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5 Most Important Leadership Competencies for Function Leaders

Center for Creative Leadership

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions.

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Ditch ‘Change Fatigue’ and Embrace Continual Evolution

Center for Creative Leadership

David Altman, our COO, argues for giving leaders and employees a short, sharp shock: In effect, “If you think change is constant now, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.”. As an example, Altman relates the experience of a large company in the energy sector attempting to reinvent itself in the face of volatile market conditions.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Does your company have a COO today? Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing. Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks.

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How an Ownership Mentality Supports Cultural Transformation

Center for Creative Leadership

Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. When we work with C-suite executives and with senior teams in our organizational practice, we often hear concerns about the disconnections between the current organizational culture and the needed culture to implement the future-proof strategy,” our COO David Altman says.

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To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

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How One Family Business Found Its Sweet Spot

Harvard Business Review

The family asked us to review the COO''s strategy for the business as part of its corporate governance process. The COO had proposed a new growth strategy, and the founder and his wife, in private, were wondering if the new COO was up to the job. The family, including the COO, became very excited. So what is the next act?"

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How Do Consumers Choose in a World of Automated Ordering?

Harvard Business Review

Already, consumers are being disintermediated from traditional brand choices via search engine and online retailer algorithms that determine which products are presented to consumers, and in what sequence. To begin, even the most capable and sophisticated marketing organizations will need to fundamentally change their mission and shape.