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Go Ahead… Drive Your Company Out of Business

Frustrated by their inability to get things done, many executives want to know how to overcome internal resistance and promote a culture of empowered, transformative thinkers. How about creating a new company within the old? It’s a radical concept called NewCo.

Brian Klapper CEO Briefing Newsletter April 3 2013

How Walmart Trains Better Leaders

In 2009, Damian McKinney, a former Royal Marine and Iraq war veteran, was engaged by Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon to devise a better leadership-development program for the world’s largest retailer; it has since become the Walmart Leadership Academy. Crotonville, eat your heart out.

 JP Donlon CEO Briefing Newsletter March 28 2013

What to Do About Swelling U.S. Cash Piles

U.S. non-financial companies held a record $1.45 trillion in cash at the end of 2012, up 10 percent from the previous year, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Apple and a handful of other tech firms have raised the overall liquidity of public companies. The richest industries are technology, healthcare and pharmaceutical, energy and consumer products, according to Moody’s.

ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter March 27 2013

10 CEOs Earn ‘Only’ $1 a Year

CEO.com assembled a list of 10 “big-time CEOs” who earn a base salary of just $1 a year. At a time when most CEOs are notorious for enormous pay packages (on average $10.5 million, according to Forbes), these 10 have opted for something less lofty. They do have one thing in common: all are entrepreneurial with all but one—Eddie Lampert—having founded a business. Yes, Virginia, founder-entrepreneurs do think differently than manager-CEOs.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter March 27 2013

Using War Games to Battle Test Your Innovation Strategy

When launching new offerings innovators commonly fail to anticipate their rivals actions and motivations. McKinsey strategy practice experts say that war gaming competitors can help focus innovators in the way they identify markets, seize opportunities and shape their new products and services.

ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter March 27 2013

Shaping a Culture that Drives Agility and Innovation

CEOs ponder the intangible asset that can make or break a company’s future.

 Jennifer Pellet March 25 2013

Leveraging Social Media to Collaborate with Employees and Customers

If you’re not speaking for yourself, others will speak for you.

 John Kador CEO Briefing Newsletter March 22 2013

Six Lessons in How to Turn Crisis into Opportunity with Superior Customer Experience

Can you believe it? Carnival Cruise Lines suffered yet another incident on March 14, shining a spotlight on the importance of customer experience once again. No company can long survive such a bruising experience. There are lessons for SMEs to ensure customer loyalty.

 Brad Smith CEO Briefing Newsletter March 21 2013

How CEOs Can Defy Innovation Inertia

CEOs play a pivotal role in leading their organizations to continuously innovate and generate a steady stream of new value. As part of this, one major challenge they face is balancing the many opposing forces, which can inadvertently result in a mysterious inertia that stalls these efforts.

 Pamela S. Harper and D. Scott Harper CEO Briefing Newsletter March 20 2013

Does Marissa Mayer Have What It Takes to Fix Yahoo?

Fred Hassan, a six time turnaround CEO, has his doubts but feels as a product leader, Marissa Mayer is the right person. The difficulty lies in the fact that as a newly minted public company CEO, she has never seen a turnaround at Google—and needs advice and support to undertake what arguably is the most difficult task any CEO faces.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter March 20 2013

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