Purpose enables hundreds of employees to make thousands of decisions in unison. ~Gary Burnison Purpose seems so obvious, but is it? I’ve used a TED Talk several times over the …
On Boarding the New CEO: How HR Senior Leadership Can Welcome the New Top Executive
New CEOs come to their first days in office with a lengthy to-do list that includes impressing the board of directors, rebuilding their own executive team, raising stock prices, and …
Do Single CEOs Take More Risks? Are Married CEOs More Stable?
Here’s something new to consider when deciding where to invest your stock market dollars: you may want to look for companies headed by a married CEO. New research conducted by …
The Softer Side of Leadership – Three Responsibilities that Might Be Easy to Overlook
What makes an executive good? Or great? The surface level response to that question often focuses on pleasing shareholders: keeping profits high and expenses low, moving the needle up and …
Leaders Know that Rules Aren’t Values and Values Aren’t Rules
Thinking in the language of can versus can’t predisposes you to perceive challenges in a certain way and respond within narrow avenues. Thinking in and speaking the language of values—the language of should and …
Proving You Can’t Be Bought: A Values-Based Culture in Strategy & Action
Integrated Project Management is a suburban-Chicago company that focuses on strategic management of critical business projects. IPM’s clients include industry leaders like Pfizer, Motorola, and Johnson and Johnson. CEO and founder …
Why is the Value of Employee Engagement Not Easily Understood By Organizations?
———————————————————– Tom Walter is a “serial entrepreneur” who has launched nearly 30 companies. He is the CEO of Tasty Catering, named one of Winning Workplaces best small companies in 2010. …
“Who Will Buy?” – The Question that Plagues Boomer Entrepreneurs
———————————————————– Tom Walter is a “serial entrepreneur” who has launched nearly 30 companies. He is the CEO of Tasty Catering, named one of Winning Workplaces best small companies in 2010. …
The Evolution of Leadership – A look at where leadership is heading
——————————————————————— Keith Cox, Ph.D., is the Systemic Sustainability Lead for idGroup Consulting & Creative, where he focuses on positive business and social change. He is also an advisor to the Center …