In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR. Human Resources.

Mentor 228

Mentor Advertorial Kotter Hamel 228

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 15, 2012

Prudent 21 st century CEOs will not only stick-handle through the environment of the day; they will incisively pinpoint, and fervently leverage the critical success factors of the company and industry in which they operate. To be unaware of, or to discount changing environments would be a leadership mistake.

CEO 242

CEO Chief Executive Officer Critical Success Factor Discount 242

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2016

I’m a big fan of scaling up innovative ideas and making sure they have as much impact as possible. Question 2: How large is the target market for your solution? While each entrepreneur needs to answer for him or herself the question: how large a market needs to be to be worth their attention?

Venture Capitalist 50

Venture Capitalist Critical Success Factor Entrepreneur COO 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. By far the best synthesis and summary of the digital keys to the campaign's success is Engage DC's Inside the Cave. They're right. But, actually, they're thinking too small.

Marketing 8

Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2011

Without exception, these companies want to be seen as innovative and customer-centric in equal measure. Charismatic presenters are nice and crisply articulated messages are wonderful, but one critical success factor stands out above all others: The best customer events put the best customers on stage.

Software 14

Software Critical Success Factor Early Adopters B2B 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

So while strategic investments should be evaluated on how they could be used to achieve strategic objectives and meet key business drivers (and then their success in doing so), support investments should be assessed on their ability to produce demonstrable reductions in costs. Implementation criteria.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67