Relooking At Three Priorities In Ensuring A Smooth Merger Or Acquisition
One of my early articles for this publication was about AMN’s CEO Susan Salka and Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth Merger or Acquisition. Those priorities were 1) early conversations with all, 2) a well-resourced integration management office and 3) staying close...
How To Make The Best Use Of The Fuzzy Front And Back Ends Of Virtual Meetings
You can’t. They don’t exist. Instead, find ways to compensate for their absence. By now, we all know virtual meetings are more efficient than live meetings – mostly because of the savings in travel time, stress and money. Despite the inevitable distractions from...
Relooking At Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery
One of my early articles for this publication looked Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery. The main point was about embracing your own unique talent, developing it into a strength, and devoting yourself to a cause. It’s worth relooking at and updating...
Relooking At The 5 Most Important Questions For BRAVE Leaders
One of my early articles for this publication over a decade ago was The Five Most Important Questions for BRAVE Leaders. Originally designed as a way to look at culture, it’s also a framework for leadership, looking at five questions across the acronym – Behaviors,...
Relooking At Leading the Unmanageable to Do Amazing Things
One of my early articles for this publication was on Leading the Unmanageable to Do Amazing Things. The main point was that you couldn’t be bound by conventional approaches if you want to inspire, enable and empower people to do things that will leave you speechless....
The Case For Two-Way Executive Onboarding
Organizations can’t deploy a consistent approach to executive onboarding because each new leader is different. And new leaders can’t onboard themselves on their own because they don’t understand their new organizations. Instead, organizations and new leaders must do...
Relooking At The 5 Keys To Managing An Unpredictable Boss
One of my early articles for this publication was on Five Keys to Managing an Unpredictable Boss. The main point was that the five keys are the same as the five keys to managing any boss and culture: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, and Environment. At the...
Where Craft Masters Are Key To Winning In Business
There’s something almost magical about being in the presence of a true craft master. Their level of caring and sensibilities goes so far beyond unconscious competence that it makes all around them feel different. Most of the time, you don’t need them. But they can...
The Critical Differences Between Strategic, Tactical And Crisis Leadership
Strategic leadership is about creating and allocating resources ahead of the action. Tactical leadership is about managing resources during the action. Crisis leadership requires both at the same time. The concept is simple – if you’re viewing things dispassionately...
The Most Important Lessons From Disney And GE’s Botched CEO Handovers
Experienced leaders' #1 regret is not moving fast enough on people. Both Disney and GE botched CEO handovers. The difference is that Disney moved relatively quickly to right the wrong while GE did not. There are all sorts of lessons about picking the right CEO, CEO...
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