Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Guest post by Dave Yarin: It was April 2010, and a Fortune 500 CEO would utter one of the most ill advised yet memorable lines in corporate history. 1 He had succeeded John Browne in 2007 as CEO following Browne''s prostitution and perjury scandal, along with leaving BP with a checkered safety record.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The sudden, unexpected and potentially catastrophic event that threatens a business is a CEO’s greatest challenge. Everyone watched as CEO Tony Hayward made blunder after blunder while their crude killed. You’d think a company drilling on the ocean’s floor would be adept in risk management planning.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A proficient board is a guiding light, offering leadership and oversight to fuel the realization of organizational objectives. A formidable board delineates clear expectations and periodically reviews the performance of the CEO and other apex leaders. How can a board be high-performing?

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The post The Biggest Leadership Mistake You Can Make appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. When you make everyone feel as though they belong and avoid creating unnecessary divisions, you open the doors to communication, cooperation, innovation, and motivation. Most of all, you […]. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 3, 2016

Sitting in the audience was a CEO who recognized that she had a still face manager in her organization. This manager was not performing well and neither was an employee who reported to him. Reflecting on the presentation gave the CEO an idea. She moved the still face manager to a non-supervisory position.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

This may sound harsh, but the truth often is… I’ve witnessed far too many people in positions of leadership that wouldn’t recognize an opportunity if it hit them squarely in the face. If you cannot recognize, attract, and acquire opportunity you should not be in a leadership position.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

While I rarely meet a CEO who is completely comfortable with turning the hiring process over to HR, most of them still seem to acquiesce and do exactly that…&# Who should do the hiring?&# is a question that more CEOs should spend time pondering. Here’s the thing; Anyone can make a hire, but not all hires are good hires.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bill Wooditch Wooditch is the founder and CEO of Wooditch Enterprises, a risk-management and. Cultivate allies and advocates who can help you see the blind spots. Discover that nonchoice is also a choice and, why sometimes nonchoices are the best bet.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

Last year I met with Jim Goodnight, SAS Institute’s founder and CEO, to learn more about his leadership and SAS Institute’s culture. Jim Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of SAS Institute, is not one of them. Everyone there knows that Goodnight, in addition to his CEO duties, spends time writing code like many of them.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Probabilistic risk managers will think about the future of how they work. Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21 st century. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . And, of course, organizations that lack agility may fail to effectively execute due to leadership mistakes, lack of cohesion, or requisite capabilities – a lack of a critical aspect of agility we call execution dexterity.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture? Jim Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of SAS Institute, is not one of them. Michael Lee Stallard is president of E Pluribus Partners, a leadership training and coaching firm.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. And 37 people would still be alive.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 12, 2019

Inspirational leadership wisdom came awhile back from Bahram Akradi, the CEO of Life Time Fitness. Once you've encountered a second way of seeing things, you're more likely to entertain the possibility of a third and fourth way, too.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2019

Inspirational leadership wisdom came awhile back from Bahram Akradi, the CEO of Life Time Fitness. Once you've encountered a second way of seeing things, you're more likely to entertain the possibility of a third and fourth way, too.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

PG&E could still have conducted intelligent risk management in the interest of its own shareholders. • Middle managers must model and transmit the CEO's directive to the front line, and front-line employees must own risk management. Regulators didn't require them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

However, I find it extremely troubling that these luminaries — particularly the participating institutional investors — see such a limited role for non-executive directors to engage directly with shareholders on “governance and key shareholder issues,” leaving the job largely to the CEO. ” (Emphasis added.)

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There are a variety of places where corporations and boards look for potential CEOs, but the leagues of management consulting generally isn’t one of them. So why should a company consider hiring a management consultant to be their CEO? Did you find any characteristics that set effective consultants-to-CEOs apart?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2023

The ban would would elevate the cybersecurity conversation to the CEO, the CFO, and the board, and potentially end the practice of scapegoating CISOs when a breach happens. The White House is considering a ban on ransomware payments, which could change the chief information and security officer (CISO) job.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. The CEO is made stronger with a good C-suite team. A host of people make the CEO look good. From pop culture, think of the great role models that we grew up watching: Della Street was the loyal secretary to Perry Mason.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

I was reminded of this lesson a couple months back when I heard a story about executive Paul Anderson from one of his former colleagues, Paula Rosput Reynolds (former Chair and CEO of Safeco, now CEO of PreferWest). Paula encouraged me to talk with Paul because he “is the real thing when it comes to global business leadership.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The grueling testimonies from CEO John Stumpf, coupled with insights from my industry-wide research into the culture and mindsets of bankers, suggest there is a blind spot among senior leaders at Wells Fargo, as well as deterrents to speaking up among the rank and file. ” Deterrents to speaking up.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

We believe that a next step for investors is to analyze the predictors and drivers of these intangible factors, which means focusing on leadership. Wise, long term investors recognize that leadership affects firm performance. But too often, assessments of leadership are haphazard and narrow.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2012

As conscientious board members, we have to come to some kind of a plan for what we're going to do about our wayward CEO — and his crush. He cultivates private sources — managers he's known for years. Every CEO does that. They can't possibly understand the business the way the CEO does.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

181), BP said it should be responsible for: Developing better, clearer standards and processes for a range of activities in deep-sea drilling from cementing, to testing for leakages, to well control and general risk management. In this section (at p.181),

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

More recently, CARVER has converted a new community of believers in the business world, including CEOs, financial analysts, and risk management planners, not to mention any number of Fortune 500 security directors. (One of us, Luke, is so enthusiastic about CARVER that he cowrote a book on it.).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree. Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. What's Your Risk Attitude?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Provide leadership. CEO accepts and ideas and philosophies with employees and stakeholders. When a business loses sight of the customer and what they really need they often run into difficulties. Your clearly defined purpose can also center the attention and be a source of inspiration for your employees. The Big Picture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

To the contrary, said Vanguard CEO William McNabb , this is “precisely why we care so much about good governance.” In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In Conference Board’s 2015 CEO Challenge study , 943 CEOs ranked “human capital” and “innovation” as their top two long-term challenges to driving business growth. The 21st-Century CEO. The 21st-Century CEO. Leadership is changing — fast. Insight Center. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Michael Thompson, which appeared in the December 2011 issue of Risk Management. Risk Management is published by the Joint Risk Management Section Council of Canadian Institute of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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