Leading Blog
MARCH 6, 2019
Innovation doesn’t happen by one person having an aha moment. The most important person is not the CEO, but the person facing a challenge. CEOs should spend some time on a retreat and reflect, read Plato, think more of philosophy. The CEO needs to take up the leadership challenge to help others respond to that.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
The CEO of Eastern Airlines came rushing in at the last minute for a flight, he said. There he apologized to the customer, introducing himself as the CEO of the airline. The customer replied: “Well, I’m the CEO of IBM.”. Managing is not about sitting where you have become accustomed,” writes Mintzberg.
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Leading Blog
JUNE 30, 2015
Here are a selection of tweets from June 2015 that you might have missed: Reconsidering the Charismatic CEO by Eric McNulty. The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company by @profhamel. Henry Mintzberg, the Anti-CEO , on The CEO Series radio show via @profkjmoore. The Inner Game of Leading by @artpetty.
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 28, 2012
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. A client in need of innovation? Prahalad and Henry Mintzberg joined me as silent colleagues. Yep, I can help with that,” I’d say.
Coaching Ourselves
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Our co-founder Henry Mintzberg, has long been proclaiming this need for change. Unfortunately, in-house leadership programs in organizations have not caught up and are still focused on innovation, collaboration, and performance. This change is now happening at lightning speed. In his book Rebalancing Society , he writes: “Enough!
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 24, 2017
The first 100 days are usually the honeymoon period for any new CEO to make their mark and get others on board. However, for Airbus CEO Christian Streiff, it was just a brief window before his abrupt departure from the European aircraft company that’s part of the EADS consortium, along with DiamlerChrysler and Aerospatiale-Matra.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
I’ve worked with four CEOs at Egon Zehnder and all traveled the world unceasingly during their first six months on the job, visiting most of our 69 global offices and meeting with almost all consultants in each place. That meeting led to a friendship that changed my life: He was the first to see in me a writer and a speaker.
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