Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2016

Designing her business cards, she proudly, yet innocently, appoints herself with the title Chief Executive Officer. Unfortunately, her title is a strategic, operational, financial, and cultural derailing eventuality to the intended track of her purpose, vision and values. The term “human resources” speaks volumes.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 4, 2024

Fired for circulating SpaceX letter The labor board complaint said the company’s president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, had illegally restricted employees from circulating the SpaceX letter, and it identified similar infractions by other executives and managers.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 15, 2012

Steve Jobs and Larry Page took note of the environment in which their companies would operate but fretted little about it. To be unaware of, or to discount changing environments would be a leadership mistake. Peering into the future by a decade, I expect to see little change in the definition of leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This infographic from the Wall Street Journal captured the typical work week of a Chief Executive Officer in November of 2009. One day a year, I worked in various jobs within our coffee roasting operation, side-by-side with union employees. Nonetheless, I suspect meetings at 18 hours a week isn’t a declining trend.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

By incorporating these disruptors into its own operations, a retailer can more easily pose challenging questions and embrace change more quickly. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Engage executives in continuous small sprints. Insight center. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

At the start of my leadership development programs, I ask people for examples of "negotiating with yourself." To help people develop in their leadership and in their lives, I honed in on a small set of those hundreds of faces. The Big Four are: The Chief Executive Officer: your inner Dreamer. or "Am I a Warrior?",

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