by The Bailey Group | Feb 16, 2015
Writing this well-timed blog inspired me to think about President’s Day a little differently as we remember and celebrate some of the greatest leaders in American history. Arguably, considering leadership through the lens of politics versus organizations and...
by The Bailey Group | Feb 10, 2015
McDonald’s latest advertising campaign is all about promoting random acts of love as payment at its stores (watch the ad that debuted during Super Bowl). Now through Valentine’s Day, unsuspecting customers will be randomly selected to do something kind—like call...
by The Bailey Group | Feb 4, 2015
The sudden exit of Fairview CEO Rulon Stacey after only 15 months at the lead was a surprise. It also begs several questions about critical relationships between CEOs and boards, and CEOs and their executive teams. We can’t begin to know what happened in this case,...
by The Bailey Group | Feb 2, 2015
According to articles on business transformation by John P. Kotter (Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail) and The Boston Consulting Group (Transformation: The Imperative to Change), 70-75% of companies engaging in business transformation fail. The scary...
by The Bailey Group | Jan 27, 2015
Do an internet search for “CEO leadership” and in less than a second you will be presented with over 200 million results—many of which are articles and information about chief executive officers that run large companies and small businesses. Much less prevalent are...
by The Bailey Group | Jan 19, 2015
Yes, it took talent for the Seattle Seahawks to come from behind to beat the Green Bay Packers in overtime for a chance to repeat as Super Bowl Champions. But the Packers have talent, too, and arguably played better most of the game. Except when it counted most. When...