A $1B Campus, Leadership Handoff and Unchanged Mission: Grady’s Next Chapter
Grady Health System announced that President and CEO John Haupert will retire at the end of 2026 after a 35‑year healthcare career, with COO Anthony Saul slated to assume the role on Jan. 1, 2027. The transition coincides with a $1 billion investment in a new medical campus that features a $900 million hospital, a $38 million freestanding emergency department and a $75 million medical office building. Haupert highlighted a $135 million net‑revenue increase and cultural revitalization as his top achievements. Saul emphasized continuity of Grady’s mission, community‑focused expansion, and operational efficiency amid looming Medicaid cuts.
ACI-NA’s Burke To Retire By Year End
Kevin Burke, president and CEO of Airports Council International‑North America (ACI‑NA), will retire later in 2026 after more than a decade at the helm. During his tenure, ACI‑NA secured roughly $20 billion in federal pandemic relief and another $20 billion for major...
How Fortune 500 CEOs Turn Personal Purpose Into Strategic Advantage
Fortune 500 CEOs are treating purpose as a core operating system, integrating personal values into daily strategic decisions. Studies show purpose‑aligned firms achieve roughly 25% higher revenue growth and 22% higher pre‑tax profit. Boards now ask CEOs what they stand for,...
Superintendents Increasingly Report Economic Pressures on Their Districts
The AASA’s 2025 survey of 1,951 superintendents revealed growing fiscal anxiety, with 38% reporting declining district economics—up from 30% a year earlier. Despite these pressures, 89% plan to stay in their current roles, reflecting a desire for leadership continuity. The...
The Real Reason Your Team Is Working Weekends (And It’s Not Performance)
Executives are increasingly seeing Saturdays and Sundays turn into optional workdays, a clear symptom of broken prioritization rather than employee dedication. The article argues that weekend work stems from under‑scoped projects, delayed approvals, and meeting overload, exposing weak operating models....
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck Makes a Statement as He Takes a $799,999 Pay Cut
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck voluntarily slashed his base salary to $1, cutting $799,999 in compensation and forfeiting 392,155 restricted stock units worth roughly $22.5 million. The saved funds will be redirected to research and development, supporting projects such as the...
Claussen Departs, ST Engineering iDirect Names Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO
ST Engineering iDirect announced that its chief technology officer, Sridhar Kuppanna, will assume the chief executive role, succeeding Don Claussen after roughly three years. Kuppanna, who has spent two and a half years shaping the firm’s technology roadmap, is credited...
Eco Atlantic Names Keith Hill Chairman as Board Reshuffle Takes Effect
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas appointed Keith Hill as non‑executive chairman following its annual general meeting, succeeding Peter Nicol who stays on the board as a non‑executive director. The reshuffle aligns with the company’s push to expand offshore exploration across...
Prysmian Shares North American Leadership Transitions
Prysmian announced a reshuffle of its North American leadership to strengthen its market foothold. The firm reported record 2025 revenue of $23.08 billion, with North America contributing $9 billion in profit—about 40% of total sales. Recent acquisitions of Encore Wire and Channell...
She Was Working Until 3 A.m. Every Quarter — What She Built Next Should Be a Lesson for Every CEO
A contract‑operations specialist at a large enterprise built an AI agent, "Connie," to automate data‑pulling, document processing, and workflow routing that previously kept her working past midnight each quarter. The tool accelerated her contract processing tenfold, improved output quality, and...
Workforce, Leadership Gaps Drive New Executive Development Program
The Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) has launched a six‑month Executive Development Program to fast‑track senior women in commercial real estate into CEO, board and succession‑track roles. Partnering with P20 Leadership, the cohort‑based accelerator provides executive coaching, a...
Gary Barnett Taps Andrew Chung as Extell Co-CEO
Gary Barnett has named Andrew Chung as president and co‑CEO of Extell Development, pairing the condo‑building titan with a developer known for pioneering last‑mile warehouse projects. Chung brings deep institutional investment experience from Carlyle and his own Innovo Property Group,...
