Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category

What A Difference A Week Makes

What a difference a week makes. Last week the coach of the New England Patriots made a decision to go for a first down instead of punting the ball. Those of you who are familiar with the Patriots football team, you’ve seen them make this type of play many times and go on to win [...]

November 25, 2009   Posted in: Leadership  No Comments

When More Than Operational Skills Are Needed

In two posts I wrote about the elephants dancing over at Bank of America.  The recent upheavel over Ken Lewis announcing his retirement could have have been avoided with a process known as succession planning.  Well check out this recent NY Times Business article by Joe Nocera.

October 3, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Accountability, Leadership  No Comments

The Dance Has Become A Stampede At Bank of America

It looks like the elephants are about to stampede over at Bank of America.  It seems that of all the external candidates qualified to do the job come with baggage as reported in the NY Times article.  But this quote gets to the heart of the problem:
“Mr. Lewis, who intends to leave on Dec. 31, did [...]

October 2, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Leadership  No Comments

The Elephants Are Dancing At Bank of America

The elephants are dancing again, this time it’s over at Bank of America. Kenneth Lewis will be stepping down at the end of this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that BofA directors were ‘blindsided’ by his announcement, I’m not so sure about that, when he came back from a vacation in Aspen he came [...]

October 1, 2009   Posted in: Leadership  2 Comments

Musical Chairs at the Top of Intel and EMC

I recently read in the Wall Street Journal about a three way race about to take place at Intel for the position of CEO. It seems that Sean Maloney, David Perlmutter and Andy Bryant are in a three legged race for the top spot.
The safe bet is Mr. Maloney, as the article put it, “The [...]

September 23, 2009   Posted in: Leadership  No Comments