How Leaders Still Fail the Racism Sexism Test
Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stones and his publisher, Hachette Book Group, recently chose racism and sexism. Here’s what to learn from it.
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How to Fix Leadership Mistakes – Learning from CNN’s Example
Even the best screw up. So how do you make it right? Warner Bros. Discovery and CNN demonstrate how to fix leadership mistakes.
Your First 90 Days: How to Start Your New Leadership Role Right.
Your first 90 days in a new leadership role are critical for success. Linda Yaccarino did it wrong at Twitter. So, how do you do it right?
Twitter (X) Has a People Leadership Problem, Not a Branding Problem.
Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, and the former Twitter company have a leadership problem – not a branding problem.
Unethical Leaders Capture Profits from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink, Unilever CEOs Hein Schumacher (June) and Alan Jope (prior), Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put, and Nestle CEO Ulf Mark Schneider have all demonstrated a lack of ethical behavior. Each of their organizations promised to exit business in Russia when war began. These leaders …
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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace
Southwest Airlines has been celebrated as a champion of employees and servant leadership for decades. So what went wrong? We learn from this incident: Invest in Technology, Accept Responsibility, Maintain Reasonable Margins, Overcompensate, and Brand Your Changes.
Black Eye for FIFA Leadership: Enabling Hate Over Love
What would you call a leader who threatened an organization trying to help a marginalized group? FIFA is one name you could use. Their promise to penalize any organization showing support for the LGBQ community is black eye for the organization and their leaders.
Does Starbucks New CEO Signal a Culture Change?
Starbucks announced yesterday that Laxman Narasimhan will replace CEO Howard Schultz as the company’s new CEO. Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. As successor to Schultz, Narasimhan has big shoes to fill and begs …
Simone Biles: Mental Health Servant-Leader
We’ve seen Simone Biles as a leader for gymnasts, the Olympics, and other athletes for years. Yesterday, she showed us Ms. Biles is also a leader for mental health. The best leaders are those who believe in something strongly enough they are willing to sacrifice to make it happen. For this reason, many of the …
New Study Ranks Fortune 500 and INC 500 Leadership by Employee Feedback
A new study by Radiant Forest, LLC ranked all Fortune 500 companies and the top 500 of the INC 5,000, according to their online employee feedback scores. The study analyzed 17 different attributes across Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn to derive a single score, called the Digital Leadership Culture Index™ (DLCI). The DLCI score allows employers, …
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