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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Darrin Williams , CEO of Southern Bancorp, may have been a little surprised when a world-class business school professor came knocking at his door. Indeed Brian Moynihan, Bank of America’s CEO, and Darrin appeared side by side on “ Mad Money ” on CNBC touting their new partnership. Yet, he could no longer fly under the radar.

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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

According to The Conference Board, CEO tenure has decreased to an average of 8.4 It is clear once again that planned CEO succession is necessary. No matter whom the talent, anyone in the same position for several decades is bound to become temperate, or perhaps even myopic. years as of 2011 from 10 years in 2000.

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World Innovation Forum - The Pressure to be Insightful

CEO Blog

Michael Martin- Marketing and Strategy (a high interest topic for me) Rebecca Henderson - ( Co-director of the Business and Environment Initiative at Harvard) Building sustainable Organizations Daniel Pink (one of my favorite authors/thinkers) And lots more.' The speaker line up is impressive: Mauro Porcini - Design Thinker at 3M.

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team. Bandleaders on the late-night are vital #3 characters on the show, including Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson, Paul Shaffer and The Roots band. A host of people make the CEO look good. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. In short, never stop!

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A Partial Defense of Our Obsession with Short-Term Earnings

Harvard Business Review

HBS professor Rebecca Henderson , along with Hazhir Rahmandad of Virginia Tech and Nelson Repenning of MIT, set out to explore that apparent contradiction. I spoke with Professor Henderson about their research. Henderson: To answer that, I need to tell you about two different research interests. Do the firms do better?

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. Whelan : Most of the CEOs did talk about policy in the interviews, but their statements were pretty vague. Future Economy. Future Thinking.

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Unilever’s Big Strategic Bet on the Dollar Shave Club

Harvard Business Review

While Dollar Shave Club represents a growing share of the razorblades market, it is still tiny, it operates with low margins, is made up of an irreverent albeit engineering-savvy team – and is, as yet, unprofitable. And according to a market study by Technavio, the global wet shave market is expected to reach $31.41