Zombie Hunter Extraordinaire

February 3, 2016, 3:00 am

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This is a skill that – if Owner or CEO is a title on your business card – you need to master. Jamie Gerdsen, the CEO /Owner of Apollo Home, is a sought after speaker on leading and improving a traditional ‘Main Street’ business. On my business cards, I’ve often thought the titles under my name should read: Owner. And fast.

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The Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making Is Real but Uneven

February 3, 2016, 5:05 am

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As Jim Barksdale, the former CEO of Netscape quipped, “If we have data, let’s look at data. Growing opportunities to collect and leverage digital information have led many managers to change how they make decisions – relying less on intuition and more on data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”

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Are You a Leader, or Just Pretending to Be One?

February 3, 2016, 7:00 am

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Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, probably would have sucked as CEO of Encyclopedia Britannica. We’ve rarely needed leaders more — but wanted the leaders we have less. It’s as if we’ve forgotten what leadership really is, and confused it with what it isn’t. What’s not leadership? It’s being.

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The 5 Things IBM Needs to Do to Win at AI

February 3, 2016, 8:00 am

≫ Next: How to Not Screw Up Your Career– #WinningWell in Fast Company

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CEO Ginni Rometty is leading the company into new areas, betting big on its Watson software and cloud computing. Though the tenure of the public company CEO has shortened dramatically, corporations continue to emphasize management team stability and promotion from within. Can the elephant dance again? Insight Center.

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How to Not Screw Up Your Career– #WinningWell in Fast Company

February 4, 2016, 4:36 am

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Also please know that CEO Reads is offering a nice discount for quantity orders. I’m working on my Spring Winning Well Speaking tour. You’re working hard to build a good reputation as a manager. So you’re taking on new projects and delegating certain tasks to others. Read more at Fast Company. WINNING WELL UPDATE.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

February 5, 2016, 6:00 am

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Nestlé announced plans to cut its staff in some central African countries, while Barclays’s new CEO is considering selling off the bank’s Africa assets. The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Growth in 2016 is unlikely to be much higher. Resilience Needs to Be Paired with Opportunity.

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Leadership and Corporate Reinvention

February 5, 2016, 7:14 am

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The authors show readers how to implement effective strategies by using proprietary tools along with interviews of top CEO ’s who discuss their real-life experiences building strong, vibrant companies. “We’ve found that there are two big reasons that strategies don’t work. Sustainable transformation requires new mind-sets, not just new skills.

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Winning Well – Three Questions That Guarantee Results

February 5, 2016, 8:00 am

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Karin Hurt (Baltimore, MD) is a top leadership consultant and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders and co-author of Winning Well : A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results – Without Losing Your Soul. Six weeks ago you met with your colleagues, had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, and came up with an impressive plan.

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Hire the Best People, and Let Them Work from Wherever They Are

February 8, 2016, 9:00 am

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In some companies, for instance, the head of sales needs to work in close proximity to the CEO. I ran into a former HR colleague at a conference last month. We got to talking and she mentioned she was finding it difficult to hire a cybersecurity expert. wasn’t surprised. Security talent is scarce in the tech sector right now.

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Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable

February 8, 2016, 10:15 am

≫ Next: Deming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering

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We found that in 2014 almost 60% of these firms had no female board members, just over half had no female C-suite executives, and fewer than 5% had a female CEO. Our results indicate that the impact of having more women in the C-suite is bigger than that of having a woman on the board or as the CEO. Yet in the U.S.

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Deming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering

February 8, 2016, 11:55 am

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Scott Dalgleish is the CEO at Phase IV Engineering. Scott Dalgleish. Scott first encountered Deming’s ideas while an engineer at Proctor & Gamble in 1986. Deming training was rolled out to us. thought it was a really wonderful thing. And I still have that enthusiasm for his teachings and a lot of the methods that were taught.

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How Leaders Can Make their Messaging Meaningful

February 9, 2016, 3:00 am

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More than one CEO has said, “Leadership is 90 percent communication,” and research bears them out by showing that the way in which managers communicate with employees is one of the most important factors in driving employee engagement. Maya Angelou. Inspire a felt sense of confidence. Build certainty and community.

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How to Hire Like a Superboss

February 9, 2016, 8:00 am

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The CEO then asks her about the more challenging issues facing the industry. The CEO didn’t look at a résumé or check references. A woman shows up for a job interview. It’s a management position, but not a high-level one. While she’s waiting, someone drops down in the chair beside her. ” he asks.

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0706 | How Transformation Works with Roger Martin & Sally Osberg

February 9, 2016, 10:36 am

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Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Strategy guru Roger L. Osberg are co-authors of Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works. Listen in iTunes Listen on Stitcher. In This episode, You’ll Learn: How to understand your environment. Why “casting a vision” doesn’t work, and what does.

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How To Be A Good Coach

February 10, 2016, 6:00 am

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Former Verizon Wireless CEO , Denny F. Strigl offers these tips for how to be a good coach to an employee. He explains that good coaches help performers by: Keeping them focused. Giving them objective, helpful feedback. Acting as a sounding board for new approaches. Identifying blind spots that may be holding the performer back.

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Fueling Business Process Management with the Automation Engine that Can!

February 10, 2016, 6:00 am

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Unlike factories, in the early 20th century, when Taylor called for the de-skilling of workers’ tasks and increased control by management, CEOs and top management executives have the unique opportunity to truly take advantage of each of their employees’ skills and talents. Richard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft.

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Don’t Let Outdated Management Structures Kill Your Company

February 10, 2016, 8:00 am

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Recently, Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme told The Washington Post that his company, too, is getting rid of the annual performance review as of Fall 2016, terming the move a “massive revolution.” dave wheeler FOR HBR. asked if he had hit a stumbling block. “I just need to rope in some colleagues from another team.”

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The 5 Cultures That Determine Your Company’s Success

February 12, 2016, 6:00 am

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But culture can’t be static, and CEOs and other executives can’t be static either. How healthy is your company’s culture? Knowing what you and your company stand for and being completely unyielding and inflexible are different things. Capability Culture. Commitment Culture. Alignment Culture. Individual Performance Culture.

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How GM Uses Social Media to Improve Cars and Customer Service

February 12, 2016, 8:00 am

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In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. We’ve come a long way. Today, Weaver’s mass-mailing tactics seem quaintly out of date.

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Featured Instigator – Chris Edmonds

February 12, 2016, 10:00 am

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This month we are featuring Chris Edmonds , Founder and CEO  of the  Purposeful Culture Group. Chris received his BA from Whittier College, a secondary teaching credential from California Lutheran College, and a Masters of Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. No discussion, just ‘go home.'”

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