I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today about how CEO turnover has declined from 15.4% in 2005 to 13.8% in 2007, This data is part of a Booz & Co. analysis that was released today. An optimist might think that overall CEO performance is improving, while a pessimist might say that [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
New Leader Journeys and Engagement Journeys Series
The complimentary New Leader Journeys with Mark Walztoni teleseminar series launched on May 15th. This six-part series relates to a leader’s critical first 90 days on a new role, and are hosted or presented by me. My special guest presenters series are Matt Rix, (www.mattrixx.com), an executive storytelling coach, and Kathy Trickey, (www.ktglobalassociates.com), a global and virtual [...]
The 49% Solution to Improve Leadership Transitions
Leadership IQ, a global leadership training and research company recently completed a three-year study of the reasons for leadership failure. They found that the top five reasons for failure were;
Poor Coach-ability (26%) – The inability to accept and implement feedback from bosses, colleagues, customers, and others.
Lack of Emotional Intelligence (23%) – The inability to understand [...]
A New Leader Journey – Randy Falco, Former CEO of AOL
I’ve been thinking about how Randy Falco, AOL’s former CEO, was described in an article titled, “Dead Man Walking – Journey to Nowhere” in the April 2008 issue of Fast Company. It won’t be much of a surprise that the article was negative, but it illustrated probably the most polar opposite example than Jim Farley, the [...]