In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In terms of rectification, you have to look at the issue in the context of whether the problem is a short-term blip or the beginning of a long-term shift to your business or industry. When I was a CEO, I managed to squirrel away a “rainy day” fund for nasty business blips. At best, they are managers.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 2, 2022

Recently I was asked to facilitate an executive retreat for the leadership team of a professional services firm. Assessment and feedback from the leadership team and managers and staff showed vast differences. The other solitude – managers and staff – rated how the leaders lived each core value at 1s and 2s.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

Their two main routes are piecemeal programs to “fix the frontline” or a long-term cultural change process. But few are willing to pay the price to make the long and winding road to culture change. Lay low long enough, and they’ll soon be on to another flavor-of-the-month. It’s broad and well-used.

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Root Cause Analysis Mission Statement Travel Restructuring 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

That’s not good news for the job market when workers cannot vouch for the long-term business survival of the establishments they work for. Identify what could have gone wrong with the leadership team. It involves reassessing your business operations, starting with leadership. How can you get your customers back ?

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Finance Long-term Banking Restructuring 81

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. not necessarily and not always. That got everyone’s attention!

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LDRLB

JUNE 13, 2011

They might say “previous management experience required” or “experience with outside sales preferred.” My absolute favorite are the postings that attempt to quantify ones experience in terms of years. Minimum 7 Years Management Experience Required”. Leadership burkus ericsson experience' What does that even really mean?

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Restructuring Insurance Executive Coaching Long-term 74

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Not that Nissan’s management had not been trying to make the right decisions to staunch the losses. Under his leadership, Ghosn said, the struggling automaker would return to profitability in a year and halve its debt a year later. Fifteen years later, Nissan under Ghosn’s strategy and leadership was indeed back on its feet.

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Chief Operating Officer Short-term Strategic Fit Restructuring 50

QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Also download 25 Things Managers and Leaders Should Never Do [PDF] - - - - - Check out the latest edition of “Carnival of HR” at John Hunter’s Curious Cat Management Improvement blog. How would work flow? Who will do what?

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Leadership. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The concern I expressed in the post was that these actions have become the standard by which CEOs are expected to manage. Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value.

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Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Many managers, even at the most senior levels, don’t fully appreciate the difference between announcing a major change initiative and actually making it happen. When senior leaders disappear after a big change announcement, and leave lower-level managers to execute it, they are missing in action. You probably get the picture.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

While change is often in the best long-term interest of a company, it can wreak havoc on an organization’s people in the near term. In most cases, the things companies do to get ahead of change, such as more frequent communication or manager training, are only minimally effective.

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Media Management CEO Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

But as a manager what can you expect? Managing an employee who is going through a stressful period is “one of the real challenges all bosses face,” says Linda Hill, professor at Harvard Business School and author of Being the Boss. Here’s how to manage an employee going through a personal crisis. .

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Crisis Management How To Stress 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

demand from small and medium-size sedans to to light trucks and SUVs and the long-term need for GM to make the transition to electric and self-driving cars, I think that GM is smart to act now while its cash flow can sustain the shutdown of these facilities and reinvestment in new products. Given the shift in immediate U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The senior commercial and scientific directors formed a “circle of leaders” comprised of 23 senior managers who had no meaningful history of collaboration on strategic initiatives. That, in brief, is the concept of a leadership circle. Creating a leadership circle is a step toward addressing these shortfalls.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s understandable that most CEOs try to manage their boards. At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the board usually means keeping directors at arm’s length. In practical terms, that means not trying to stage-manage board interactions. I got rid of that barrier.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

In the early 1980s, Ralph Stayer sent a long memo and a $200 check to every employee of his family business. His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. Profits were up 150%.

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Management Long-term System Delegation 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Restructurings may be an inevitable part of organizational life but living through them—even when you’re one of the lucky ones still standing—is challenging and stressful. Manage your stress. If you’re a manager, this is even more critical. What the Experts Say. “Be constructive,” he says. .”

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Restructuring Stress Uncertainty Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. Empower leaders and managers to lead through change. The group was an essential resource for fellow employees, and served as a channel for two-way feedback for leadership.

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Resistance Commitment Uncertainty Restructuring 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The story is a familiar one: A company's quarterly earnings fall significantly short of the investment community's expectations, and the CEO announces a restructuring, including a cut in R&D, to lower costs, regardless of the negative impact on the firm's long-term prospects. Not necessarily.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

On a pragmatic level, anyone who has ever tried to run a business, whether a corner grocery store or a Fortune 100 company, knows that they won't last very long if they don't go the extra mile to provide real and distinctive value for their customers.

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Restructuring Short-term Long-term Outsourcing 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The stock market is short-term-oriented. Stock-based incentive compensation aligns the self-interest of management with shareholders, and a performance-based pay system increases employee motivation. In my experience, these beliefs have led managers and boards to take actions that have had unintended, destructive consequences.

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CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We wrote about our adventure nearly a year ago in The Atlantic, but as we thought more about our interaction with Tejon Ranch’s managers, we realized there were valuable lessons that we wanted to share with the corporate leaders who are likely to confront the risk of an activist campaign. The team was polite and respectful.

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CEO Real Estate Long-term Short-term 8

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 8, 2013

In my experience, the most effective long-term engagement strategies build a foundation on which front-line managers feel empowered to create an environment that promotes employee enrichment. In turn, it was the manager’s responsibility to help clear a path and coach their employees into a new position. Connect with them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998); and an outstanding, senior executive from the private sector, Charles Rossotti , was appointed for a five-year term to drive the changes. These leadership challenges may seem familiar, but in a bureaucracy they are, if anything, magnified. a clear external motivation to do something.

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Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

The conservative Kingdom, at the heart of the Arab-Islamic world and one of the world’s key oil producers, is in the midst of a fundamental restructuring process that centers around the country’s large, but oil-dependent economy. Saudi Arabia’s government reshuffle in early May is more than a political watershed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

What happened to being rewarded for consistent, quality work over the long-term? In contrast to “transformational” and “authentic” leadership, which has been criticized for being fuzzy and wishy-washy , “fitness leadership,” as we refer to it, offers a more concrete approach.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She is also Chair and Director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. 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. Consumer goods Leadership Procter & Gamble'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The chief responsibility of any board is management of the senior executive. When it comes to managing the CEO, many boards underperform. Books and articles abound on how to manage the arrival of a new leader. Consider the organization’s potential growth, restructuring, new programs, and strategies. “I Here are the keys.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In my consulting work with large, multinational companies, I see a pervasive anxiety among managers who have trouble finding people for skilled positions, no matter what industry or region. There are several ways to restructure work either to require fewer skilled people or to get more flexible in deploying skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” An effective organization design model guides a manager in answering five fundamental questions in a thoughtful and well-integrated way.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. ’” Purpose might have informed the management of two failed brands – Blockbuster and Radio Shack — differently.

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Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

They are finding creative — and in many cases disruptive — ways to tackle some of society's toughest problems and create long-term value for their companies as well. Dawn Baker at Dow is revamping leadership development offerings to ensure they mesh with their company's sustainability objectives.

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Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Hiring managers will see what you have done — and can do for them. He’s building a bridge between challenges he’s met in the past and challenges the hiring manager is currently facing: “Build start-ups’ commercial infrastructures from the ground up—driving long-term growth and profitability.

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