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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

During his twelve-and-a-half-year tenure, he worked in finance and strategic planning before taking over as leader of Epcot theme park on the week of 911, 2001. He was offered an executive job at Disney and moved to Orlando, Florida, in 1994.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

For my money, “What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions” (2001), which Garvin wrote with Michael Roberto, is the best piece on organizational decision making in HBR’s archive. The central idea is that decision making is a process, not an event.