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[ad_1] This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CEO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. Robert Playter’s appointment as CEO of Boston Dynamics in 2019 came at an important crossroads for the company. Known for producing some of the world’s most […]
Read More[ad_1] Theodore Kinni offers lessons on approaching company turnarounds by drawing inspiration from Virgil’s Aeneid, written to reinforce emperor Octavian’s claim to power during an unsettled period in Rome. [ad_2] Source link
Read More[ad_1] I am a Beaver leader, as in the Scouts. Every Monday evening, I lead 14 boisterous 6- to 8-year-olds in various character-building activities: trying to cook pancakes over tea candles or making baking soda and vinegar explosions. We frequently totter on that thinnest of lines that separates order and chaos; that’s why one of […]
Read More[ad_1] This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CEO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. When Kevin Strain was appointed chief executive officer of the Toronto-based insurer Sun Life in 2021, he built his strategy around a core principle of the […]
Read More[ad_1] How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, Currency, 2023 “There are three kinds of lies,” the old saying goes. “Lies, damned lies, and cost projections for big projects.” Yes, yes, […]
Read More[ad_1] From the start of the postwar era to March 2020, boards judged business leaders’ effectiveness primarily by their ability to maximize efficiency and deliver steady performance. Financial outcomes and shareholder value were the key metrics, and an important measure of a CEO’s impact was their ability to meet earnings guidance to the penny. Manufacturing […]
Read More[ad_1] As CEOs continue to call employees back to the office, their rationales often include remote work’s deleterious effects on innovation. There is some basis for these claims: a recent study found that the number of email exchanges between research units at MIT dropped by 38% during the pandemic lockdown. Its authors equated email volume […]
Read More[ad_1] Courage. That’s the word that comes up most frequently when I talk to senior leaders about the quality they’re looking for in executives in this very challenging moment. Related insights Courage in this context means having the confidence and fortitude to make a decision when there is no obvious right or wrong […]
Read More[ad_1] “There are two qualities you can’t teach people.” Years ago, I interviewed Soledad O’Brien, the broadcast journalist, about the leadership lessons she had learned from running her own production company, Starfish Media Group. When she started her “two qualities” riff, I leaned in closer, eager to hear her theory. The first? “I don’t think […]
Read More[ad_1] Advances in generative AI are provoking a flood of opinions about the technology’s effect on our working lives. When AI is said to improve everything from productivity to brand loyalty, it is tempting to assume that it can improve leadership, too. Maybe it could free up time for leaders to work on their relationships. […]
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