In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies. Shell, on the other hand, muddies the strategic scope – “global exploration, focused acquisitions, accelerating resources to value, cost efficiency, integrated gas leadership, technology + partnerships, portfolio concentration, selective growth.” So are goals. Ever heard this?

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. Sometimes this strategy even works.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. Sometimes this strategy even works.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

When we related this finding to the director of leadership development for one of the world’s largest technology companies, he admitted the same was true for his organization. The (feedback) process strikes at the tension between two core human needs — the need to learn and grow, and the need to be accepted just the way you are.

Learning-by-Doing 9

Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Drucker Leadership Development 9