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CIO: Authentic Leadership: Building An Organization That Thrives

Credit: Getty Images Originally published on CIO.com Authentic leaders place their emphasis on people, values, and ethics, creating a culture of authenticity, transparency, and honesty that ensures all employees are empowered and heard. Leadership styles have traditionally centered their focus on profits, share prices, and productivity, but a new approach increasingly taken up by today’s leaders, known as “authentic leadership,” takes…

NY Times: How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed

Credit: NY Times Bill George contributes to NY Times article on Jack Welch’s legacy and the GE culture; May 21, 2022 When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General Electric, whom many revered as the greatest chief executive of all time. David Zaslav, the C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery and a Welch…

Martha Goldberg Aronson: Taking on Added Responsibility

Courtesy: CONMED Corporation In her early years at Medtronic, Martha Goldberg Aronson developed a reputation as a high-potential leader. She joined the company’s acquisitions group and was selected two years later as a Medtronic Fellow to attend business school. Rejoining Medtronic as product manager, she was soon promoted to run a start-up venture and eventually became general manager of the…

Matt Salzberg: Riding the Startup Rollercoaster

Courtesy: Fortune At 36, Matt Salzberg looked like the next business superstar. As CEO of Blue Apron, his picture graced the cover of Forbes with the headline, “To Infinity and Beyond.” His equity in his 5,000-employee company was worth $500 million. Glowing media coverage hailed Matt’s successes. Yet within a year, Blue Apron became the worst-performing IPO of 2017. Forbes…

The Real Tragedy of Elizabeth Holmes

On Monday, January 3, a jury found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of four counts of criminal fraud. She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each count. But the real tragedy goes much deeper. Had the company not failed in 2016, it could have caused enormous harm to unsuspecting patients who believed its test results were valid.…

I Voted for Joe Biden – Here’s Why

A Vote for Unity and Stability over Continuing Divisiveness and Chaos On September 23 Penny and I voted in person at an early voting place in Minneapolis. I cast my vote for President for Joe Biden. Here is why I made that choice: In the world’s most powerful leadership position, America needs a leader who will bring us together as…

The Leader As Coach

Hansi Flick’s Remarkable Turnaround at Bayern Munich Ever since Hansi Flick took over from Niko Kovac at Bayern Munich, the results have been nothing short of spectacular. After losing two games in a row shortly after becoming head coach, Flick has led Bayern to a 38-game unbeaten streak heading into Sunday’s Champion’s League finals against Paris St. Germain. Under Flick’s…

WSJ: U.S. Companies Lose Hope for Quick Rebound From Covid-19

Big U.S. companies are deciding March and April moves won’t cut it. The fierce resurgence of Covid-19 cases and related business shutdowns are dashing hopes of a quick recovery, prompting businesses from airlines to restaurant chains to again shift their strategies and staffing or ramp up previous plans to do so. They are turning furloughs into permanent layoffs, de-emphasizing their core businesses…