Today's Leadership Pulse
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says CEO role is simple, AI will handle decisions
Sundar Pichai told The Verge that being a CEO is "not that complicated" and that AI agents will soon make many routine decisions, freeing leaders to focus on strategy. He noted that Google engineers are shifting from manual coding to directing AI‑driven product teams, reflecting a broader change in how leadership operates.
The C-Suite Is Messier than You Think, with Maryam Banikarim
In this episode, Maryam Banikarim—former CMO of Univision, Gannett, and Hyatt and host of The Messy Parts—discusses the often‑overlooked challenges of C‑suite careers, the importance of embracing "messy" moments, and how to navigate career transitions with resilience. She shares personal stories from her upbringing in Iran, the impact of political upheaval, and how those experiences shaped her focus on belonging and community building. Banikarim also introduces her new initiative, The Interval, a supportive peer group for executives in transition, and reflects on the broader significance of human connection in both personal and professional growth.
Tewungwa Named CEO of UKTV
UKTV announced that Sam Tewungwa will assume the role of chief executive on April 1, succeeding his tenure as Managing Director. Tewungwa will steer the broadcaster’s strategic direction, emphasizing growth of its free streaming service U and deepening distribution partnerships. He...
On How Mentors Can Improve EdTech Before They Are Tested in Classrooms
Early‑stage EdTech founders crave mentorship, yet most guidance centers on business and fundraising rather than learning science. A partnership between CcHub and the Gates Foundation introduced a structured, network‑driven mentorship model that connects startups with individual mentors and a pool...
Woolmark Appoints New CEO as Demand for Merino Wool Ramps Up
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has appointed Bryan Fry, former Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard Winemakers, as its new chief executive. Fry brings a blend of agronomy experience and global brand expertise to lead the Woolmark programme. The move coincides...
Creating Self-Aware Teams: Worth the Effort?
Vince Kellen, CIO of Texas A&M University System, proposes a "three Ts" framework—together, improve teammate, tighten up—to build self‑aware, high‑functioning IT teams. He argues that radical transparency and multilateral performance reviews break entrenched silos and shift managers from ownership to...
Master Board Dynamics and Team Trust with Rich Liu
If you're an operator figuring out board dynamics, or a founder thinking about how to build trust with your leadership team - you are in for a treat from Rich Liu ! Check out this great interview below 👇
Honest Direct Talk Prevents Bigger Blindside Hurt
So many “leadership” challenges could be solved if people just talked to each other, and were direct and honest. Often times, people think direct = hurtful. But you hurt people more when you blindside them with something they could/should have...
The Heifetz International Music Institute Seeks Executive Director.
The Heifetz International Music Institute, located at Mary Baldwin University, is partnering with Aspen Leadership Group to find a new Executive Director. The role reports to the Board and works closely with Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen to align operations with...
Effective Strategy Balances Data with Judgment
Strategy often fails at the boundary between numbers and judgment. Lean too heavily on qualitative views and you drift into narratives that feel right but prove little. Lean too heavily on data and you risk mistaking measurement for understanding. The...
OpenAI Urged to Ditch Side‑quests, Focus on coreOpenAI Urged to Ditch Side‑quests, Focus on Core.
Fidji Simo has asked OpenAI staff to stop getting distracted by "side quests" and to focus on nailing their core business products as they are getting increasingly outflanked by Anthropic. Sam tried to run OpenAI like a VC by making lots...
Wokiva Hires Kristen Pimpini to Push APJ Growth
Workiva announced the hiring of Kristen “KP” Pimpini as Vice President of Sales and General Manager for its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. Pimpini joins after two years leading Neo4j’s APAC business and nearly three decades at firms such as...
AI Overload Blurs Minds—Leadership Must Protect Teams
Your team isn’t slower because they’re lazy. They’re slower because their brain is fried. AI brain fry is real. BCG just named it. More AI. More cognitive fog. More errors. That’s not a tech problem. That’s a leadership problem. Are you protecting your team’s mental...
Forever and Everlane, Amen
Everlane, the San Francisco apparel brand known for transparent pricing, appointed Alfred Chang as chief executive in early 2024. Chang arrives after the company secured an $85 million investment from L Catterton, a LVMH‑linked private‑equity firm, and after founder Michael Preysman’s departure...
Higher Ranks Blur Problems, Making Decisions Seem Worse
The Peter Principle says people rise to their level of incompetence. What it doesn't say: as you rise, your decisions will look progressively worse to people on the outside - because the problems get fuzzier, context gets wider, all of your...
Eric Felsberg Discusses AI's Role in Leadership Talent Strategies
Eric Felsberg, a partner at Jackson Lewis, discusses how AI is reshaping leadership talent strategies in an InformationWeek feature. He emphasizes that IT, HR, and business leaders must collaborate to integrate AI tools that assess potential team leaders while staying...
Strategic Lessons From Trump’s 10 Commandments
The article distills Donald Trump’s self‑styled "10 Commandments" into actionable strategic principles for CEOs and boards. It highlights how Trump’s focus on branding, media dominance, aggressive negotiation, and loyalty can be repurposed for corporate growth. The piece also warns that...
