Terry Starbucker
MAY 22, 2016
One year on since our acquisition of our Rocky Mountain cable TV systems, there was a significant operational issue that needed our attention. In 1987, I was hired by a cable pioneer, Jack Kent Cooke, to be the VP of Operations for a cable company he had just purchased with over 400,000 customers scattered in 19 states.
Marshall Goldsmith
DECEMBER 16, 2013
The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. Whereas employees at small, entrepreneurial organizations have always worked hard, the difference in workload and support between major corporations and smaller corporations is declining.
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Marshall Goldsmith
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm. Future leaders will work with their managers in a team approach that combines the leader’s knowledge of unit operations with the manager’s understanding of larger needs. The same trend is occurring in pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 29, 2016
We know that board composition—who the directors are and what backgrounds and perspectives they represent—can influence important outcomes like firm value and sales growth. Why boards succeed or fail and how to make them better are critical questions for corporate governance.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 11, 2013
These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Below, you will find the most frequently mentioned responses prioritized from most to least important.
Leading Blog
APRIL 16, 2021
Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. I don’t try to mislead others or deliberately cause injury to someone for my gain, so I simply assumed everyone else would operate that way in business. Ours did; over 700 did not.)
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