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Succession Planning Creates Transition Success (Part 1)
Throughout 2022, trends such as the Great Recession and Quiet Quitting were rampant. In 2023, retaining top talent and planning for...
Apr 25, 20235 min read
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COVID-19: Long-Term Imperatives For Strategic Leaders
In late spring BK Simerson, Ed.D. and I surveyed over 100 CEOs, Presidents, COOs, and senior-level executives across the U.S....
Dec 21, 20209 min read
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COVID-19 Related Changes: Implications for Strategic Leadership (Part 2)
The study of 128 CEOs, Presidents, COOs, and senior-level executives spanning 50 industries across the United States (many of them with...
Jul 7, 20204 min read
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COVID-19 Related Changes: Implications for Strategic Leadership (Part 1)
On March 10th, at the last face-to face meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the COO Forum, the members shared ideas to ensure a safe...
Jul 1, 20203 min read
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COVID-19 Related Changes: Implications for Social Transformation (Part 2)
The results of our study suggest that COVID-19 has helped set the stage for more open communication, frank and honest dialogue, and a...
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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COVID-19 Related Changes: Implications for Social Transformation (Part 1)
Headlines such as “Diversity still Matters in Times of COVID-19” are disappointing. From my perspective, diversity “still” matters to the...
Jun 17, 20203 min read
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COVID-19 Changes Support Widespread Social Transformation
Real change may be aided by good intentions, but good intensions are not enough. We work with and survey top executives in American...
Jun 16, 20205 min read
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Leading Strategically Through a Crisis
A central question executives must answer during this COVID-19 public health crisis is, “First, how do we get through this and then how ...
May 15, 20206 min read
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Strategic planning for organizational success
Published in the Philanthropy Journal April 30, 2010 In the world of nonprofits, 2009 was the year of emergency-room triage. The economic...
Apr 30, 20103 min read
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