Posts for: Insight

CEO Selection: Insiders Versus Outsiders

I’ve been involved in several situations lately where a sudden CEO departure has left a gaping hole. At times, it...

Working in Fear: Moving from Uncertainty Toward Trust

Corporate environments are often defined by an inherently competitive environment where clarity on how to be successful becomes increasingly more...

New Thinking on Board Evaluations: Give Directors Feed-Forward

Since 2009, the New York Stock Exchange has required the boards of listed companies to conduct annual board performance evaluations....

Finding The Hidden Talent in Your Organization

Executives tend to have a few key attributes they look for in the next generation of leaders that signal a...

Client Perspective: President & CEO John Doyle of Marsh

Designed to help CEOs and senior executives grow in their leadership, this occasional series offers insights that are seldom seen...

Intentionality and Decision-Making in the Senior Team

Effective leadership often comes down to two critical tasks: making good decisions and engaging others to execute those decisions. While...

Leadership Teams in a Time of Disruption: A New Level of Play

In the United States, we are in the midst of championship softball at the collegiate and high-school levels. The teams...

How You Too Can Avoid #MeToo: How Boards & CEOs Can Shape Culture

In the past year, there have been scores of reported misconduct in companies across virtually every industry and sector. From...

A Mother’s (and Father’s!) Day Call-to-Action

This is the third of a four-part series examining patterns of gender bias affecting female executives, and how “bias interrupters”...

Gender Bias: Balancing on the Tightrope

This is the second of a four-part series examining patterns of gender bias affecting female executives, and how “bias interrupters”...