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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

Most problems in business begin with leadership. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer. Starbucks, Amazon, Google and Apple prove me wrong. Size need not matter.

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

They have an even harder time admitting that the answer might be new leadership. As a venture begins achieving a solid foothold in the marketplace, it needs different leadership capabilities to create maximum shareholder value. For many, this means recognizing the need for a new CEO. But how can founders handle that transition?

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

You cannot presume that packaging is simply a matter of clever design that helps your products fly off the shelves of a super market. Consider the chief technology officer of a company who is able to influence standards by being on an industry body – the revenue impact of such a thing can be immense.

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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business Review

In business, winning is often a matter of speed — to new markets with new offerings — rather than slow, steady plodding. For the hands-on managers, nearly 80% of CEOs took the most active role; in contrast, hands-off companies relied much more on their R&D head or chief technology officer.

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When an Activist Hedge Fund Thinks a Company’s Salaries Are Too High, Who’s Right?

Harvard Business Review

The company, founded in 1996 by an engineer from Xerox’s legendary Palo Alto Research Center , Pradeep Sindhu (who remains its chief technology officer and vice chairman), was one of the highest flyers of the fin de siècle tech stock boom. attempt to change the leadership and strategic direction of the company.

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