Transforming Your Organization? Transform Your Communication Too!
My first speech class in college taught me the following simple lesson…Whenever you are talking to an audience, make sure you structure your message in this way…Part 1) Tell them what you are going to tell them, 2) Tell them and 3) Tell them what you told them. Applied to organizations that are in the […]
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Is Your Team Equipped to Lead Change?
Leading change is challenging. CEOs must have a clear vision of where the business is headed, strategies in place to ensure success, and a strong leadership team that is equipped to execute on those strategies. A great deal of time and resources are typically invested in crafting the vision, laying out the strategies, and building […]
Stop Applying 200 Year Old Leadership Remedies to Today’s Leadership Challenges
I just finished reading Lee Schafer’s column in the Sunday May 12 edition of the Star Tribune. In his column, Schafer asserts that what Target needs most in a new CEO is leadership. Can’t argue with that. Unfortunately, Mr. Schafer’s idea of what it takes to lead a transformation is as outdated as its source, […]
The Race to Fill Gregg Steinhafel’s Position
Things are hopping this week at Korn Ferry as they thrust themselves into the new search project for Target to identify a stellar replacement for former CEO Gregg Steinhafel. Good news for Korn Ferry. Bad news for Target as six months can easily pass until a CEO is identified, maybe 9 months, desk to desk. […]
Target’s Search for a New CEO – Homegrown Talent or Outside All-Star?
As you likely know, Target was hit by a huge data breach five months ago when hackers stole the credit and debit card information of roughly 40 million Target customers during the holiday shopping season. This ultimately resulted not only in the resignation of Target’s CIO, Beth Jacob, but now also CEO, Gregg Steinhafel. There […]
Are You a Jerk?
A recent Hogan Newsletter article, “So Your Boss Is a Jerk” reported that around 50% of us find our worst bosses to be arrogant, manipulative and/or passive aggressive. Or in common parlance, they are what many of us might call a “jerk”. Yet, these same characteristics are also seen as “leader-like” and many individuals who have these […]