LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

SHAWN: I’m Shawn Hunter, and well, what I do, my day job is I’m an executive producer for Leadership Solutions, for Skillsoft, and so to that end, I travel around the world with colleagues, and we track down really interesting people. People who are on the edges of innovation or leadership or management. That’s it!

Chief Operating Officer 60

Chief Operating Officer Innovation Learning-by-Doing Books 60

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. My manager suggested I take a staff role for a while to create a less busy schedule. It’s a transition Sophie Vandebroek knows all too well. I said “Are you crazy?”

Chief Technology Officer 8

Chief Technology Officer Travel Chief Operating Officer Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. First, people had been scattered in different offices throughout the metropolitan area, creating a fractured feeling. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Emphasize problem solving.

Chief Operating Officer 10

Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. First, people had been scattered in different offices throughout the metropolitan area, creating a fractured feeling. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Emphasize problem solving.

Chief Operating Officer 10

Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8