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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent.

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2014 Reflections: The Path of my Life and Business

Lead Change Blog

On July 11, 2013, I fell and severely broke both bones in my lower left leg. Jeff has been developing leaders for nearly 20 years and has led the execution of over 100,000 hours of business strategy for information technology, financial services and non-profit organizations.

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The Worst CEOs of 2012: What did we Learn?

Great Leadership By Dan

This post first appeared 1/24/2013 on SmartBlog on Leadership : The year 2013 has begun, and with it a new year of scrutinizing CEO performance. Forbes staff writer Susan Adams borrowed from Finkelstein’s list and also consulted with another business school professor and a consultant. Valuewalk’s Worst CEOs of 2012.

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Michael Nanfito: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Michael Nanfito is the executive director at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). He has a background in networked information resources and technology-related entrepreneurial activity, ranging from the development of large data-driven web environments to consulting for […].

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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. You can read more on mastering this difficult balancing act in the Hay Group 2013 Best Companies for Leadership study.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. If you can’t step away from technology completely during work, consider limiting how often you check email.