Tag: The New Leader’s Playbook
Follow the Money to Understand What Happened at Last Week’s European Summit
Leading different groups through a crisis together requires a shared purpose. You must find the common ground across different groups to have a hope of getting people aligned around a…
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How Merkel Can Lead the Euro Zone Out of Crisis
This is the moment for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to choose to take up the mantle of European leadership …or not. It must be tempting for her to let things…
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What Greece’s Interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos Must Do
Managing an interim assignment is one of the most challenging things any leader ever does under any circumstances, let alone when your charge is on the verge of defaulting, scuttling…
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When to Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Leadership Lessons from the Greek Bailout
Make your organization ever more ADEPT by Acquiring, Developing, Encouraging, Planning, and Transitioning talent: Acquire: Recruit, attract, and onboard the right people Develop: Assess and build skills and knowledge Encourage:…
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty’s New Leader 100-Day Action Plan
On the one hand, Virginia Rometty’s transition into the CEO role at IBM should be relatively easy. The company is in good shape. She’s been there 30 years, knows everyone,…
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Steve Jobs and the Power of a Passionate Focus
All my learning as a leader myself, from working with leaders going into new roles, and from interviewing leaders for this column, makes me believe that focusing on one burning…
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The Los Angeles Urban League’s Blair Taylor Follows the Only Possible Path to Success
When Blair Taylor became CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League in 2005, he took over an organization with an 80-plus year history of success helping African-Americans and other minorities…
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Intuit’s Current and Former CEO Drive Value Proposition In Sync
Make sure you’re getting the full lesson here about what makes for strong burning imperative. The best are: Customer-focused, drive a customer-relevant value proposition Sharply defined and crystal clear to all…
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GE CEO Jeff Immelt’s Long-Term View 10 Years In
GE has long been a source of strong general managers. That’s still important. Now Immelt is putting a premium on deep functional and business knowledge as well. Do you remember…
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