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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

This, of course, starts with the CEO, and young companies have a broad set of founders and CEOs with different backgrounds, competencies, and demographics at the helm. A Forbes article in 2017 titled “If You Want To Be ‘CEO Material,’ Develop These 15 Traits,” created a laundry-list of traits needed to be a great CEO.

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Boards Are Biased Against Foreign-Born CEOs

The Horizons Tracker

A new study from researchers at Florida Atlantic University has found that CEOs who are not originally from the country they work in are more likely to lose their jobs if the company they lead is not doing well. The findings highlight the potential for bias in how boards make their decisions. ”

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The Top 10 Habits of Successful CEOs

Lead from Within

As a CEO, success isn’t just about achieving your own personal goals. Here are the top ten habits of successful CEOs that get results: Prioritizing time: Successful CEOs focus on the most important tasks and responsibilities. Setting clear goals and expectations: Successful CEOs are clear about what they want to achieve.

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From CEO to Novelist: A Case Study of Radical Career Change

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The post From CEO to Novelist: A Case Study of Radical Career Change appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Fortunately I’m traveling tomorrow and will have time to finish it on the plane. Can’t wait! I know John Bell as a leadership expert. By the age of 47, John had turned a bankrupt company […].

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Leadership Lessons From Lisa Lutoff-Perlo's Accomplished Career

Eric Jacobson

You will follow the impressive career journey of Lutoff-Perlo, from her stories as an ambitious young woman to first women President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises to Vice Chairman for External Affairs at Royal Caribbean Group. Today brings the new and inspiring book, Making Waves , by Lisa Lutof-Perlo.

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My CEO Career: Workplace Culture My Biggest Lesson

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Learn how an award-winning CEO transformed a once struggling organization by improving its workplace culture. Today’s guest post is by Thane Lawrie, author of The Buddhist CEO (CLICK HERE to get your copy). I have just published a book called The Buddhist CEO , but in many ways I was the accidental CEO.

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Does Starbucks New CEO Signal a Culture Change?

Modern Servant Leader

Starbucks announced yesterday that Laxman Narasimhan will replace CEO Howard Schultz as the company’s new CEO. Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. Beyond that, the two followed very different career paths. .

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