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The 1 Leadership Failure: The Nose Knows . . .
A while ago I attended a panel discussion at London Business School hosted by the UK Turnaround Management Association. On the panel were experts from the various professions brought in to deal with distressed companies – legal, operational, financial, advisory, banking … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, strategy execution, the business of business
Tagged Alan Mulally, business turnaround, EBITDA, evaluating management, Ford, Jimmy Durante, leadership, leadership processes, management team, process improvement, Turanround Association, turnaround, W. Edwards Deming, Winston Churchill
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Old Wine in New Bottles
Leadership has been an important part of human behaviour since man first evolved as a social animal. In early times, leadership within a family unit or social group was a requirement for survival. One of the oldest clay tablets found – … Continue reading
Posted in Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, strategy execution
Tagged 911, Arab Spring, Chris Langdon, CIMA, Cuneiform tablets, Donald Trump, global politics, John F Kennedy, leadership, leadership disease, leadership lessons, NATO, Nik Gowing, Profiles in Courage, Thinking the Unthinkable, Winston Churchill
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Game Over !
First we shape our institutions, and afterwards they shape us! ~Winston Churchill After a particularly tough day, the chief executive of a major corporation came home exhausted. A barrage of crises and questions assaulted him all day. Some of these … Continue reading
The Nose Knows . . .
Several months ago I attended a panel discussion at London Business School hosted by the UK Turnaround Management Association. On the panel were experts from the various professions brought in to deal with distressed companies – legal, operational, financial, advisory, banking and … Continue reading
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Tagged BPI, business process, Chief Restructuring Officer, Corporate Culture, Jack Welch, leadership, leadership processes, management processes, management team, restructuring, talent evaluation, turnaround, W. Edwards Deming, Winston Churchill
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Special Free eBook Download – FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution
To every person there comes in their lifetime that special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy … Continue reading
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FASTBREAK Strategy Execution . . . An Introduction
(This is an excerpt from the introduction of my forthcoming book, FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution, which will be available in early Jan. 2013 on Amazon and Kindle) When I was in high school in the 1960s I … Continue reading
What Leadership Class Did They Take?
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~Thomas Jefferson Great news! The discussion about leadership from my previous blogs, A Chance Meeting at the Airport and Leadership Can’t Be Taught . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Amazon.com, Bonnie Tyler, business books, learning leadership, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, positive leadership, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, World Business Forum
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