Day: July 11, 2013

Chief executives around the world are gearing up their efforts to innovate and find new ways to do business, in order to stimulate growth in a challenging global business environment. According to a PwC Pulse Survey of 246 CEOs in North and South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East reveals that 97% of CEOs see innovation as a top priority for their business. The Pulse Survey was conducted as a follow-up to the recent PwC CEO Survey of 1,330 CEOs around the globe which showed innovation to be a major and lingering CEO concern.

Is your organization infected with unhealthy behaviors such as shifting blame, turfism or gossiping? If so, you aren’t alone. These are among the most common and costly infections to take root in organizations. A recent study of 2,308 people which measured the frequency, costs and cures for these common behavioral infections, points to five steps that will help leaders advance positive change.

Amedisys, a Baton Rouge, LA-based home health and hospice care company focused on bringing home care to more than 35,000, faced its toughest challenge in 1997 after 15 years since its creation. It even came within a hair of declaring bankruptcy. Its CEO Bill Borne expands on how he and his team overcame a challenge familiar to many young firms—how to beat the growth cycle when the firm hits the top end of the “S” curve where it’s difficult to move forward and impossible to stay where you are.