Construction at an ‘Inflection Point’: New ASCE CEO
Peter O’Neil has taken the helm as CEO of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) just as the U.S. infrastructure sector experiences historic investment and a historic “C” grade on ASCE’s own report card. He will oversee the upcoming...
JK Cement Promotes Nitish Chopra to Group President Role
JK Cement promoted Nitish Chopra to Group President of its white cement and paints division. The appointment follows mixed Q3 FY26 results: consolidated net profit fell 8.6% to ₹173.61 crore (≈ $21 million), while revenue rose 18.2% to ₹3,463.07 crore (≈ $417 million). Chopra, who joined the...
Psychological Safety Is a Throughput Issue, Not a Soft Skill
The article argues that psychological safety is fundamentally a throughput problem rather than a soft‑skill deficit. Teams often withhold uncertainty until deadlines, creating last‑minute risk spikes and review bottlenecks. This systemic delay, not a lack of intelligence or training, drives...
RH Builds Out Global Strategy with Leadership Appointments
RH announced two senior leadership appointments, naming Veronica Schnitzius as president and chief manufacturing and sourcing officer and rehiring David Stanchak as chief real estate and transformation officer. Schnitzius will consolidate the company’s owned, joint‑ventured and outsourced production into a single international...
Ward Lumber Announces Leadership Transition
Ward Lumber announced that CEO Bryan Mellick will shift to an advisory role while sales director Josh Travis assumes an interim operations leadership position. The move coincides with the company’s fifth anniversary as a worker‑owned cooperative, a structure governed by...
How the Black Beauty Club Is Championing 'Cultural Ownership and Recognition'
Founder Tomi Talabi leveraged her communications expertise to launch Black Beauty Club in 2020 amid the COVID‑19 pandemic. The social enterprise began as a Clubhouse‑only hub for Black beauty creators, founders and supporters, then expanded into in‑person dinners, panels and...
Ann Fairchild Named President and CEO of Siemens USA
Siemens has appointed Ann Fairchild as the permanent president and CEO of Siemens USA, its largest global market. Fairchild, who has served as interim CEO since October 2025 and previously held the general counsel role, assumes the position effective immediately....
Dollar General Announces Leadership Changes Across Key Operational Functions
Dollar General announced five senior leadership appointments covering distribution, merchandising, supply chain optimization, construction, and financial planning. The moves promote long‑time insiders like Kyle Gorman and Heather Land while adding external expertise with Neal Norris as VP of FP&A. The...
Global Talent and Workforce Strategy Executive Chosen to Lead Lumina Foundation’s Board
Lumina Foundation elected Matthew Breitfelder as chair of its Board of Directors, succeeding Alisa A. Miller. Breitfelder is the global head of human capital at Apollo Global Management, where he directs talent strategy and oversees the Apollo Opportunity Foundation and...
Marriott Names Federico Greppi President, CALA
Marriott International has appointed Federico Greppi as president of its Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) division, marking the first time a Latin American leads the region. Greppi, formerly CALA COO and previously CFO overseeing franchise operations, succeeds Brian King, who...
Life in Focus: Ajay Ajmera, Founder & CEO, Ajmera Fashion Ltd.
Ajay Ajmera, founder and CEO of Ajmera Fashion Ltd., has grown a Surat‑based textile company from a Class 12 dropout to a global exporter serving more than 30 countries. The firm has empowered over 150,000 textile entrepreneurs, including more than 10,000...
Gas South CEO Kevin Greiner On The Value Of Being An ‘Even-Keeled’ Leader
Gas South chief executive Kevin Greiner emphasizes the strategic advantage of maintaining an even‑keeled demeanor, especially amid the natural‑gas market’s price swings and regulatory shifts. He cites personal routines—daily meditation, deliberate pacing of decisions, and transparent communication—as tools that keep...
Forterro Appoints Chris Fisher to Lead Orderwise as Mid-Market ERP Demand Evolves
Forterro has named Chris Fisher as Managing Director of its Orderwise business, signaling a strategic push toward a platform‑first ERP model. Fisher brings deep experience in guiding mid‑market firms through cloud and AI transitions, especially in distribution and logistics. His...
