Of friends, bullpens and executives.(May/June
2008)(Reprint)
As in baseball, business can throw you a curve. Which is why is
business too, it pays to have a back-up.
More than any other sport, baseball is full of wisdom for
executives. Perhaps it is the . . .
Mass career customization& trade; A new model for how careers
are built.(Reprint)(Report)
Flex time and work-life balance are coming to mean less and less,
as the workforce becomes more and more dominated by knowledge workers,
who have a different set of goals and options. It's no . . .
Recruiting your next CEO: practical advice for Canadian
boards.(May/June 2008)(Reprint)(Report)
In almost every organization, appointing the right CEO is crucial
to success. Although certain recruiting practices around the world are
similar, a number of them differ from country to country.
. . .
The resilient leader: why EQ matters.(Emotional Intelligence
Quotient)(Reprint)(Report)
"Forget about the shareholders. Take care of employees and customers,
and the shareholders will be well looked after." Geoff Smith,
President and CEO, EllisDon.
"Finish what you start, keep . . .
X-Teams: New ways of leading in a new world.(Vehicle Design
Summit, W.L. Gore, and Procter & Gamble)(Reprint)(Report)
There's nothing really wrong with the way organizational teams
work-except for the fact that they are inward looking. This exception is
critical, since the connections that enable the firm to seize . . .
Navigating through leadership transitions: making it past the
twists and turns.(Reprint)(Report)
All things change; nothing abides. Into the same river, one cannot
step twice.--Heraclitus
Many points in our jobs and careers require, even demand, changes
in our leadership behaviors, . . .
The HR challenge: leadership development for ordinary
heroes.(human resources)(Reprint)(Report)
Warrior virtues have always defined the successful leader. From the
stories of ancient Greece to the novels, films, television dramas and
pop songs of today, those who succeed against the odds are . . .
To win the respect of followers, leaders need personality
intelligence.(Reprint)(Report)
By satisfying the demands of identity groups, leaders don't
necessarily gain willing followers. But if these identities are not
respected, leaders will be less willingly followed, possibly . . .
How to create market-focused product winners.(Report)
The dustbin of business failures is full of once sharply focused
companies that lost their way because they diversified across too many
markets. Market focus wasn't all that was lost. So were . . .
An interview with Jeffrey Sachs.(Interview)
One could easily argue that development economist Jeffrey Sachs
knows how to pick his spots--Poland, Bolivia, and the former Soviet
Union, and projects--global poverty reduction, poor countries' . . .
Some thoughts for executives on the economy and economic
forecasting.
If economics is the dismal science what does that make economic
forecasting? Difficult foolhardy or, at best, an educated guess.
Whatever you choose to call it, however, economic forecasting must . . .
Using a change management approach to implement it
programs.
Too often, implementing enterprise-wide information technology
neglects the human factor. Thus author demonstrates that attention to
organization development and change management in IT . . .
Leaders and followers: how to build greater trust and
commitment.(Column)
The key here is ensuring that the company's workforce views
senior management as worth having faith in and, in best-case scenarios,
even magnanimous and generous of spint. How the CEO s character . . .
Globalization is an option not an imperative. Or, why the world
is not flat.(Company overview)
Contrary to popular opinion, the world is not flat. In fact, as
this author writes, a company must understand that there are differences
between and among countries. In this context, a manager will . . .
Micro-financing: an innovative application of social
networking.
In its short history, micro-financing has become known as a proven
tool for enabling the poor to gain a small measure of economic traction.
Less known is the fact that the institutions providing . . .
Towards equitable sustainability.
Any understanding of sustainability, argue these authors, must
include not just which raw materials the organisation uses, or even how
they are used. It must also take into consideration an . . .
Beyond good intentions: strategies for managing your CSR
performance.
Knowing which assessment criteria are being applied to grade your
firm's CSR performance will help it achieve a higher rating. As
well, knowing which firms your company is being compared against . . .
Boosting the triple bottom line.
Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility has long been a
tradition at Ivey. In this article, the school's dean describes
some of the research and policy initiatives that continue to . . .
A culture of candor.
Candor ranks very highly among the characteristics we look for in
good leaders. A culture of candor, established and reinforced by leaders
who value and model it in their own behaviors, can be a . . .
Denial, fear, greed and pride: the four horsemen of the executive
apocalypse.
For several years, I have run a course for our graduating MBAs
called "The CEO." Over a term, eight or so CEOs spend two
hours each with students in a lively question and answer session that
covers . . .
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