Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. We discovered through a rigorous analysis applying 70 years of Nobel-prize winning economics that Mobsters have leadership teams and structures that enable their success despite continuous efforts to disrupt them.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Grace is a tough concept to sell in today’s environment. The larger points of intentional leadership, intentional leaders, and their place in the current world are explained, giving readers the opportunity to spot the parallels in real-world examples. It does not seek its own way.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. After serving in a variety of leadership roles over the last two decades, I still have a lot to learn. In my experience, the myriad of leadership characteristics can be boiled down to the Qs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

If everyone on the leadership team has an advanced degree and you don’t, it may be an uphill battle to convince them of your merits. Formal degree programs excel at general education: an MBA, for instance, gives you a little bit of everything you might need as a leader, from finance to marketing to operations.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. You have to be constantly learning.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

That shift has created an increasingly commoditized product and service environment. To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. I see far too many data that don’t go anywhere and that’s just a cost.”.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

My acronym for BUSINESS : B ig-picture U nderstanding S ymbiosis I n N omenclature, E conomics, S ystems, and S ervices WORK : W indows of O pportunity, R equiring K now-how My acronym for GOALS : G etting O rganized A llowing L ifeblood S ystems G rowth O pportunities A nd L egacy S upport THINK : T o H ave I deas, N ew K eys FAILURE : F inding A (..)

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