Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He coached many others including Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Chegg, John Hennessy, former President of Stanford University, and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Innovation Is Where the Crazy People Have Stature. Money’s Not Just About the Money. All the other components are in service to product.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

I call this contradiction in the demands made of an entrepreneur the Paradox of Scale; in order to achieve fast growth, you had to be disruptively innovative and improvisational, and in order to sustain it, you have to become intensely disciplined and rigorously managerial. Some founders have no problem at all with this transition.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

From innovative approaches to professional development to holistic well-being initiatives tailored to diverse workforce needs, Blackstone’s commitment to its employees shines through. This way, they get first-hand perspectives from the top of the house on what makes the Blackstone culture so special.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2011

On his last day as CEO, Steve Jobs announced that “Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.&# That may be, but with the passing of the torch to former COO Tim Cook, it’s safe to say that an era is over. In the following gallery, BNET’s Wired In blogger Erik Sherman looks [.].

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HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

For the CEO and founder of Base Culture, Jordann Windschauer, this read helped her realize the vast importance of the journey, even if you have a fair share of fender benders. Women gaining more power to lead, green-light projects, and innovate does not come at the expense of men. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”.

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Books Entrepreneur Leadership Advice 105

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Oh, and by the way…if you’re a CEO you better have a very clear understanding of what your customers are experiencing at every level of interaction across your enterprise. Great CEOs personally experience their business as a consistent consumer of its services. Richard Branson is a frequent passenger on Virgin flights.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Alan Mulally – Former CEO, Ford and Boeing Commercial Aircraft. CEO Magazine – CEO of the Year. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With the PEAK model, leaders can learn just how much they are inclined to seek Perspectives (Innovators), Evaluate information at hand (Judges), take Action (Directors), and increase Knowledge (Professors). Their PEAK number suggests not only how they typically make decisions, but also how they communicate with others.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

2 Responses to Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario John Doe | January 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM | Funny stuff. A huge innovation that no other company has. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Skip to content Home Welcome! The idea exchange is a huge internal joke. He makes up “success&# stories constantly.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With the PEAK model, leaders can learn just how much they are inclined to seek Perspectives (Innovators), Evaluate information at hand (Judges), take Action (Directors), and increase Knowledge (Professors). Their PEAK number suggests not only how they typically make decisions, but also how they communicate with others.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Issues frequently address development of high functioning teams, retention of talent, innovative process mapping, interpersonal and intergroup conflict, coaching of leaders, and facilitating behavioral skills to increase organizational and personal effectiveness.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Innovation Advocate. 11 2,410 220 2,346 Brian Tracy Personal Development Professional Speaker, Author, Success Expert, CEO of Brian Tracy International¬ô 12 254,000 20,600 1,064,000 Charles Duhigg Personal Development New York Times reporter ([link] ) and author of The Power of Habit ([link] ). Author of @MeasureYourLife.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Star CEOs can be good for companies, providing social proof that their firm is a high quality place and making it easier to attract capital and talent. The recent cases of Tesla, Papa John’s, and CBS exemplify this: all three companies benefitted from the brightness of their star CEOs. But they can also be dangerous.

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CEO COO Charan Advice 10

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2016

I’m a big fan of scaling up innovative ideas and making sure they have as much impact as possible. A shockingly large percentage of startups fail because they fall in love with their technology or innovation and miss the fact that it doesn’t solve a problem for the customers described in Question 2.

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Venture Capitalist Critical Success Factor Entrepreneur COO 50

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company. Thumbs Up From the CEO. The team was excited by a thumbs up from our CEO, Joel Basgall -- although he did offer some ideas on making the program more manageable. Ken Pedersen, COO. Joel Basgall, CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] link] Swiecki’s Blog » Tech-blog Carnival Edition 2 [.] I Think Not.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

Who would be CEO? Who would be CFO or COO? Assigning roles. Another study , from researchers at Imperial College London, explores how the distribution of roles among the founding team is undertaken. This may sound obvious, but in situations where equity stakes are equal, who becomes the ‘boss’ can often be a sensitive matter.

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Team Entrepreneur COO CFO 85

Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 24, 2012

After rocketing the Blackberry to success in the mid 2000’s, RIM Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down this week and were replaced by new CEO (and former RIM COO) Thorsten Heins. Key takeaway: When you’re leading on the innovation edge you have to keep innovating…not buying NHL teams.

