I was in a meeting this past week with a Business Owner of a mid-sized company and we were talking about, what else, how to create a social media strategy that leverages his business strategy. While that was an interesting and lively discussion, it wasn’t the point – it was about “innovation” in his organization…
Over the past several months we have been talking with a variety of companies and executives about how they are creating innovative environments and innovative cultures in their organizations. While we have heard some great success stories, we have also heard many tales of concern about how to build an “innovative organization and culture”. This…
The death of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Steve Jobs has brought a lot of talk about the characteristics of the ideal chief executive officer. One school of thought holds that successful CEOs are team players, good listeners and humble. In the book “Good to Great,” Jim Collins called such people “Level 5” leaders. Yet Jobs and…
At the start of the July CEOtoCEO Breakfast John Hartman asked the 52 CEOs attending, “What are some of the qualities and characteristics of your best employees?” As with most CEOs, they aren’t shy so a number of responses rang out. They were great responses and were covering just about every area you could think…