Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. But when the business landscape radically changes, culture must change, too. The results were telling.

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Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Creating and executing new revenue streams. Organizational Development Work. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. I consulted and led a 6 month coaching and training process with the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and 14 of the Associate Vice Presidents.

Team Building 94

Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

A survey of executives found that women view leaders as those who share their knowledge and connect with their colleagues to help the team and the business. No path to success is free from pitfalls as any entrepreneur or executive will tell you. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit the bestseller list with this book in 2013.

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Books Entrepreneur Leadership Advice 105

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Teaches leadership to executives and emerging leaders around the world. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Corporate Executives.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Or, maybe you’re focused on personal development and want to find the best content online to help you grow as a leader. Innovation Advocate. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte. Zondervan Author.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Goleman Emotional Intelligence 100

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

2 Responses to Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario John Doe | January 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM | Funny stuff. A huge innovation that no other company has. Leave a Reply Cancel reply RSS - Posts Subscribe to our Blog Brought to you by: Online MBA Rankings Join our Fan Page The Executive Roundtable Inc.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company. In a nutshell, The Little Give teams up Edelman employees to develop PR programs for local nonprofits focused on children and youth. Now we can learn about their journey into sharing their talents and treasures with their community.

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Most companies can claim an element of success in some aspect of CRM proficiency such as sales force automation, database marketing, development of a knowledgebase, etc., Most companies do not fully execute their CRM initiatives and when they do they are product focused. Thanks Scott. link] Kelly Ketelboeter Hi Mike, Fantastic post!

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Blog CRM Management Brand 304

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.]

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When a strategy looks brilliant, it’s because of the quality of execution. In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything. Insight Center.

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Execution Strategy COO CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This comes at a significant financial and productivity cost to all organizations, as demonstrated by research in corporate settings : Onboarding an external hire can cost up to twice the departing executive’s salary, and the time it takes for an external hire to become productive is twice as long as for someone hired from within.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Paul is an old friend who, until his recent retirement, worked as a senior scientist at a pharmaceutical company, where he managed a group of innovative researchers. Because of the start-up's success in developing drugs, it was acquired by a large multinational company.

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COO Short-term Pharmaceuticals Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline. These questions will confront executives within and outside IT for the remainder of the decade as corporate governance extends to IT expenditures. Shadow IT has been freshly-labeled "departmental IT.". How do we change this?

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

When looking to hire a new CEO, corporate boards of directors are increasingly bypassing C-level executives and appointing less seasoned leaders. They are still looking for chiefs with the traditional attributes of intelligence, integrity, and stamina—traits that have defined great executives for decades.

CEO 11

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

When I do get a name, it often differs depending on who I asked—a marketing executive points to one person, while finance identifies someone else. It is time to connect these groups, elevate analytics to a strategic corporate practice, and assign executive leadership to oversee it. That isn’t good.

Company 8

Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2011

It's true that Apple's success in the last decade has been built on a remarkable string of innovations, which seems harder to "codify." When one of Apple's design teams was tasked with developing a DVD-burning software program for high-end Macs, developers spent weeks putting together a plan. Yet turnover at Apple is low.

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P&L Supply Chain Retail COO 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

” When I do get a name, it often differs depending on who I asked—a marketing executive points to one person, while finance identifies someone else. It is time to connect these groups, elevate analytics to a strategic corporate practice, and assign executive leadership to oversee it. That isn’t good.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services. Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. You may appoint a temporary CDO to get your house in order, or you may develop other ways to get the job done. Still others move on to business roles including CEO.

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CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

In February, President Obama issued an executive order aimed at protecting critical infrastructure, adding the administration''s voice to those of Congressional members and corporate leaders in the national conversation on cybersecurity. The first focuses on the concept of enhanced public/private information sharing and developing standards.

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Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She''s an expert on strategy, innovation, and leading change. In her latest book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good , she analyzed how P&G (among other companies) achieved long-term performance. Of course a company should never neglect its largest developed markets.

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P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

His energy and emotion accelerated innovation and execution across the company. "I''m The COO of a software firm, he had had a horrible relationship for years with Ron, a key product development VP. He apologized to the executive team with a tear in his eye. I''m upset. I''m responsible. I apologize." I was there.

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COO Energy Tactics Motivation 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A. Join the Conversation.

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Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Jim Whitehurst got a short course in doing just that when he arrived as CEO of the rough-and tumble Red Hat from his post as COO of the rather more buttoned-up Delta Airlines four years ago. Second, "by not bubbling every decision up to the senior executive level, we avoided the typical 50,000-foot oversimplification" of issues.

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COO Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Strategy 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Executive education students at Harvard Business School. HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2015

The consequences of such insidious biases can be quite costly to an organization, from leading it to hire or promote the wrong candidates to investing in less innovative ideas just because of who proposed them to crossing ethical boundaries. And some of these biases are unconscious, including racial, gender, and income discrimination.

Training 8

Training Participative COO Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, speaking at City Colleges of Chicago. You’re witnessing creative destruction and disruptive innovation at work. So congratulations graduates – as you move forward in your careers, you’ll be face to face with innovation that’s relentless. I had to develop the discipline to listen.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

So, how can you develop this muscle? “As a leader, you need to have a strong voice and you need to know when it’s time to listen,” says Amy Jen Su, co-owner of Paravis Partners, an executive training and coaching firm. ” Su had a client who was strong, passionate, and innovative. What the Experts Say.

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How To Case Study Charan Information 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The ground rules for fluidly shifting course — or, when needed, radically altering direction — apply equally well to start-ups outside the classroom, as well as to innovative ventures within established companies. Here are our five rules for executing a successful pivot: 1. Have an idea compost pile.

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Innovation Entrepreneur COO Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. Big decisions have to be framed, then informed by data, then thought through for execution.

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Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14