CEOs Have Little Time To Make Key Decisions, But Are They The Right Ones?
I came across the following quote in the most recent edition of Becker’s Hospital CEO Report: “[CEOs] only make about five real decisions a year and if you make three of those decisions right you are going to be successful. But the challenge is recognizing those decisions.” – Edward Howell, President and CEO, University of […]
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Why CEOs Should Bike To Work
CEOs know stress and pressure quite like no one else. Between managing their workloads, navigating through constant change, and supporting their leaders and organizations, it is easy to feel out of control more often than not. This lack of control can leave them unable to cope and chronically stressed-out. To top things off, CEOs are […]
Do You Have True Partnership at the ELT Level?
I want my executive team to be siloed… said NO CEO EVER. Yet, despite the best of intentions, it’s funny how so many still are. Real alignment, integration and execution around common enterprise-wide goals are the dream of all senior teams. But here is a common scenario I get while interviewing members of an executive […]
Middle Managers Seeking Clarity and Support from Executive Leadership… But Only if you Want Them to Be the Best at What They Do
Middle managers have the toughest job. They serve many masters, manage up and down, and often times are asked to execute without having access to the vision and strategy they are asked to execute on. They are critical to the success of an organization. Not only do they drive strategy to completion, effective managers keep […]
What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here
According to a recent study by Strategy & (formerly Booz & Company), 76% of the newly appointed CEOs at some of the world’s largest organizations in 2013 were promoted from within. Whether the result of planned succession, merger, acquisition, or unexpected termination, these companies placed their (very big) bets on incumbent talent. What are the […]
Intentional versus Imposed Change: How Do You Bring Your People Along?
You may have noticed a trend in our blogs as of late. Change and transformation are huge topics that we could easily focus on for weeks on end. An integral part of leading change is bringing your people along. As Leigh and Danielle shared at the beginning of our Transformational Leadership series, transformations often fail […]