Leadership
CEOs Have Lost Touch with Frontline Workers
When I was the CEO of Medtronic, I established a 30/30/30/10 target for my time — 30% with customers, 30% with frontline employees, 30% with executives, and 10% …
November 9, 2022
7 min read
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Leadership
What Makes a Great Leader?
When Ajay Banga took over as CEO of Mastercard, in 2010, he knew that disruption of the payments industry was imminent. But rather than compete for market share …
September 19, 2022
17 min read
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The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Ranking: The Best-Performing CEOs Overview: Resisting the Lure of Short-Termism Roundtable: What CEOs Really Worry About Methodology: How We Calculated the …
November 1, 2016
20 min read
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Avoiding the Behaviors That Turn Nice Employees into Mean Bosses
In the behavioral research I’ve conducted over the past 20 years, I’ve uncovered a disturbing pattern: While people usually gain power through traits and …
October 1, 2016
11 min read
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Assessment: Is Your Power Corrupting You?
People usually gain power through traits and actions that advance the interests of others, such as empathy, collaboration, openness, fairness, and sharing. When …
September 14, 2016
1 min read
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“Both/And” Leadership
Jack Welch once claimed that great leaders are “relentless and boring.” Management thinkers largely agree: Good leaders, so the narrative goes, are consistent …
May 1, 2016
18 min read
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Assessment: What’s Your Leadership Style?
Leadership|Assessment: What’s Your Leadership Style? Give a Gift! Hi, mrkiko Latest Magazine Topics Podcasts Store The Big Idea Data & Visuals Case …
June 25, 2015
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Who’s Got Those Top Jobs?
Artwork: Liliana Porter, Axe Man (with green shirt), 2011, figurine on cube, 7 1/4″ x 6″ x 6″ Each era has its own senior-executive profile. A century ago many …
March 1, 2014
13 min read
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Leadership Is a Conversation
The command-and-control approach to management has in recent years become less and less viable. Globalization, new technologies, and changes in how companies …
June 1, 2012
19 min read
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Are You a Collaborative Leader?
Artwork: Geoffrey Cottenceau and Romain Rousset, Vide-cartons, 2006 Watching his employees use a new social technology, Marc Benioff, the CEO of …
July 1, 2011
17 min read