Category: Executive Onboarding
The Most Important Secrets to Succeeding in a New Job
Three executive onboarding ideas have reduced the rate of failure for new executives from 40 percent to below 10 percent: Get a head start. Manage the message. Build the team.…
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New Leader Ideas 2013: Get The Job. Onboard Well. Be BRAVE.
sharpening interview skills to get the job, managing executive onboarding well to accelerate progress in a new job and putting the concepts of BRAVE leadership in place to deliver better…
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A Personal Branding MAP For Leaders
fundamental questions about whether the cause should be part of a leader’s personal brand or whether the leader should subordinate his or her brand to their cause
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What To Do When There’s A Death In The Business Family
Sometimes things will play out as you planned. More often, you’ll need to adapt your plans. In those cases, manage the things you can manage, adjust to the things you…
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Qualcomm Vs. Microsoft: Take Second Prize Or Hold Out For First Prize?
The announcement that Steve Mollenkopf has been elected CEO of Qualcomm takes him off the short-list of candidates for Microsoft CEO. Or does it? What would you do if you…
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How To Bridge Unanticipated Discontinuities
Bridge unexpected discontinuities with preparation, discipline and flexibility all the same time. To take advantage of crises and opportunities, be ready, be strong, be open to the possibilities that interrupt…
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Three Different Approaches To CEO Succession At Walmart, Kroger And Microsoft… Which Is Best?
We’re in the midst of three very different CEO successions at Walmart, Kroger and Microsoft. The lesson to be learned here is clear: one size does not fit all when…
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Why You Don’t Get To Choose Your Mission. It Chooses You.
Mission is not a choice. It’s dictated by others’ needs. Sometimes those others give you a mission. Sometimes you have to figure it out yourself. Either way, it’s a journey…
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Walmart Names Doug McMillon New CEO To Succeed Mike Duke
In a surprise move, Walmart has today announced its new CEO will be Doug McMillon, a 47-year-old who started out in the retail giant's warehouse as a teen. McMillon will…
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