Posts for: Leadership

The Psychology of Feedback: Why Executives Struggles and How to Overcome It

Any teacher, coach, or elite performer understands that accurate, well-timed feedback enhances performance. Yet many executives are uncomfortable with the...

Talent Management Strategies for Mitigating Leadership Risk in Private Equity

Ask successful investors what they look for in portfolio companies, and many will tell you they’d rather put money on...

Will You Hit the Ground Running as a First-Time CEO?

In our last blog, we shared five key pieces of advice to help first-time CEOs hit the ground running when...

Getting It Right as a First-Time CEO

At RHR, we work with hundreds of CEOs every year. Many are first-time CEOs from outside the organization, and transitioning...

Trust, Transparency, and Mutiny in the Workplace

Employees in the UK are sending a signal to their leaders that enough is enough. From nurses to paramedics, midwives...

Succession Management: Part of the Business Continuity Jigsaw Puzzle

Succession management is business continuity planning for talent. But while 90% of HR leaders agree that succession management can be...

Thinking Outside the 9-Box

For time immemorial (well, since the 1970s when it was developed by McKinsey & Co.), the 9-box grid has been...

C-Suite Preparation for Board Meetings: Do You Know Your ROI?

In the pursuit of good governance, the board of directors of publicly held companies meet four or more times per...

When CEO Retirement is on the Horizon

Ideally, CEO-succession planning begins the day after the new leader starts and continues throughout this CEO’s tenure. However, once chief...

Being Yourself is a Competitive Advantage

“I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took...