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Are Business Pivots Harder Than Football Pivots? Learn from the Steelers

Strategic Inflection Points, Transition Management

Have you ever experienced challenges in your business that were so hard, you resigned yourself to missing your financial plan? Teams in the National Football League encounter this moment when they are playing to make the playoffs or “playing for next year”. For them,...

Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth M&A Deal

Mergers & Acquisitions, Transition Management

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 care staffing company, leading to a doubling of fill rates,...

How Kenexa CEO Rudy Karsan is Making the Salary.com Acquisition Work

Mergers & Acquisitions, Transition Management

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 forma plans. They get behind and never catch up. Kenexa CEO Rudy Karsan and his...

Chiquita CEO Fernando Aguirre on Inspiring and Enabling Others

Organization, Transition Management

When the more experienced speakers at CEO Connection’s CEO Boot Camps are asked to look back on their executive training and careers and reflect on what they most regret, every single one of them has talked about not moving faster on people. As Chiquita CEO Fernando...

Transition Management Requires Depth

Transition Management

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 moment; and during the ensuing time out, their coach, John Calipari, re-energized...

The New Leader’s Playbook for Mergers and Acquisitions

Transition Management

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 all sides of the transaction. Handled well, acquisitions...