Category: Transition Management
Flip The Script at Points of Inflection From Telling to Co-Creating
At strategic points of inflection everything changes and things either accelerate or stall. Flipping the script at those moments from telling people what the new order is to inviting others…
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Are Business Pivots Harder Than Football Pivots? Learn from the Steelers
Have you ever experienced challenges in your business that you resigned yourself to missing your financial plan? Teams in the National Football League encounter the moment where they are playing…
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Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth M&A Deal
AMN Healthcare Services CEO Susan Salka says its most recent acquisition of Medfinders is going “exceptionally well.” She believes the acquisition has strengthened its position as the country’s largest health…
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How Kenexa CEO Rudy Karsan is Making the Salary.com Acquisition Work
Former Ernst & Young Partner and Coca Cola CEO Doug Ivester once told me that 30% of acquisitions fail because the acquiring company overpays and saddles itself with unrealistic pro…
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Chiquita CEO Fernando Aguirre on Inspiring and Enabling Others
While you, as a leader, will certainly do this in your own inimitable way, you must Acquire, Develop, Encourage, Plan, and Transition talent over time. Let your mission inform the…
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Transition Management Requires Depth
There was moment in the waning moments of Saturday evening's NCAA Basketball semi-final between UConn and Kentucky when the Kentucky team ran out of gas. It was just a…
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The New Leader’s Playbook for Mergers and Acquisitions
While any leadership transition is challenging for some, the disruption surrounding an acquisition or merger (which is generally an acquisition by a different name) creates a challenges for everybody on…
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How CEO Sam Martin is Driving the Imperative to Overhaul A&P
In particular, Sam reviewed what had made A&P a great company across vast distances: Innovative spirit Development of the core people including management Focus on the customer He then mapped…
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Why Preparing in Advance is Priceless: How Ajay Banga Prepared for his New Leadership Role
Looking back on the transition, Ajay said Bob did a “masterful” job at allowing him to settle in and pick up pieces step-by-step without all the external and internal pressures…
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