1: The best CEOs establish a mindset for their leadership teams.
“The top team is every member’s ‘first team,'” McKinsey consultants Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in their book CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
“The best CEOs are unequivocal on this issue,” Carolyn, Scott, and Vikram note. “This means that everyone is expected to put the … continue reading
1: Imagine walking through a forest.
“The diversity of trees you’ll see can be quite dazzling,” write McKinsey consultants Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
“Douglas fir, white pine, Aspen, red maple, and oak soar toward the sky, each individually competing with the others for sunlight and space.”
Is this true? Actually … continue reading
1: Who is typically the highest-paid player on an NFL team? ask Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra in their book CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
The quarterback. Because he executes almost every play on offense. The quarterback is responsible for putting points on the scoreboard.
Who is the second highest paid?
Most “people guess running backs or … continue reading
1: Splat.
A multiyear Research & Development project for the Dutch firm DSM‘s picture frame glass business had failed.
Here’s where things got interesting.
DSM’s CEO Feike Sijbesma “had set up a ‘Hall of Failures’ where the company organized funerals for failed projects,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
“The … continue reading