Oracle Says AI Lets It Build Software With Fewer Engineers
Oracle reported Q3 FY2026 revenue of $17.2 billion and said its internal AI code‑generation tools let it develop software with fewer engineers, prompting a $2.1 billion restructuring provision for large‑scale layoffs. Atlassian announced a 10% workforce cut to reshape its skill mix...
Grail CEO Bob Ragusa to Retire
Grail announced that CEO Bob Ragusa will retire on June 1, 2026, and be succeeded by company president Josh Ofman. Ofman, who joined Grail in 2019 and served as chief medical officer before becoming president, steps into the role amid...
Wells Fargo Advisors Shuffles Southeast Divisional Leaders
Wells Fargo Advisors promoted veteran Michael W. McLaughlin to lead its Southeast division, overseeing Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. He replaces Alberto González Saint Geours, who will transition out by May. The appointment follows a 2023 consolidation that reduced...
Conquer Risk Podcast
The Conquer Risk Podcast featured Potomac CEO Manish Khatta discussing how he scaled the firm from $140 million to $3 billion. He attributes the growth to relentless reinvestment, rapid execution, and a content strategy centered on authenticity rather than pure tactics. The...
Blueprint for Running Perfect Leadership Meetings
How to run the perfect leadership meeting 👆🏼 If you want to dive deeper on this topic, comment “MEETING” and I’ll send you an article I wrote on Leadership Team Meetings.
Elevating the Voice of the Practitioner at Ragan
Ragan Communications has appointed Rachel Salis‑Silverman as its inaugural chief communications officer, a role designed to embed the practitioner’s perspective into the company’s programming, community, and learning initiatives. Salis‑Silverman brings more than 25 years of strategic communications experience, most recently...
Prove Your Head of Product Worth Before Promotion
Happening today. How to become a Head of Product Monday 16 March 17:00 – 18:00 GMT Hosted by Ed Biden (Hustle Badger co-founder) Register: https://luma.com/0ogtitig Moving from an individual contributor (PM / Snr PM) to a manager (Group PM / Head of / Director) is...
Ten Questions with David Martinez — The Man Holding the Raindance Orchestra Together
David Martinez, Executive Director of the Raindance Film Festival, explains how his team functions like an orchestra, translating the founder’s vision into a sustainable operation. He highlights the distinct roles of programming, CEO, marketing, brand ambassador, programme coordination, and digital...
Atlantic Council Names John E. Waldron of Goldman Sachs to Lead Its International Advisory Board
Goldman Sachs president and COO John E. Waldron has been named chairman of the Atlantic Council’s International Advisory Board, succeeding former national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley. Waldron becomes the fourth chair in the board’s history, which convenes CEOs, former...
Founder-Led Firms Thrive on Continual Role Requalification
Founder-led companies are built differently. There’s a level of care that shows up in the details. In the long-term thinking. In the refusal to treat the job as permanent. At @shopify, we requalify for our roles every year. That level of care...
8 Strategies for Conflict Management in the Digital Age
The rise of remote work has moved conflict from boardrooms to inboxes, video calls, and chat apps, demanding a digital‑first approach to resolution. Eight tactics are outlined, from crystal‑clear messaging and empathetic listening to selecting the right channel and establishing...
The Modern CIO Is No Longer a Technologist - They’re an Architect of Enterprise Decisions
The chief information officer’s mandate has moved beyond managing servers and applications to shaping the decision frameworks that drive enterprise transformation. Modern CIOs now design governance, trade‑off mechanisms, and operating models that align strategy with execution. Boards are looking for...
Australia's Universities Have Found Themselves in Crisis. But It Has Been Decades in the Making | Hannah Forsyth
Australian universities are in a deep crisis marked by governance failures, opaque finances, and relentless staff cuts. Decades of globalization‑driven expansion created bloated managerial structures that turned education into a metric‑focused business. Rising student debt, unaffordable housing, and AI‑induced job...
The Difference Between Line And Staff Leadership
In this episode Mark and Sarah explain the critical distinction between line and staff leadership, defining line leaders as those in a manager’s direct chain of authority and staff leaders as functional experts like HR, IT, or finance who are...
Doctomatic Appoints Bill Josko as Head of Americas to Scale AI-Driven RPm
Doctomatic, an AI‑native remote patient management platform, has named Bill Josko as Head of Americas to accelerate its expansion across North and Latin America. Josko brings more than 25 years of digital‑transformation experience, including senior roles at IBM. The move...
CMOs Are Driving Growth, So Why Aren’t More Becoming CEOs?
Chief marketing officers are increasingly credited with delivering top‑line growth, yet their ascent to the CEO role remains limited. A NewtonX survey of 500 senior marketers shows that while 56 % believe they possess the necessary skills, only 26 % consider themselves...
