Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2018

W E'RE FACING a respect crisis. 75% of respondents believe that incivility has risen to crisis levels. 75% of respondents believe that incivility has risen to crisis levels. I do not act or speak rudely or discount others. Civility and respect are not the norm in daily workplace interactions.

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Blanchard Survey Crisis Consultative 196

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Far too often, organizations discount the leadership value of skilled employees who either don’t want to advance in the management pecking order, or wouldn’t thrive in that particular environment. When I was a CEO, I had the pleasure of working with such an individual, an ambitious purchasing agent who I’ll call Walter.

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Report Career Discount Mentor 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Product discounting is chronic. Marketing blames Sales. There’s a rift within top management and everyone knows it. New products are “me-to” brand line extensions. A pending sale of the company is daily coffee talk. Sales blame Manufacturing. Project deadlines are seldom met. Spending authority is curtailed.

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Absenteeism Short-term Long-term Strategic Planning 100