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 […]
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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Thriving in the New Normal What follows are notes from a conversation yesterday with Jim Blasingame, who has his finger on the pulse of small business, His website is one of my faves: Small Business advocate My world includes small business owners, corporate CEOs of firms owned by private equity outfits, private equity firms themselves […]
Friday, April 29, 2011
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I am compelled to post this note upon hearing this story from a senior executive of major public company. It is common at lower levels to observe people oblivious to presentations without being boss ready, but perhaps more common than we thought in the C-suite. “I have a deck the CEO needs to digest. It […]
Friday, April 22, 2011
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Adam Bryant article “Distilling the Wisdom of CEOs” extols the virtues of the book, The Corner Office. Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons From CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed.” It is clearly worth a read. Distilling the Wisdom of CEOs In my view, as differentiators of who gets to lead and who does not, the […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Friday, May 13, 2011
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