In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Whether you are a start-up or a Procter & Gamble, the ethic of focusing on what you do best and excelling at it is the culture and the identity that sustains an organization’s success. The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization.

Company 177

Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

If you do, you need to reassess your values and ethics. When you consider making a suggestion or a decision in the presence of a senior executive, do you always consider its impact on your career? You owe it to yourself.

Career 199

Career Management Mentor Brand 199

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2012

Other than ensuring an ethical environment in the organizations they govern, I suspect today’s Boards still don’t give culture the attention it deserves. Like most Boards, they were more interested in hearing about profit, financial ratios, efficiencies, headcounts, labor climate and strategic initiatives.

Competitive Advantage 131

Competitive Advantage Long-term CEO Ethics 131

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2015

Easily definable” is the element within visions that facilitates the ethic of simplicity, and doing less, better in this complex world of business. When leadership foresight is compelling, inclusive, and easily definable, people want to be a part of it; they want to follow their leader to that place.

Sports 100

Sports Ethics Travel Follow-up 100

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. When I was a CMO and CEO, I operated with an entrepreneurial mindset that required taking decisions as early as possible. That meant making the call without all of the information, and not fretting about it, but being glad of it.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Deborah Borg – Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer, Bunge Limited. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group. Dorie Clark – Marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Women on Business

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Maximize Productivity Using Social Media In this day and age, there are so many different.

Media 198

Media Press Release Discount PR 198

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. With the exception of niche, specialty, and some consumer technology markets, I see less and less of this in big business. I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. That’s an understatement.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers. Their evolving brands, Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks continue to be strong contributors to 2014’s revenue of $4.5 billion and record earnings. Intuit cuts through that complexity with software that simplifies.

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

Unlike BP, who mismanaged an accident, Halliburton and Monsanto self-inflicted the ethical decline of their brand image over many years. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Human Resources. Afterlife: Fortune Magazine Contributor, Wannabe Novelist. Search My Site. Leadership.

Brand 140

Brand CEO Long-term Crisis 140