of junior or midlevel roles. But these things don’t stop mattering for senior executives. What aspects of their jobs are most important to them? What do they find rewarding? Andy Molinsky.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. To begin to mend the CMO-CIO relationship, it''s important to understand the source of each side''s frustrations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

For the past four years, Accenture has conducted an annual survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to understand the state of their collaboration. And 83 percent of CIOs say that they need to align and interact with Marketing. In that time, weve tracked dramatic changes in attitudes.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

IT is not something that can be managed from a box on the organizational chart. Just look at what most do: They appoint a CIO and give him or her a budget and a mandate to get on with it! So what can a CIO be held responsible for? What is clear is that they are not the sole responsibility of the CIO. Technology?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

But it should be the CIO''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. Because no one is managing the store. They must be identified and addressed, and information management is a huge part of this.

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CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. We have identified the problem , which is that CEOs believe that the CIO does not understand or help with the CEO''s issues and the needs of the business.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Consider this: a recent survey conducted by NFI Research showed more than two-thirds of senior executives and managers said they believed their organizations would be more productive if “personal discussion” was used to disseminate information. We choose to talk via text rather than chat via…well…chatting.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. This is typified by the kind of debate I participated in for Professional Manager back in February that asked whether social media was a waste of time.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. CEOs also tell us that CIOs do not understand where the business needs to go and how IT should support strategic goals. The nature of the workforce and management is shifting.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Austin, Richard L. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The job of the senior executive is much more complicated today than it was a decade or two ago — and that trend will continue, especially if you hope to play on a global stage (which is a nearly universal condition these days for many companies). Many executive searches are done on a global basis now. Here are five reasons.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Office (CIO) for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee is the latest guest on the Deming Podcast ( download the podcast ). He also discusses the success they have achieved in involving senior executives in the organizational hierarchy (CEO of the individual hospitals etc.)

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.]

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Today, executives are directing their energy toward artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things. Just 52% of executives rated their Digital IQ as strong, down 15% from the year before. That said, companies and executives have improved at embracing digital transformation.

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CIO Survey Strategic Planning Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K.

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Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Many executives pine for their internal IT systems to give them a more consumer-friendly experience. Unfortunately, most executives don’t recognize that consumer IT and enterprise IT are different animals. Executives must guide and shape such a blueprint. In the consumer IT world everything just seems to work, they lament.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. Synchronize siloed processes : Imagine if ATC activities were standard but siloed off from other aviation processes, such as airport gate management. He is currently a consultant to several companies and C-suite executives.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

500 technology distribution company I’m working with has expanded its offerings to include services like installation and hardware management. Instead of calling on IT managers or purchasing staff to buy equipment, they’ll need to start talking with senior managers all the way up to the CIO.

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Strategy Execution How To CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Every executive team and board of directors is asking themselves the same question in regard to their cyber risk right now: what can we do differently to avoid being the next Equifax, Yahoo! It’s no longer adequate or acceptable for CFOs to simply focus on managing the financial risks of a company. Mitch Blunt/Getty Images.

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CFO CIO Budgeting Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

But massive disruptions in business models, technology, and the work force have been throwing up massive new challenges for CIOs and other technology leaders. Consequently, CIOs and business leaders with a technology focus face more cacophony and challenge than ever before. Many CIOs are of course already well aware of all this.

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