Chas Klivans Like you, I’ve been reading about Roger Ailes at Fox News. I have no idea if any of the allegations about him is true. But I do have an experience — one I’ve kept secret for two decades — that illustrates how different a CEO’s public image can be from his behavior in […]
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Vanessa Williams and John Madigan Exploring the reasons and benefits of creating a diverse, inclusive and collaborative team. Investigating the impact a committed leadership team has on implementing cultural change in their organization and ensuring positive results.
Both the CFO and the CEO stuck their hand into the air as I concluded my keynote and called for questions. “Why don’t employees communicate up in an organization?” There was a little more than a twinge of frustration in the CEO’s question. The CFO added his nod of dismay. It’s a common conundrum in
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Can you lead effective change? Despite a plethora of research that says there are basic human needs that must be met to achieve desired change, it’s staggering the number of executives who willfully or blindly charge forward – only to see their organizations fall well before the finish line. It’s useful to keep fundamental, human
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Allison Maslan, CEO, Allison Maslan International, Inc. Keep your head down. Do the job you know you’re good at and collect your paycheck. Don’t rock the boat. Don’t risk failure. Most of us have some form of inner voice that has spoken these words to us at one point or another over the course of our
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Merrick Rosenberg, CEO of Take Flight Learning & Author of The Chameleon Every venture capital firm develops a “differentiated” approach to evaluating startups. These approaches tend to have one problem in common: they’re not sure how to factor personality into investment decisions. Investors toss around words like “chops,” “focus,” “vision,” “obsession,” “horsepower,” “grit,” and “drive”
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Dr. Jim Harter, Gallup Understanding and focusing on individuals’ talents and strengths helps people unlock their true potential. We succeed when we spend more time doing what we’re best at, and companies struggling with productivity issues should consider adopting what we refer to as strengths-based management. In the new edition of its best-selling management book,
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I’m not a care-taker. I seem to have missed that gene even as a woman. But then came the diagnosis – lung cancer – again. It was my husband. Now I push his wheel chair into radiation; fetch whatever he needs; and run errands while he focuses on recovery. As I dash to and fro,
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The owner of an insurance agency I know did an experiment. Sheila VanZile of Watermark Insurance printed business cards with two different titles: President and Queen. Over the course of time, she used both… and Queen won out. That title engaged people, helped start a conversation and gave them a glimpse of her fun personality.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVXA8F0Q9c Summary This insightful conversation with Nitin Rakesh, CEO of Syntel Inc., explores the nuanced journey of growing a technology services company from a mid-sized firm to a near-billion-dollar global enterprise. Nitin splits his time between Mumbai and New York, yet maintains a clear strategic vision rooted in both U.S. and Indian markets, emphasizing
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