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Turning Those Flabby Abs Into That Sexy Six-Pack

Marshall Goldsmith

I recently got a call from Mary, an EVP for human resources, who was dealing with the integration of people and systems after her company had made a large acquisition. “Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our chief information officer,” she groaned. When could you start?”

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A Six-Second Six Pack? Really, Now…

Marshall Goldsmith

For instance, a few months ago, Mary, an EVP for Human Resources, who was dealing with the integration of people and systems after her company made a large acquisition. Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our Chief Information Officer,” she groaned. Do you think that you can help us?

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The Danger of Success: CEO Syndrome

CEO Insider

The looming threat, which is a product of success, is CEO Syndrome: the externally-inflated ego that leads a CEO to be certain of their own judgment and allows them to self-insulate from honest feedback and diversity of opinion. The biggest danger facing an accomplished CEO isn’t another lockdown, competition or technological obsolescence.

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Is Your C-Suite Working As A Team?

Lead Change Blog

They want a seamless solution that enables them to browse, select and buy products online and then have them delivered straight to their home. No one doubts that today’s consumer is more demanding than ever.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

The result is a lot of innovation programs that can build fantastic concept cars, but have a tough time getting production vehicles onto the road. What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Here are six ways to change that.