Entries by Chuck

Six Priorities for CEOs in Turbulent Times

Last week, McKinsey & Company representatives shared a briefing discussing their recently published special report, What matters most? Six priorities for CEOs in turbulent times. Liz Segel, Senior Partner, Chief Client Officer and Managing Partner, Global Industry Practices, New York and Homayoun Hatami, Senior Partner and Managing Partner, Global Client Capabilities, Paris, shared their insights. […]

Why are Executive Leadership Teams Failing to Perform?

What Can Be Done? If you are a CEO and you have lost confidence in the performance of your executive leadership team (top team), you are not alone.  According to a recent study, CEOs, top team members, and their direct reports have all lost confidence in the top team over the last eighteen months. Results […]

Top Reports for Healthcare CEOs in 2023

Informative Resources for Executives to Create Massive Value For the first time in person since 2020, the 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is taking place January 9-12, in San Francisco. Over 8,000 attendees representing 550 healthcare companies have gathered for the premier conference, widely considered to be the largest and most informative healthcare investment […]

The CEO’s List of “Must Have” Tools for 2023

The Best New Studies, Books, Articles, Apps and Resources for CEOs who Seek to Create Value in an Uncertain World In today’s turbulent business world, CEOs need all the help they can get to navigate the treacherous waters. Despite the supply chain, inflation and great resignation challenges, the job of every CEO remains to create […]

Be the CEO Who Gives Gifts and Thanks

During the past two weeks, the business news has been dominated by tech companies that are laying off staff. Meta laid off 11,000 employees or 13% of their workforce. Twitter terminated the employment of 3,700, nearly 50% of its staff.  A long list of other companies followed. Intel, Snap, Robinhood, Stripe, Salesforce, Lyft, Microsoft, Shopify, […]

How Medtech CEOs Are Falling Short – On Purpose!

After two long years, Advamed’s annual MedTech Conference took place in Boston last week. Over two thousand executives, entrepreneurs and medical device professionals gathered to share ideas, learn, network and connect for three days.  The importance of a company’s purpose – the overarching guiding principle for why the firm exists – was raised many times […]

Attention All CEOs: Torpedo the Performance Review – Try the “W5” Instead

The loathed performance appraisal is raising its ugly head again across corporations. Many companies that halted reviews during the pandemic now have employee performance in their crosshairs. The Dreaded Performance Review Makes a Comeback appeared as the lead article in the Wall Street Journal’s C-Suite Strategies section on September 19, 2022. Meta Platforms (Facebook), Google, McKinsey, CarParts.com, […]

What Do Exceptional, Value-Creating CEOs Actually Do?

Every CEO has six key responsibilities they must embrace. Exceptional CEOs think and act differently as to how they carry out their responsibilities.  They take different actions and deploy practices that create great value. These mindsets and practices can be learned, applied, and mastered. The first responsibility is set the direction. The accompanying mindset of […]