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Why some companies never lose momentum

Viewed in Heidrick & Struggles Insights Every company can enjoy a period of exceptional performance. A successful product launch, a major acquisition, or favorable market conditions can produce impressive results. The harder challenge is maintaining that performance over many years, through changing markets, leadership transitions, and inevitable periods of fatigue. This article from Heidrick &… More

Improve team performance with org charts and reporting clarity

Viewed in Egon Zehnder A recent study of over 75 CEOs and BU heads across Spain, Portugal, and Italy reveals that while executive teams are largely aligned on strategy, they struggle with two critical areas: conflict resolution and time management. CEOs agree—strong leadership isn’t just about individual brilliance but cohesive, structured collaboration guided by mutual… More

Unlocking corporate vitality with people, technology, and org charts

Viewed in BCG BCG’s Vitality Code reveals a roadmap for sustainable, value-creating growth by mastering four dimensions: strategy, technology, people, and culture. At the heart of the framework is a proprietary index built on 24 measurable biomarkers—used to identify how firms like Workday, Nubank, Databricks, and Siemens Healthineers outperform peers in shareholder value creation and… More

The executive playbook: structuring for peak performance

Business today is a high-stakes game. Just as modern athletes outperform past legends, today’s top executives must evolve or risk getting benched.

Success isn’t just about talent—it’s about how you structure your time, your team, and your org chart for maximum impact.

How to pick a successor who won’t let you down

Leadership turnover at the top destroys close to $1 trillion annually among the S&P 1500, highlighting the need for effective succession planning.

To navigate economic shifts, regulatory changes, and technological disruptions, organizations must assess leaders not just on past performance, but on their potential to thrive in an evolving landscape.

CEO expiration date: knowing when to say goodbye

Viewed in Fortune Determining the right time for a CEO to step down is a complex challenge for corporate America. While examples like Warren Buffett’s 54-year tenure at Berkshire Hathaway show long-term success, others like Fred Kindle’s brief but impactful three-year stint at ABB illustrate the opposite. On average, CEOs in the S&P 500 serve… More

Unlocking organizational health is your blueprint for success

Viewed in McKinsey Out of the last 15 years, companies have never shaken up their organizational charts as much as they did in 2023, as our data clearly shows. Does this revelation surprise us? Not really. For the authors, Alex Camp, Arne Gast, Drew Goldstein, and Brooke Weddle at McKinsey, it’s a telling sign of… More

No one likes annual performance reviews—Here’s how to get rid of them

Viewed in Bloomberg In an era where the divide within organizations between employers and employees has seemingly never been greater with divisions over where work should be done, how much employees should be compensated for their work in an inflationary economy, and other significant questions that have largely emerged over the past year, there might… More

Questions to Get the Most out of Your Midyear Review

Viewed in Korn Ferry Midyear and annual performance reviews have become more formalized processes in recent years. On the surface, that may seem positive, and it is: You can be reasonably confident a review will occur, and you can be reasonably confident the process will be similar to that of your peers. But regular reviews… More

The Boss Factor: Making the World a Better Place through Workplace Relationships

Viewed in McKinsey & Company As a growing number of companies reflect on their obligations to society’s betterment beyond their traditional focus on providing desirable products and services at a profit, they need not look far from home. “Because of the connection between happiness at work and overall life satisfaction, improving employee happiness could make… More

Good Leadership is an Act of Kindness

Viewed in Harvard Business Review What attributes define the successful executive and manager? Hard skills, compassion and kindness It seems like we move through evolutionary periods in business management that emphasize hard skills and metric-driven performance only to later discover that we’ve emphasized them at the expense of soft skills and need to be reminded… More

How to create a workplace that actually inspires passion

Viewed in Harvard Business Review Companies of the world confront many challenges. None are likely greater than the ongoing question of how they will navigate their way back to normalcy (if that is even possible at all) from the world’s hugely damaging coronavirus pandemic. Yet one additional cost of the pandemic is that it is… More