In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO.

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Mentor Advertorial Kotter Hamel 228

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 8, 2011

This was an extremely bad sign of the potential for Mr. Favre having a successful retirement. The fact is, after being a huge success in a career that has brought benefits like leadership, relationships, contribution, meaning and happiness, playing mediocre golf with a bunch of old men at the country club isn't really that great.

Succession 101

Succession Prahalad Executive Coaching Advice 101

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 18, 2011

Why I realize we cannot all be entrepreneurial in the sense that we can't all start our own companies, I believe we can all be entrepreneurial in terms of how we approach our own careers. My friend and mentor, Dr. Paul Hersey, upon receiving an honorary doctorate, shared one of his secrets for success with graduating students.

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Ulrich Hersey Prahalad Mission Statement 134

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Creator of The Situational Coaching Model, author of 5 books including Coaching for Breakthrough Success. David Gallimore – Led seven successful startups inside Boeing, Capgemini, IBM, Wall Data.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. Gary Hamel and C.K. There are two views on strategy.

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Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Gary Wendt, CEO of GE Capital during its heyday, once said to me that the secret of his continuing success was the fear that his business could fall off a cliff at any moment. Peter Drucker once said that the biggest curse a company can have is twenty years of success. Without that fear, the cliff often appears more suddenly.

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Prahalad Outsourcing Drucker Class 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

From Alexander the Great to the modern day, the elements of management — from organizational behavior to supply chain management — have made the difference between success and failure. Prahalad's earlier insights on the opportunities waiting to be found at the bottom of the pyramid.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Management Christensen Balanced Scorecard 15