Elevance Fills Slew of Mid-Level Leadership Positions
Elevance announced a wave of mid‑level executive appointments, adding six new leaders across its health benefits unit and the Carelon health services division. The moves include Carelon's first chief growth and strategy officer, a new president for clinical operations, and...
First Watch Cuts Its COO
First Watch announced the termination of Chief Operations Officer Dan Jones, part of a broader restructuring of its operations leadership. Jones, who joined around the 2021 IPO, oversaw the chain’s expansion from 435 to 633 restaurants by 2025. The company...
Why Employee Appreciation Matters All Year
Organizations that treat employee appreciation as a one‑off event miss a powerful lever for performance. Continuous, timely recognition aligns with basic human psychology, reinforcing desired behaviors and building lasting emotional engagement. Companies that embed appreciation into daily routines report higher...
Boards Need to Rethink How They Advise CEOs
Boards are full of seasoned talent, yet 72% of CEOs feel unable to set priorities amid disruption. A recent AlixPartners survey shows 85% of CEOs want more personal and professional support, highlighting a gap between board expertise and CEO needs....
Birlasoft Appoints Arun Rao as CHRO as Priti Kataria Steps Down
Birlasoft announced that Arun Rao will assume the role of chief human resources officer on April 1, 2026, succeeding Priti Kataria. Rao, a long‑time Birlasoft executive and former chief people officer, returns with more than three decades of talent management...
Job-Share Pioneers Take on Chief Exec Role at Higher Ed Regulator
Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne, veteran civil‑service job‑sharers, have been appointed joint chief executives of the Office for Students, the regulator overseeing England’s higher‑education sector. The pair will assume the role on 15 June, following an interim period led by Director...
Ozow Appoints Chief Risk and Governance Officer
South African payments firm Ozow announced the appointment of Tendi Nyathi as its first chief risk and governance officer, effective 1 April. The newly created role consolidates risk, governance, and legal functions under a single executive. Nyathi, who has been Ozow’s...
How to Measure the Impact of Executive Coaching: Set Defined Goals
Executive coaching delivers high returns only when engagements begin with clearly defined, business‑aligned goals. Studies show a Fortune 500 firm realized a 529% ROI, rising to 788% when retention gains are included, but such outcomes require structured, goal‑driven measurement. Effective...
Frameworks for Making Decisions as a Team
Decision‑making frameworks provide teams with a repeatable process for evaluating options and reaching consensus, replacing ad‑hoc discussions with structured analysis. By breaking complex problems into clear steps, these frameworks help reduce bias, clarify ownership, and accelerate outcomes. Different models—such as...
Lentra Appoints Rajesh Kumar Rathanchand as CEO
Lentra has named Rajesh Kumar Rathanchand as its new chief executive officer, succeeding his tenure as managing director and CEO of TransUnion CIBIL. Rathanchand brings more than three decades of experience in retail credit, risk management and analytics, previously leading...
Growth without Drift: How Akur8 Protects Its Culture as It Scales
Akur8, the actuarial‑platform provider, expanded its global footprint in 2025, adding a new Madrid office and deepening presence across North America and Europe. Chief Talent Officer Delphine Marsh says the company’s biggest achievement was preserving its core culture while scaling....
Level Up Your Crisis Management Skills
The MIT Sloan Review research introduced a “7C’s” model for effective crisis management, outlining seven core capabilities—Contingency, Clarity, Coordination, Compassion, Confrontation, Control, and Continuity—each maturing across five stages from reactive to strategic. Interviews with senior leaders from governments, militaries, and...
Honda to Shift Thousands of Engineers to Revived R&D Unit – Report
Honda Motor will re‑establish Honda R&D as an independent unit in April, moving several thousand engineers back into a separate research entity. The decision reverses a 2020 consolidation that aimed to speed execution but left the company lagging behind Chinese...
