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Beware the Leader’s Curse

Lead Change Blog

Identify a role within your company that you might assume at the right time in the future, that plays to your strengths, like chief evangelist or chief technology officer. Remember you may be the perfect person to take your company from 0 to $10MM, but you may not be the right person to take it to $100MM.

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

Most startup founders are deeply committed to the companies they have launched and heavily invested in the dream of leading the company to long-term business success. I’ve seen founders stay on successfully as chief technology officer, chief marketing officer, or as a board member.

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Answering Your Questions About P&G and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." What if I don't have that foundation? It has been creating new products and brands for decades. It's hard to go from novice to expert overnight in any endeavor.

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Invest in Digital Marketing to Control Your Destiny

Harvard Business Review

The campaign committed itself to a relentless regimen of experimentation, test and test again. We knew what to do," said Harper Reed, the campaign's Chief Technology Officer. "We The team "regularly tested" as many as 18 variations on subject line and email copy. ("Hey"

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To Innovate, Play with Pieces Off the Game Board

Harvard Business Review

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. The key was Roshan's sustained commitment to on-the-job training of Afghans. You could say they were all pieces off the game board of the global economy.

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To Innovate, Play with Pieces Off the Game Board

Harvard Business Review

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. The key was Roshan's sustained commitment to on-the-job training of Afghans. You could say they were all pieces off the game board of the global economy.

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Will Oracle’s Co-CEO Setup Work?

Harvard Business Review

Ellison will remain chairman of the board and will still serve as chief technology officer. 2 executives, we believe, are those of a leader and a chief ally. They may seem like buddies, even peers — but they remain committed to the principle of one-voice or single command. Cue the Ellison retrospectives.

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