Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

With that luxury in our hands now, here are some critical leadership lessons we can draw from Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo. Too often when we evaluate leadership performance, we fail to distinguish between the leader’s personal success and the success of their companies. Experience (still) matters.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Leadership Case Study Case Studies 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

This was validated in my most recent research into mindfulness and leadership, where it emerged as the number one skill. The research involved conducting and coding 88 in-depth behavioral event interviews of leading change with 65 leaders, spread across multiple industries and from across five continents. You and Your Team Series.

Culture 28

Culture Turnaround Interviews Hotels 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” But being isolated at the top can compromise your decision making and leadership effectiveness, both of which require having as much firsthand information about a situation as possible. The loneliness that often comes with being a CEO may seem like a small price to pay for the rewards, recognition, and power that come with the job.

How To 28

How To Turnaround Banking Meeting 28

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

It offered a ‘turnaround’ challenge. The event, in part consciously designed to win the ‘hearts and minds’ of the sales team, had an immediate impact. Bottom Line: Oh to swim close to confident leadership. In his own words: “ Where’s the fun in taking over a successful company. It’s a thing of beauty.

Management 40

Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Compared with the predominantly male CEO benchmark, the women scored lower on confidence, measured as a function of belief in whether they were in complete control of events and outcomes that define destiny. In this context high humility reflects an understanding that no one person defines an outcome for an entire organization.

Interviews 28

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While some situations demand outside successors — such as a turnaround or a discontinuous shift in the industry and strategy – we believe that internal candidates remain the future CEOs-of-choice. Leadership is changing — fast. How does this impact his or her leadership? Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO.

Leadership 28

Leadership Talent Turnaround Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

The central idea is that decision making is a process, not an event. A follow-up article, coauthored with Amy Edmondson and Francesca Gino, delved more deeply into such issues as psychological safety, openness to new ideas, and leadership attention. Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult.

Management 32

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 32

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way?

Research 28

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