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Close Your “Middle” Skills Gap

The inability to find enough people with the ‘right’ skills is inhibiting growth and will worsen. Apprenticeships and vocational training are part of the solution. Here’s a practical way to improve the human capital needs of your company.

 Nick Wyman Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness June 15 2012

Why CEOs Are Taking on More Direct Reports

The CEO’s span of control has roughly doubled over the past twenty years, from almost 5 to just under 10. Two immediate questions come to mind: Why? And is this making CEOs more—or less—effective?

 Gary L. Neilson Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness , Talent Management April 9 2012

Connecting the Company to the CEO

Chief Executives who connect personally with the company earn the power to lead employees out of their comfort zones to tackle big challenges and drive performance.

 Eric Sass and Tom Varian Personal Effectiveness February 14 2012

Does Your Moral Intelligence Have Economic Consequences?

Every CEO likes to think he or she displays complete integrity as a leader. When investors or employees think otherwise there can be unwelcome valuation consequences.

 Fred Kiel, Ph.D. and Doug Lennick Personal Effectiveness January 4 2012

Increase Your Chances of Survival as CEO

Are you aware of your blindspots – do you rate your leadership higher than stakeholders do and, therefore, sometimes misfire as a leader? Chances are you may find outside intervention helpful.

David Brookmire Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness December 6 2011
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Slowing Down CEO Churn

CEO tenure has gotten increasingly shorter and more intense, according to a decade-long study from Booz & Co. But what’s causing the increased turnover rate? And how can CEOs operate in order to not fall victim to the trend? You can start with creating a learning plan.

 John P. Schuster Governance/Compliance , Personal Effectiveness , Talent Management August 18 2011
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VIDEO: IBM’s Saul Berman on the Best Business Books for CEOs

Chief Executive magazine Editor JP Donlon interviewed IBM Global Business Services’ Saul Berman for the May/June 2011 issue. Here, Berman lists the most important business books that CEOs should read.

 ChiefExecutive.net Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness , Videos July 12 2011

Glossary of Business Terms for Future CEOs

Future business leaders will need to be up to speed on terminology. Here is a list of the most basic terms that a CEO has to know.

 ChiefExecutive.net Personal Effectiveness June 26 2011

The CEO’s Glossary to Business Acronyms

AAR – average annual return ACH – automated clearing house—a collection of 32 regional electronic interbank networks used to process [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net Personal Effectiveness October 5 2011

Selling the Best Hour of the Day to Yourself

Many of the best organizations are learning organizations that encourage their employees to take time to think creatively and innovate. Do you put a priority on learning? Here’s an idea to use your time in clever ways to advance your learning and thus your effectiveness.

 Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness , Talent Management , Talent Management May 3 2011

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