Category: Executive Onboarding
How To Win With A Design-Focused Strategy
As described in my earlier article on What It Takes To Accelerate Through A Stategic Inflection Point, if there is a change in your situation or your ambitions, you need to…
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Why Sundar Pichai Cannot Both Operate And Innovate At Alphabet And Google
The most effective teams are made up of uniquely strong individuals working interdependently to complement and leverage each other’s strengths. So, interdependence is a good thing. Right? Certainly. But it…
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Why Every Corporate Group Needs Its Own Garbage Collector
Teams beat individuals every time. And the most effective teams are made up of uniquely strong individuals working interdependently to complement and leverage each other’s strengths. So, interdependence is a…
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The Difference Between Executive Onboarding And Performance Failure
While there is certainly an overlap, there are important differences between executive onboarding and performance failures. The vast majority of people that fail in jobs fail for one of three…
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Why Closure Is So Important For Moving On After Losing A Job
We’ve heard it a million times in a million different ways. You can’t embrace the future with one foot stuck in the past. You can’t go forward if you’re looking…
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Ranking McDonald’s, Nike And Under Armour’s New CEOs’ Chances Of Success
Lots of movement amongst retail CEOs recently. McDonald’s new CEO, Chris Kempczinski, seems to be facing low or manageable risk and should do fine – highest chance of success. Nike’s…
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Why Subordinates Should Not Interview Potential Bosses
If a new leader's first encounter with a future direct report is when they are being interviewed for a job, the balance of power is inverted. The subordinate has more…
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Why You Should Care About Layoffs At Apple’s Ad Agency TBWA
The Ad Age headline “TBWA/Media Arts Labs Cuts 50 Jobs To Adapt To Client Apple’s Changing Needs,” will not have made it onto most of your radar screens. Some of…
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How Great Leaders Bring Out Others’ Self-Confidence
Leaders inspire and enable others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. Great leaders add bringing out others’ self-confidence by emphasizing confidence-building in…
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