Introduction Hiring a CEO to join your company can have a far-reaching impact on the business’s success. The right person not only should have the ideas and experience to increase your bottom line but must also be a cultural fit who can work effectively with the leadership team. In this article, we cover the questions … Read more
Would your board like to transform your social business from average to highly successful? Are you unclear what this means in practice?
Having a board of directors that is packed with well-known names sounds great in theory. It is often the icing on the cake of a stellar company
Le métier de dirigeant de transition nous expose dans chaque mission à la problématique de l’évaluation des membres du personnel que l’on encadre et au delà. L’absence d’historique dans la société, le contexte difficile, la conduite du changement et la nécessité d’aller vite avec les moyens du bord qui caractérisent la plupart des missions de … Read more
An Evolutionary Approach Countless publications, the majority of methods used to identify leadership potential and almost all executive training programmes courageously ignore that the phenomenon of leadership has remained remarkably unexplained. Not surprisingly, this bears a truth well beyond distinctive occurrences and across different cultures. The point to be made is: During our evolutionary development, … Read more
“Someday, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads “Information”; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware or software which processes it.” Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, US Navy (Ret) As the economy goes digital (and global), competitive advantage is increasingly synonymous with information. More and … Read more
The raise is nice, you feel the same, co-workers congratulated you, maybe there were a few speeches and a cake and coffee. Now they are all waiting. You feel a bit anxious. What does being a new supervisor or a manager really entail? What just changed? What are you going to say? How are you … Read more
The core reality when it comes to strategy is that many companies started doing business based on a great idea, then usually search fundings. If they succeed to get fundings which is already a great step, the team shows then outstanding passion, resilience, and perseverance to reach the next level. In these companies, small or … Read more
ODIL: A self-reinforcing process and a fractal analogy It is no secret that an inordinate number of improvement efforts either fail to deliver or enjoy a very short lifespan. Even more unnerving is the notion that while an implemented change is alive and well, it is not clear that a business benefit is being derived … Read more
The Strategy Execution Duality Execution has enjoyed an impressive reputation in the last few years under the banner that any strategy is worthless if not executed. While this assertion is tautologically undeniable, it is also true that a flawed strategy execution can have unappealing consequences. New Coke or the Betamax video format come to mind. … Read more