From the CEO down—how many of your senior leaders will leave by 2010? If you answer more than half, you’re not alone. According to a recent study, 50 percent of all companies surveyed believed that more than half of their senior leaders would leave in the next 5 years. Who will assume these leaders’ roles? […]
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Building a Leadership Pipeline: Developing a Sustainable Supply of Leaders Ready to Execute Your Strategy—Now and in the Future
Posted on 18 January 2009.
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Layoffs. Downsizing. Rightsizing. Job cuts. Separations. Terminations. Workforce reductions. Off-shoring. Outsourcing. Cutting Jobs as Corporate Strategy?
Posted on 18 January 2009.
From Knowledge@Wharton: When Circuit City in 2007 that it was laying off 3,400 workers so it could rehire new ones at lower salaries, it raised the question of just what strategic benefits the company — or any company — expects to achieve through employee downsizing. Clearly these benefits depend on the underlying strength of the […]
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Bridging Your Goals with Their Goals: A ‘Context-driven Approach to Leadership’
Posted on 17 January 2009.
While changing jobs and shifting careers is hardly unusual in today’s business world, Russ Palmer is somewhat unique in that he has been the leader of three very different organisations over the past several decades. He was CEO of Touche Ross (now Deloitte & Touche) for 10 years, dean of Wharton for seven years, and […]
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In Innovation, Apple Leads… But the Game’s Not Over. This HBR article looks at how to be a long-term innovator
Posted on 17 January 2009.
Jim Andrew and Hal Sirkin are Senior Partners and Managing Directors of The Boston Consulting Group and coauthors of “Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation”, a book that offers a new way to think about and manage innovation that will dramatically improve the odds of success. If you read recent cover stories in […]
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The Director’s Dilemma – governance advice for company directors
Posted on 16 January 2009.
“The Director’s Dilemma” is a monthly newsletter issued by Julie Garland McLellan, an expert governance adviser to boards and directors on the complex and challenging issues they face. Julie uses her experience and depth of knowledge in corporate governance to show boards with limited resources how to be more effective through practical governance innovation and […]
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Strategy’s strategists: Putting strategy into strategic planning
Posted on 16 January 2009.
Richard Rumelt, a giant in the field of strategic planning, explains why it often isn’t strategic at all. He also sounds off on diversification, how companies can capitalize on a changing business environment, managing for share prices, and the role of the CEO. Click here to read the interview with Richard Rumelt
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