Know What's Happening in Leadership
Know What's Happening in Leadership
Leaders Turn Uncertainty into Action with 90‑Day Plans
CEOs are urged to move beyond scenario analysis and adopt a focused 90‑day action plan that highlights a handful of priority initiatives, trigger‑based decisions, and clear ownership. By breaking the horizon into 30‑, 60‑ and 90‑day milestones, leaders can adapt quickly while protecting cash flow and pursuing selective growth.
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In this episode of Technovation, Peter High interviews Sean Murphy, founder and CEO of DemoHop, about the hidden challenges of innovation in distributed enterprises. Murphy explains how weak ties and siloed work trap ideas, and how DemoHop’s science‑fair‑style demo days...
In this episode, Pulitzer‑winning journalist Charles Duhigg explores how to communicate effectively in a remote‑first world. He explains that all conversations fall into three categories—practical decisions, emotions, and identity—and that digital interactions often default to the practical, missing the emotional...
In this episode, University of Minnesota head coach PJ Fleck shares how he builds an elite, culture‑driven football program by "selecting" over traditional recruiting, emphasizing fit, internal drive, and a relentless practice intensity. He explains his 32‑second play‑clock, 95‑minute practice...
Paul Falcone’s book outlines a three‑stage one‑on‑one cadence for new hires, delivering targeted questions at 30, 60 and 90 days. The early check‑ins explore why the employee joined, initial impressions, resource adequacy, and alignment with company mission. By the third...
The piece links Olympic leadership lessons to enterprise risk management, citing two McKinsey studies on gold‑medalist Alistair Brownlee and CEOs as elite athletes. It distills five principles—persistence amid pushback, strategic time‑blocking, focusing on high‑impact risks, incremental innovation, and adaptability—for chief...
Three Black CEOs—Dr. Anton Bizzell, Rosalyn Merrick, and Ola Sage—share how shifting from intensity to clarity, purpose, and essentialism transformed their organizations. Bizzell moved from treating symptoms to building systems that align purpose with performance. Merrick leveraged vulnerability and stakeholder...
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The episode examines Jeff Bezos' strategic dismantling of the Washington Post newsroom while preserving and reshaping its opinion section into an ideological megaphone aligned with his free‑market, libertarian views. It details the massive layoffs of journalists, the removal of editorial...
GE Aerospace’s Q4 2025 report credits its lean management system with double‑digit revenue and profit growth, highlighting an employee‑led innovation called the “Gerald” tape dispenser as proof of measurable value. The article argues that most continuous‑improvement programs fail because they...
In this five‑minute episode, the host uses a pickleball ball‑feeding machine as a metaphor to illustrate the need for a steady cadence when implementing organizational change. He explains that bombarding teams with rapid, unpredictable shifts—like the machine’s erratic, high‑speed balls—leads...
Senior product managers often equate speed with success, but the article shows that unchecked velocity can erode margins and stall career growth. By examining a $25 M ARR SaaS firm, the author reveals how a focus on feature output ignored the...
The article introduces the “Call Five People” rule, a ten‑minute practice where leaders discuss a problem with five diverse contacts to break isolation. It outlines specific questions to surface blind spots and lists scenarios—stalled decisions, crossroads, high‑stakes moments—where the rule...
Episode 339 of Let’s Grow Leaders teaches leaders how to say no at work, even to their boss, without losing credibility. It provides concrete, respectful language, a four‑dimensional framework, and a mindset shift that treats every “yes” as an implicit...
Rhenman & Partners has appointed Kjell Norling, former CEO of PP Pension, to its board of directors. Norling brings 12 years of experience leading an institutional investor and a strong background in fund distribution. The boutique manages the €646 million Rhenman...
Christy Tanner has been appointed chief executive of New York Public Radio, taking the helm on February 4, 2026. Tanner arrives from a distinguished career at CBS News, the Associated Press, and as former head of TV Guide Digital, where...
