Put yourself in Doug Yearley’s shoes in November 2009. You’ve just been named EVP on the way to becoming CEO of luxury home builder Toll Brothers, a company that lost $750 million in the year that just ended due to accounting write downs. You’re entering the fifth year of a recession in your industry. [...]
From “You and Me” to “We”
December 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
The Harvard Business Review dedicated its entire January, 2009 issue to “Transforming Leaders”, One takeaway from the issue as a whole is the need to move well from “you and me” to “we”. Of course transitioning leaders must pick the right strategy across Start-ups, Turnarounds, Accelerated Growth, Realignment or Sustaining Success (Watkins). Of course CEO [...]