Zombie Hunter Extraordinaire
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...
View ArticleThe Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making Is Real but Uneven
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...
View ArticleAre You a Leader, or Just Pretending to Be One?
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...
View ArticleThe 5 Things IBM Needs to Do to Win at AI
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...
View ArticleHow to Not Screw Up Your Career– #WinningWell in Fast Company
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...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies
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...
View ArticleLeadership and Corporate Reinvention
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....
View ArticleWinning Well – Three Questions That Guarantee Results
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...
View ArticleHire the Best People, and Let Them Work from Wherever They Are
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...
View ArticleStudy: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable
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...
View ArticleDeming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering
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....
View ArticleHow Leaders Can Make their Messaging Meaningful
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...
View ArticleHow to Hire Like a Superboss
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...
View Article0706 | How Transformation Works with Roger Martin & Sally Osberg
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...
View ArticleHow To Be A Good Coach
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,...
View ArticleFueling Business Process Management with the Automation Engine that Can!
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...
View ArticleDon’t Let Outdated Management Structures Kill Your Company
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...
View ArticleThe 5 Cultures That Determine Your Company’s Success
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...
View ArticleHow GM Uses Social Media to Improve Cars and Customer Service
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...
View ArticleFeatured Instigator – Chris Edmonds
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...
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