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Does Starbucks New CEO Signal a Culture Change?

Modern Servant Leader

Starbucks announced yesterday that Laxman Narasimhan will replace CEO Howard Schultz as the company’s new CEO. Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. Approve of CEO : This is where RB & Narasimhan kill it.

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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.” She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India.

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From McKinsey & Company: Key initiatives to build digital enterprises

First Friday Book Synopsis

The results of another McKinsey Global Survey indicate that — according to Brad Brown, Johnson Sikes, and Paul Willmott — CEOs and other senior executives are increasingly engaged as their companies step up efforts to build digital enterprises.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Involve More People. The Transpersonal Touchstone Explored.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2023

Leading Blog

The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. Middle manager." Through them all, he's managed to guide his team out the other side successfully.

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Tsun-Yan Hsieh and Stephen Bear on “Six Lessons for Managing CEO transitions”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Tsun-Yan Hsieh and Stephen Bear for McKinsey & Company. That would include but not be limited to a CEO or […]. In it, they explain why a leader’s best chance to lock in new organizational norms is usually during the first few months on the job.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

Taking time to consider culture fit when a new CEO joins an organization is vital. There is no section marked “managing your professional decline.”. 6 pieces of wisdom to help young leaders thrive in uncertain times By Kayvan Kian via @McKinsey. Kets de Vries via @INSEADKnowledge. via @ChiefExecGrp. Want To Project Strength?

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