Five Signs You Could Be Leading Like a Jerk
When we ask members of a team who THEY want as their leader, we hear a very consistent set of descriptors: someone who is trustworthy, authentic and respectful; listens to their point of view; truly values them as human beings; has good business savvy; and admits mistakes. Furthermore, they want a leader who allows them […]
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Eight Factors That Contribute to the Demise of CEOs
According to a study of CEO success conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers in 2015, CEO turnover at the 2,500 largest companies in the world rose from 14.3 percent in 2014 to 16.6 percent in 2015—a record high for this particular study. The higher rate was driven by a combination of unusually strong mergers and acquisitions […]
Hey Leaders, Your Work-cation Isn’t Doing Anyone Any Favors!
Guess what today is? Well, more accurately—guess what day it was when I wrote this blog? Give up? The first day of summer! Thinking about summer through the eyes of my kids, I think about carefree, homework-free days. Hanging out with friends, spontaneous sleepovers on a Tuesday night, boating, swimming, movies … whatever the day […]
Is Your Business Prepared for the Future? 10 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves
The Bailey Group recently launched a plan to accelerate our growth in providing CEO advisory and other services. As I write this, I am deep in the throes of onboarding four new team members and have been thinking a great deal about how to describe the work we do and how it affects our clients. […]
Does Virtue in Business Still Matter?
The contrast between Amazon’s financial success and its apparent disregard for its employees has been a hot topic in the press and blogosphere in recent months. I suspect that two recent New York Times articles may well rekindle the debate. Two Silicon Valley start-ups, Good Technology and Jet.com, were the focus of the New York […]
Six Reasons Truly Great CEOs Are NOT a Waste of Money
After reading a recent blog by Chris Matyszczyk (I’ll give you a buck if you can pronounce that) titled “Here’s Proof That Many CEOs Are a Waste of Money,” I was inspired to share my thoughts on why truly great CEOs are worth every penny of compensation they receive. Truly great CEOs (TGCs) cast a […]