The Decision Doctor®
Helping Outstanding Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions That Create Unprecedented Results
The Decision Doctor®
Helping Outstanding Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions That Create Unprecedented Results
You’ve Landed The Job – Now What?
It was just announced that Miguel Patricio will take the helm as CEO of Kraft Heinz. He is known as a brand builder with experience at Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and, most recently, AB InBev. This is good news for the company as they appear to have taken their...
The Merger Mindset: A Chat with Constance Dierickx, PhD
Business leaders, owners and entrepreneurs often struggle to cope with the powerful undercurrents and interpersonal dynamics that come into play during high-stakes M&A deals. Firmex sat down with Constance Dierickx, co-author with Linda Henman, of The Merger...
Invisible Rip Tides Sink Marriages and Mergers
The business news is filled with stories of failed mergers or acquisitions. Recently, the dramatic loss of value of General Electric was blamed, in part, on a string of ill-advised acquisitions. Estimates of the rate of failure (failure to deliver the value described...
How To Avoid Strategic Mistakes
If your business is on the wrong road, the amount of operational control you exert will make little difference. Sometimes being on the wrong road is the result of a calculated risk and the best a leader can do is pull the plug, and quickly. The “fail fast, cheap and...
Leadership Lessons from Amazon’s Board
Amazon announced recently that they named Indra Nooyi to their board of directors, on the heels of adding Roz Brewer. These two outstanding leaders and executives are excellent choices for Amazon. It couldn’t have taken more than two minutes to think of them as...
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