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Two CEOs in very different industries have applied the same basic innovation template with dramatic results: changing the culture of their firms by engaging their management teams in a focused concentration on customer sensitive innovations. By Robert M. Donnelly, writer of the online "Entrepreneurial CEO" column for Chief Executive
How can corporations find sources of growth? Without a granular view, any executive will struggle in making sound business portfolio decisions. By Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit And Mehrdad Baghai, co-authors of The Granularity of Growth
How senior leadership teams can make—or break—an organization. By Susan Lucia Annunzio, president and CEO of The Center For High Performance and adjunct professor of management at the University of Chicago
Executive leaders are highly proficient at running their business units or functions efficiently but they often do not work as well together as a senior team to guide the overall firm. Evaluate whether your senior team meets eight requirements of a healthy, high-performance enterprise leadership team.
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Up to one third of mergers fail within five years, and as many as 80 percent never live up to their full potential. CEOs who quickly address this common M&A challenge are far more likely to realize the full potential and synergy of their deal.
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Want to eliminate bureaucracy, silos and entrenched mindsets that sap enterprise performance? Learn how Dr. Gordon Gee has achieved that at OSU, the nation's largest university.
A business model to improve performance
Four prominent CEOs discuss the results they achieved by shifting to a more collaborative business model.
Preparing your organization for IT transformation
IT transformation in any organization is an expensive, multi-year process that will pay off in improved performance and quality. CEOs will have greater success in fully implementing and leveraging digital transformation if they take this critical step first. Learn what proactive approach Miami Children’s Hospital CEO Dr. Narendra Kini successfully used.
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Leadership
Peter Drucker's View of Leadership
P&G's A.G. Laffley discusses the father of management science's view of leadership.
Motivational Leadership: The Importance of Passion
Patrick Dixon on leadership strategies, leadership styles, and team leadership.
Strategy
Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter discusses the basis for much of modern business strategy.