Keeping Control of the Top Team
Lead executives should stay loyal to the company, not create fiefdoms of their own. Here’s how one CEO dealt with an empire-builder on his own top team.
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Business Breathing
If only learning and teaching were as natural to us as breathing. But if you don’t keep learning and teaching in a significant manner, you’ll get less and less accomplished, and you’ll make less and less difference in the world.
Vision Vector – Siren Software
Startups require a mind-set from their CEO that is very different from that appropriate to larger, more established companies. It’s hard to fathom now, but back in 1994 the future of internet e-mail was still in doubt. At the time Jeffrey Morrison, now CEO of Stage One Partners in Los Gatos, piloted a startup e-mail firm called Siren Software.
Firing Key Employees; When You Must, and How – Availigent
CEOs have the duty to stay on mission and pursue the firm’s vision, even if it means firing a troublesome employee with critical knowledge. This article talks about how to reduce the risks to the company and prepare to make the change, using CEO Bud Michaels of Availigent, a software firm, as a case study.
Managing Young Employees Yields Insights for All – LeMans Karting
Take a troubled business with young, troubled employees, and turn it around by deeply engaging and tapping the potential in each employee. CEO Rick Gaan of LeMans Karting and his wife June show how genuine concern for your employees is good for business.
Weak, Shortsighted or Out of Control: Why CEOs Don’t Insist on Great Teams
Why don’t CEOs insist on great top teams in their own organizations? Are they too tolerant of failure and/or poor performance? A talk to the Alliance of Chief Executives by CEO Jim Pouliot of CSAA inspired this exploration of why CEOs continually struggle with the issue, and what they can do about it.
The Illnesses that Plague Decision Making
How does your company make decisions? Is your top team afflicted by one of these four illnesses? Learn how to curb the infection and mitigate the damage.
Bonding a New Top Team Under Pressure – Mattson
Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Mattson Technology (MTSN) was in deep trouble, and replaced its founder with a new CEO, Dave Dutton. Read how Dave built a new leadership culture amidst the transition chaos and set a more prosperous course for the company.
Stop Consultants Running Amok – Bishop Wisecarver
Consultants of various kinds can be of great benefit to a business. Pamela Kan, President of Bishop Wisecarver, had a consultant save her neck then outstay their welcome. Knowing when to let consultants go is as crucial as knowing when to bring them on board.
Great People Doing the Right Things – NetApp
Top teams don’t just happen by accident. Dan Warmenhoven, Former Chairman & CEO of NetApp, recruits the best, eliminates the rest, and reveals the CEO’s ultimate purpose: to render themselves “jobless.”
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).