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COO Leadership How To CEO 37

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

When looking to hire a new CEO, corporate boards of directors are increasingly bypassing C-level executives and appointing less seasoned leaders. Some recent CEO appointments in these industries include Yahoo!’s Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend. Paul Raines.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 24, 2012

After rocketing the Blackberry to success in the mid 2000’s, RIM Co-CEO’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down this week and were replaced by new CEO (and former RIM COO) Thorsten Heins. Key takeaway: When you’re leading on the innovation edge you have to keep innovating…not buying NHL teams.

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COO How To CEO Leadership 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.” Foster innovation and learning to sustain your team (or organization) and grow new leaders. Focus on measurable results.

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. CEOs will need to shift their mindset now if they want to avoid their own “Kodak moment.”

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Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything. In short, encourage innovation, begin with execution, and name the strategy later. Modify quickly.

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Execution Strategy COO CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Over the past year, we hosted current or former leaders from each of these retailers at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and all four talked about a corporate culture of setting high expectations and creating conditions that encourage employees to innovate. And every year, those partners come through; so the investment pays off.

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Retail Merchandising Incentives COO 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

What to make of the confluence of General Petraeus resigning as head of the CIA and Christopher Kubasik , vice chairman, president, and COO of Lockheed also resigning — both for having affairs — within days of each other?

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Welch COO Constraint CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Sena Aslan, the CEO of FDM Turkey, wished the drive from the Ankara airport to the bank’s largest branch were a bit longer. Erkan Malas was FDM Turkey’s COO, and from the start he had chafed at Sena’s appointment and approach. ’ Which was funny, because Erkan said the exact same thing to me last week!”

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Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

We’ve enlisted prominent thinkers and leading CEOs who understand that sustainable business practices are in a company’s long-term interests. Chairman & CEO, Salesforce. COO, Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. CEO & President, Walmart. Chairperson & CEO, PepsiCo.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

Second, in each case, the five years preceding Jobs' departure saw a revolutionary and innovative transformation of the company. In the mid-80s, Apple had been through a cycle of innovation in personal computers that culminated in the Macintosh, establishing the dominant design for user interactions on computers.

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COO Innovation Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

With former CEO A.G. She''s an expert on strategy, innovation, and leading change. 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. She holds the Ernest L. She''s on twitter @RosabethKanter.

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P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

CEOs remain reluctant to invite CIOs to the executive table, insisting that IT is a cost center, not the innovation incubator it could be. Case studies on companies that have failed to invest in IT innovations, and the resulting business impacts--usually disastrous--abound.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In most cases today, the CAO doesn’t report directly to the CEO, but to another member of the C-suite. The CAO should be under an executive that naturally spans all of the business units that have analytical needs, such as the Chief Strategy Officer, the CFO, and the COO. Where should the CAO report? This, too, might change over time.

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Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Former Ogilvy CEO Charlotte Beers was famous for saying, “Collaboration is highly overrated when you don’t have the right thing to do.” To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Collaboration is not always the answer. ” Collaboration is suitable for certain tasks and unsuitable for others.

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Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

With Japan's big corporations, several young CEOs were among the first to launch programs to help people in the affected areas. For example, Tamihito Takshima, the 36-year-old CEO of Win Roader, a family-owned recycling logistics business, immediately launched a Heart-to-Heart project to deliver goods to the people in the affected areas.

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Crisis COO Chemicals Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In most cases today, the CAO doesn’t report directly to the CEO, but to another member of the C-suite. The CAO should be under an executive that naturally spans all of the business units that have analytical needs, such as the Chief Strategy Officer, the CFO, and the COO. Where should the CAO report?

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Company COO CFO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

A 2012 industry survey asked top hospital leaders (CEOs, COOs, and others) what was necessary to improve the patient experience. At the Methodist Hospital in Houston, CEO Marc Bloom opens every meeting of the board of trustees by relaying a patient’s account of his or her stay. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Health Care COO Operations Storytelling 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services. Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. Still others move on to business roles including CEO. Today''s CIO Needs to Be the Chief Innovation Officer. Is CDO the next step for the aspiring CIO-Plus?

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