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Are you asking the wrong questions?

What smart CEOs have learned about getting the best from digital media

 Clark Kokich Leadership & Strategy August 17 2012

GM CEO Frustrated by Bureaucracy and Why He Is Not Alone

If there was any remaining doubt about the importance of culture to a company’s prospects one needs to look no further than a recent town hall meeting at GM where the CEO Dan Akerson told workers that while the company has made progress in shrinking the bureaucracy, the old sclerotic culture still exists and needs to be replaced with something more attuned to the 21st century.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , Leadership & Strategy August 16 2012

Expect Lawsuit Boon as a Result of Obamacare

There is one sector of the economy that will unquestionably benefit from the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare): Lawyers. According to Crain’s, attorneys are girding for the health care law’s potential to gush a flood of legal suits against employers. ACA is the gift to the plaintiffs bar that keeps on giving.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , Health/Benefits , Leadership & Strategy , Talent Management August 1 2012

Three Tips to Becoming More Strategic

You don’t need a formal strategy role to help shape your organization’s strategic direction. Start by moving beyond frameworks and communicating in a more engaging way, say McKinsey experts.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , Leadership & Strategy August 1 2012

6 Simple Practices that Will Turn Your Sales Team into Pros

Transforming your sales team into an organized, seasoned, competitive, and ultimately effective group of power-players is probably a lot easier than you think. The independent mindset we sometimes attribute to our sales team can be a huge detriment to having high close rates, but this is totally avoidable.

ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter , Leadership & Strategy July 26 2012

How Do We Know Which Decisions and Policies Will Work?

In 1999, Jim Manzi started a software company called Applied Predictictive Technologies (APT) that pioneered the development of experimental methods now used by dozens of companies to set prices, offer different products, and identify and market to customers.

 JP Donlon Leadership & Strategy , Technology July 19 2012

Leading Transformative Growth

The business landscape is littered with the carcasses of companies that failed to adapt to changing conditions. Don’t join them.

 Jennifer Pellet Leadership & Strategy , ROUNDTABLES July 16 2012

It Happened To Yahoo, It Will Happen To You

High level hires can backfire as in the case of Yahoo’s Scott Thompson but using the three tools cited here, an executive hire should never blow up in your face.

Chas Klivans Governance/Compliance , Internet , Leadership & Strategy , Technology July 10 2012

American Vanadium: Energizing Solutions

The Challenge You’re the CEO of a Canadian mining and exploration company whose resources have been focused on extracting vanadium—a [...]

 Jennifer Pellet Leadership & Strategy June 29 2012

How Procurement Innovation Can Drive Productivity Gains

A recent McKinsey study identifies technology innovations in supply chain integration as the ideal path to productivity gains necessary for increased competitiveness. Procurement is an easy way to start.

 William Gindlesperger Leadership & Strategy , Operations June 23 2012

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