Exclusive: Jamie Dimon's Plan to Rescue the American Dream
JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon announced the American Dream Initiative, a multi‑year effort to boost economic opportunity for lower‑income Americans. The program will channel $80 billion into small‑business lending, mentor 115,000 owners, and add 1,000 bankers across 5,000 branches, targeting 10 million...
What Microsoft Got Right About Employer Branding
Microsoft’s HR communications team overhauled its employer brand by grounding messages in employee data rather than leadership‑driven hype. After weeks of focus groups, surveys and external perception analysis, the company adopted a three‑point framework—work with great people, do meaningful work,...
What You Have Is More Than You Think: A Lesson From Marcus Aurelius and a $1,000 Loan
Dave Tate, co‑founder of elitefts, reflects on a Marcus Aurelius lesson that shaped his business. Starting in 1998 with a $1,000 loan and a simple Q&A forum, elitefts grew into a 27‑year‑old power‑lifting brand. Tate emphasizes that gratitude for existing resources—knowledge,...
Burnt-Out Managers Are Destroying Teams. These 5 Daily Habits Reverse It
A growing wave of manager burnout is eroding team performance, with 47% of managers reporting severe stress—higher than the 37% of employees. Research shows managers influence 70% of team engagement, meaning their exhaustion directly harms productivity and well‑being. The article...
I Interviewed the CEOs of Reddit, Colgate-Palmolive, and 6 Other Top Companies About Leading for the Long Run. Here’s What...
The article surveys eight CEOs, including Reddit and Colgate‑Palmolive, on how they practice long‑term leadership. It uses NASA’s Artemis II mission as a 50‑year case study of conviction turned into structural tenacity across administrations. Colgate‑Palmolive’s CEO highlights the company’s Bright Smiles...
Tech in Asia CEO and COO Step Down as Editor-in-Chief Prepares to Lead
Tech in Asia’s founder and CEO Willis Wee and COO Maria Li announced they will leave the company, ending 16 and seven years of leadership respectively. Their departures coincide with the platform’s integration into Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Media and a restructuring...
Prospect CEO Mark Beard Leaving to Join Ireland’s Business Post
Mark Beard is leaving his role as CEO of Prospect after three years to become chief executive of Ireland’s Business Post. During his tenure, Beard transformed Prospect from a print‑focused title into a multi‑channel media company, boosting print readership to...
IWD Voices: Ritu Nakra – ‘When It Comes to the Boardroom, We Are Still Under-Represented’
Ritu Nakra, speaking for International Women’s Day, highlighted persistent gender gaps in boardrooms. She noted that while women benefit from mentorship, many still hit a ceiling after middle‑management roles. Nakra urged companies to increase female representation at senior leadership tables....
High EQ Drives Digital Transformation at RGP
Veteran CIO Keith Golden says high emotional intelligence was the cornerstone of RGP’s three‑year Project Phoenix digital transformation. Under his leadership, RGP migrated its on‑premises Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP to Dynamics 365 in the cloud and rolled out Workday, Salesforce, Avature...
LVMH Names Amina Maleck to Senior Group Human Resources Post
LVMH appointed Amina Maleck as chief human resources officer for Group Headquarters and the Other Activities segment, effective April 1, succeeding Claire de Coincy who moved to Moët Hennessy. Maleck’s new role consolidates HR oversight across the conglomerate’s diverse portfolio, while her departure...
Cluttons Appoints Sambridge and Buckley as Joint Heads of Commercial
Cluttons has named Mark Sambridge and Gareth Buckley as joint heads of its national commercial division, merging previously separate teams. The new structure will deliver a data‑enabled, market‑focused offering across agency, investment, valuation, lease advisory and occupier services. Their combined...
Dr Moritz Fichtmüller Takes over as Head of Büfa
Dr. Moritz Fichtmüller will become chief executive of the Büfa Group on 1 March 2026, succeeding long‑time CEO Felix Thalmann. Thalmann highlighted the company’s strong international presence, innovative solutions and resilient supply chains. Fichtmüller, a physicist with senior roles in the chemical...