Specific challenges and action plans may vary across companies and industries, but the fundamental disciplines of management and leadership remain consistent.
As we enter 2012, opportunities for good leadership abound! In public and private sector organizations as well as in all levels of government, I sense a feeling of positive expectation. People are waiting for strong leaders to step into the voids with sound thinking, fearless vision, and relentless energy. Who will step up? Will it be you and the people in your organization? I hope so.
Building and nurturing a productive organization requires two important elements: (1) over-satisfying the needs of the customer and (2) creating a culture that fosters talent to accomplish #1. Specific challenges and action plans may vary across companies and industries, but the fundamental disciplines of management and leadership remain consistent. The articles in this year's edition of The CEO Advantage Journal reflect that consistency. This publication (now in its fourth year) has never purported to offer brilliant new methods; our intent is to offer reminders of simple, practical disciplines to leaders who desire to build their organizations toward greatness.
Judd Patterson’s interest in photography grew out of a love for the wide open spaces of his native Kansas. A graduate of Kansas State University, he now travels the world taking pictures to promote environmental education and conservation as well as for the sheer joy of being outside.
Success in business may be measured by sales numbers, but it is not driven by sales numbers. Understanding and aligning employees around the larger purpose of your organization will yield far better results than focusing on financial performance alone.
As an author, speaker, TV commentator, and business professor, Jeffrey Pfeffer delights in challenging conventional wisdom when he thinks it is misguided. In this wide-ranging interview, he does just that.
Strategy execution will only be as strong as the thinking on which it is built, and good strategic thinking thrives in a culture of discipline and purpose. Learn how to implement the basic habits of a healthy culture in this practical how-to guide.
Running a company consumes the passion and energy of its leader and therefore involves the CEO’s family whether they want it or not. Both the business and the family benefit when the CEO’s spouse understands and embraces his/her critical role.
Why would anybody continue to do something they don’t enjoy? Why not do something you do enjoy? And if you enjoy it, why stop? Four professionals explain why they have chosen to remain vocationally engaged beyond the age of 80.
Much has been written about how to manage effective transition, but most of it focuses on the outgoing founder or CEO. This article explores how to lead a successful transition from the perspective of the successor.