Why the best CEOs make their first year both a personal transition and a profound moment of institutional renewal — with this quartet of skills.
Carolyn Dewar is a senior partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She co-leads McKinsey’s CEO Excellence service line, and is co-author of A CEO for All Seasons.
Andrew Gazdecki — the founder and CEO of Acquire.com — explores the skillsets and pitfalls of selling a business. And why it’s often crucial to start all over again.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
What happens when your boss decides to weaponize positivity in the workplace?
Mita Mallick is the author of Reimagine Inclusion and The Devil Emails at Midnight.
What worked before won’t necessarily work this time — and the best leaders will adapt.
Every opportunity seized is another lost — but not choosing is the worst choice of all.
The father of relativity understood that “not everything that counts can be counted” — as do today’s most impactful leaders.
Times of crisis tend to produce “hard” leaders, but — driven by Generations Y and Z — a softer leadership style has taken root globally.
So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.
How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
Step 1: Don’t solve the wrong problem.
Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.