Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2016

The leading futurist in this field concluded his recommendations by saying, “I believe that every CEO should be assigned a therapist when they take the job.”. In fact, the opposite may happen: the CEO could be the roadblock to the whole transformative process. Fortune 1000 CEOs should be no different. Shocking advice?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Such is the popularity of CEO letters, famed biographer Walter Isaacson wrote his latest book largely around the letters to stakeholders from former Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. They started their “Dear CEO” letters in 2012 and have prompted other investment firms to follow suit. ” Influencing others.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

At the 2015 World Business Forum in New York City, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini laid out the most important vision at the conference: a vision to save healthcare. Bertolini’s dedication to the cause of reforming healthcare and actions as CEO make him a clear example of a servant leader. Mark Bertolini is a CEO to watch.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It leads to short-term thinking. Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Winning Now, Winning Later : How Companies Can Win in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term by David Cote. Instead of startup myths?legends legends spun from a fantasy version of Silicon Valley?Rizwan

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

In it, he suggests that business leaders should stop focusing on short-term (finite) gains and instead focus on the long-term (infinite) game of the business. The challenge for leaders in the West today has become the fixation on short-term results. If the CEO fails to make the numbers, the stock price plummets.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Similarly, another emerging C-suite trend is the rapid shift towards a more empathetic management style for leaders. Failing to lean into such advancements adequately is vividly illustrated by the 2018 congressional hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (previously Facebook).

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

The day after Jeffrey Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he had an even bigger challenge to deal with—the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In his twenty years as CEO, GE’s value had risen 4,000 percent. Much of what needed to be done at GE were long-term propositions. I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. Doesn’t much of a CEO’s job consist of being on the receiving end of ever-increasing floods of data that can now be gleaned in real time from inputs around the globe? BDAI (for short) is excellent at making sense out of the current state.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

To achieve this, an effective CTO needs “to strike the right balance between a carrot and a stick; short-term impact on numbers vs. long term value, or feel-good effects vs. profound change.”. Despite an effort to implement these changes, many organizations still fall short of a successful transformation. And why is that?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. Second, they must become a trusted consigliere to the CEO. He is a highly valued and trusted thought partner to CEO Bruce Broussar d.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. It also undermines long-term business performance.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. I read Smart Moves Management - Cultivating World-Class People and Profits by John Thedford. It is managements job to make them above average. I am CEO between positions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2016

If you’re looking to buy them for your team, CEO Reads offers some great quantity discounts, and we would be happy to customize with a personalized template. Managers who win well bring confidence and humility in equal measure and focus on both results and relationships. One manager wrote to David and said, “This is my life!

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

” Their “adversaries” would become valued pen pals, not just short-term memories. I met in the hotel bar with the general manager. The general manager excused himself and walked over to help the woman. This CEO was not speaking of the workplace as a country club or fraternity house. ” C.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership. Of course, an entrepreneurial leader needs to know about subjects like financial management, competitive strategy, market analysis, and the like. He focused on the personal characteristics of the leader. “Of

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 3, 2014

General Motors CEO Mary Barra acknowledged as much in testimony on Capitol Hill this week as congressional investigators sought to find out exactly when GM executives knew that faulty ignition switches in some cars were linked to fatal accidents. "I They humanize the Web and keep CEOs in touch with what’s going on out in the world.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Companies short on momentum have a heck of a time finding it, and those who enjoy momentum can ride the big surf for extended periods of time. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Main menu Home.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2024

The backing of a board can mobilize an organization, but a significant divergence of vision and values may lead the board to stall progress on an organization’s highest priorities — and even unseat a CEO. Fourth, they must keep the long view in mind, even in a short-term crisis.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

In case you missed it, part one looked at the essential and unique constituents of an ideal candidate’s profile in terms of hard credentials , and soft credentials in part two. CEOs have to plug gaps and deal with the impact of change quickly. This will be the final chapter of this series. First, Agree on Where to Compromise.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In terms of rectification, you have to look at the issue in the context of whether the problem is a short-term blip or the beginning of a long-term shift to your business or industry. Sure, it isn’t business as usual, and yes, every CEO has to make some moves to shore up sales and profits.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

I first became aware of Les Hayman in July 2012 when I read his excellent guest post for Gurprriet Siingh – “ Transforming HR – How a CEO did it.” You’ll find much practical advice, whether you are a CEO or desire to be a better leader at any level. ” Les was uniquely qualified to write this post.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

I had an email yesterday from a CEO who described himself as “constantly being sucked down into the weeds.&# Watch This Video I hope it provides a new perspective on the leadership vs. management argument. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 17, 2018

The following is a guest piece by CEO David Mattson. Over the years, we’ve worked with a lot of CEOs and others in senior leadership positions, and I’m often asked what the very best corporate leaders have in common when building their teams. They’re basically in damage control mode, focused only on the short term.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 27, 2013

What drives your daily activities—your long-term vision or making the numbers this quarter? If you’re a board member, do you incentivize your executives to make a long-term contribution for the company or to keep the shareholders happy this quarter? Why are you in business? You will learn things you would have missed had you not tried.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

That is why ‘visionary’ is still the ultimate compliment for the CEO today. When Kantrowitz asked Steve Wozniak what would make Apple more inventive, he said, “Let the lower-level managers make the decisions. In 2014 when Satya Nadella became CEO, he sought to change all that. More responsibility to the lower levels.”.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Short-termism is seldom regarded as a positive attribute for managers to adopt, especially at a time of disruption and change. Alas, research from the Cornell Business School suggests that American firms, and indeed investors and policymakers, are actually becoming more and more short-term oriented. Discounted returns.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At a Stanford Director’s College in 2016, Roger Dunbar, chair of the Silicon Valley Bank, told Venkataraman that “when he hears company executives or board members responding to short-term noise with outsize reactions, he likes to pretend he is lost. He’ll ask CEOs at board meetings, ‘ What was our long-term strategy again? ’

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The short answer is: absolutely because, as we touched on above, executive coaching is far different than standard business coaching. One Stanford study revealed that while two-thirds of CEOs say they don’t receive any leadership advice, almost 100% of them want it and welcome executive coaching.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 2, 2020

Short-term stress is one thing. You may be familiar with the phrase “fight or flight” that describes how a person might react to an acute (short-term) stress that is perceived as threatening, such as being attacked. My area of focus is group culture and what it takes for individuals and groups to thrive.

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CO2

OCTOBER 31, 2013

by Gary Cohen As CEO, you should interview as many of the people joining your organization as possible. Vetoing may cost you some leadership capital in the short term (if people on the hiring committee really like the candidate), but it’s far more costly over the long haul to hire poor cultural fits for key positions.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 5, 2020

What if there’s a change of manager? Managing for profitability? You should expect a CEO to have a much more incentive-driven compensation package than an entry-level analyst. . A base salary, sign-on bonus, a short term incentive, a long term incentive, benefits, perks. What if there’s a market downturn?

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, attributes the sustained success of the company to its operating principle of ‘values create value’. Whilst lashing out at others provides a short-term release of pent-up energy, it pollutes the atmosphere. Other people are attracted by this expansive energy and want to draw closer.

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