True Leadership Means Growing People, Not Chasing Numbers
We become a leader the day we decide to help people grow, not numbers. Video from Chick-fil-A Next 2025, in conversation with Chief Legal Officer Lynette Smith
Hyke Appoints Olga Troyano as COO to Accelerate Growth and Scale Ops
Hyke announced the promotion of Olga Troyano to Chief Operating Officer, tasking her with overseeing operations, go‑to‑market execution, and cross‑functional alignment as the company scales its U.S. business. Troyano, who has spent over four years driving Hyke’s operational and product...
Ferrero Joins the Big F&B CEO Shake-Up
Ferrero has dismantled its traditional chief executive role, installing a dual‑leadership model that splits responsibilities between Alessandro Nervegna, who will run Ferrero Core, and Lapo Civiletti, who will head the fast‑growing ice‑cream and WK Kellogg businesses. Both executives report directly to...
5 Leadership Lessons From Tesla’s Turbulent Growth Strategy
Tesla’s growth strategy has swung between bold vision and operational turbulence, marked by aggressive price cuts, AI investments, and frequent restructurings. Early success stemmed from a mission‑driven brand that attracted talent and capital, but market maturity now demands disciplined execution....
One Overachiever Can Undermine Team Productivity
This one is for all the owners, leaders, ceos, founders and managers … how one productive person can destroy all the productivity and many look the other way will always surprise me .. I “get it” cause often it’s not...
Seeing Through Customers' Eyes Drives Better Leadership
Toyota Built a Fake Dining Room to Teach Execs About American Size. It’s a Lesson for Every Leader: Your customers may see things very differently from you. https://t.co/ZCuwrJke1H #customerexperience #customerunderstanding https://t.co/JNkKkhPwTb
Convey Health Solutions Announced the Appointment of Michael DiSimone as CEO
Convey Health Solutions announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Michael DiSimone has been elevated to Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. DiSimone succeeds Dan Finke, who will stay on the board as an advisor after a successful tenure....
Debra O'Connell Elevated to Disney Entertainment TV Chairman
New: ABC News Group President Debra OConnell is being elevated to chairman of Disney Entertainment Television… Move is part of Disney restructuring that unites streaming, film, and television businesses with games and digital entertainment under one division.
One Goal, Two Habits, No Distractions
I went from rehab at 17 to running dozens of companies at 46. Here’s 3 steps to make winning inevitable: 1. Pick a single goal 2. Choose two daily habits aligned to that goal 3. Say NO to everything else
Poynter Names 35 Journalists Selected for Competitive 2026 Leadership Academy for Women
The Poynter Institute announced its 2026 Leadership Academy for Women cohort, selecting 35 journalists from diverse media organizations worldwide. The week‑long program in St. Petersburg focuses on strategic leadership, talent development, and navigating press‑freedom challenges, and for the first time offers...
Middle Managers Need Leadership Support When Culture Meets Performance
How Middle Managers Can Avoid Becoming the Forgotten Middle (or Turn It Around) https://t.co/IRwvSOkfCK They should answer: “When culture and performance collide, do you feel supported to choose culture? And can you think of a time when leadership backed you...
Elon Rebuilds xAI with Top Talent After Mass Exodus
xAI went from losing most of its founding members and other top technical staff to Elon recruiting the product leads from Cursor and other top talent. this should be interesting...
Researchers Asked LLMs for Strategic Advice. They Got “Trendslop” In Return.
Researchers evaluated leading large language models on classic strategic trade‑offs and discovered a systematic bias toward trendy, buzzword‑heavy recommendations—a phenomenon they label “strategy trendslop.” Across thousands of simulations, the models consistently favored differentiation over cost leadership, augmentation over automation, and...
Engagement Scores Don't Equal Organizational Health
A dangerous leadership mistake: Confusing engagement with organizational health. Issue #10: Shallow Roots: Why Engagement Scores Can Mislead Leaders https://t.co/GCviJSOGGN #employeeexperience #employeeengagement #culture #leadership https://t.co/oe6SOhV3gq
CEOs Prioritize Employee Engagement and Retention
CEOs Say Employee Engagement and Retention Are Top Priorities - CX Journey™ https://t.co/08fWpgm6Hm #CEO #leadership #employeeexperience #employeeengagement https://t.co/ZKidQJlCBE
Inside V&E Hospitality’s Vision to Create Spaces Where Guests Feel Valued
V&E Hospitality Group, led by CEO Matias Pesce, is pursuing a customer‑centric strategy that spans quick‑service coffee shops, casual‑dining restaurants and boutique hotels under five core concepts, generating $150 million in annual sales across 28 locations. The firm emphasizes a differentiated...
Avoid Impulsive, Overconfident, Glory‑Seeking Decision Makers
Impulsive, overconfident, not thinking things through, being vulnerable to manipulation, and an overarching thirst for personal glory are terrible attributes in a decision maker.
My Employee Has a Bad Attitude … For a Good Reason
An Inc.com column highlights a manager dealing with an employee whose chronic negativity stems from personal health and family tragedies. While the manager feels deep sympathy for the employee’s car accident, chronic disease, and loss, the employee’s attitude is lowering...