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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. B USINESSES are really bad at establishing an engaging culture.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Is Wrong!

CO2

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced that she was going to put an end to remote working for Yahoo employees in June. While Mayer will undoubtedly face some resistance, I don’t imagine a SWOT analysis of Yahoo would unequivocally favor keeping remote workers. The post Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Is Wrong!

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Leadership Can Sometimes Come from Where You Least Expect It

Great Leadership By Dan

Within a couple of years of joining us, she was helping us manage events and customer experiences. Through her research and dedication to helping us grow, she helped to formalize our strategic improvement and management processes. I also made sure, as the CEO, that I listened more than I talked. In short, she was inspiring.

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Strategic Organizational Development

Rapid BI

Organisational Development professionals are the CEOs allies in creating a top performance culture for the organization. Organizational Development professionals are specialists in Change Management and Culture Development. Mainly because of the Organizational structure and the […].

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The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian. CEOs who continually talk about brand assets are often the ones living off the luster of yesteryear’s brand equity. The reason: a fundamental flaw in the management process that is supposed to renew brand health. Main menu Home. Leadership. Did you like this?

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Effective Meeting Models

CO2

If you’re looking for a new approach to weekly meetings, try using the 5/15 report developed by CEO Yvon Chouinard. Focus Teamwork at Work Meeting Management' The focus of weekly meetings should be on reaching the milestones established in the annual and quarterly reviews. If gaps emerge, action plans must be developed.

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The Strategic Planning Process

Coaching Tip

By writing out, in a SWOT (the firm''s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats ) worksheet, each leadership team member''s perception of the company''s "identity elements" becomes a work-in-progress toward clarifying what the leadership team collectively (in a combined and confidential SWOT) wants to see happen.