CEO As Coach? Ways to Win. Pia Sundhage may be a sports coach (U.S. Women’s Soccer), but she shows more savvy than many a CEO. Can you identify the top 7 leadership techniques that Pia used to turnaround a failing and dysfnctional U.S. women’s soccer tem, taking their performance and spirit up a couple of […]
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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“Dave,” a retired top 100 company CEO, has a passion for hunting and foreign travel. He does quite a bit of both. But most of his time is occupied as a member of boards of directors and board committees. One of the organizations is a not for profit. You might think that, at this stage […]
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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It occurred to me that I have the privilege of a unique glimpse inside the mind and heart of my CEOs and that, with identities withheld along with anything confidential, these glimpses may be of value to aspiring future leaders and to those more established who seek self-improvement. I have more than one CEO who […]
Friday, May 13, 2011
Met new CEO of Rockefeller University, Mark Tessier-Levigne this week. Brief conversation about leadership took place before the wonderful Women & Science program (more about that later). Formerly the Chief Scientist at Genentech, he had thousands of research scientists reporting to him. Could he tell who would be the most productive? What were the leadership […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Saturday, July 16, 2011
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