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Even “bad” cultures get some things right

Surviving Leadership

At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative. This would include a day spent with an installation tech and a day spent with a call center agent – preferably, in a market other than your own.

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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

The Empowered Buisness

For example, A successful CFO is likely to have such MAPs (Motivation and Attitudinal patterns) as — strong motivation toward procedures over options; a preference for solving problems over focus on goals; and a high past time orientation that drives focus on traditions, past experience and benchmarks. Future Orientation.

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A Step-by-Step Plan to Improve CMO-COO Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

As Jo Coombs, Managing Director at OgilvyOne, London, observes, “I don’t think it can just be one or the other. When sales managers saw a rush of customers, they could put more people on the front desk. Similarly, bills and call center script guidelines reinforce the same personal tone that’s been established.

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Case Study: How Much Should a New CEO Shake Things Up?

Harvard Business Review

She also used them to scout for talent, keeping an eye out for young managers ready to move into more-senior positions and perhaps transfer to headquarters. The branch manager, Meryem Kartal, met them in the lobby and introduced a few staff members before showing them to her office. ” Sena needed managers like Meryem on her side.