by Constance | Dec 26, 2019 | Succession Planning
How Succession Anxiety Fuels Crisis The transition from one chief executive officer to another is a high-stakes situation. In the most difficult situations, the outgoing CEO leaves a trail of damaged relationships, financial statements that are suspect, and a sense of...
by Constance | Dec 6, 2018 | Get on Board
What Terry Gross Knows About Interviewing Nearly every person who conducts interviews for hiring, focuses on the wrong thing. What is that? The questions they will ask. This puts the focus on precisely the wrong person, the interviewer. It often leads to a mechanical...
by Constance | Aug 16, 2018 | Way to Grow
Last week, PepsiCo announced that the CEO, Indra Nooyi, would be retiring in a few months. Though I have not met her, I admired her from a distance and wanted to share why. The following has been adapted from an article previously published on Forbes.com: Dear Indra...
by Constance | Mar 12, 2018 | Business Growth, Get on Board, Leadership
It has been months since The Today Show removed and quickly replaced well-known and longtime host, Matt Lauer. Soon after, NBC named Hoda Kotb to co-host with Savannah Guthrie. Good for NBC for moving quickly. In January, CNN reported that viewership has increased and...
by Constance | Oct 23, 2017 | Business Growth
Recently, the much-admired American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault announced that he is retiring after more than thirty years at the company. This announcement included the name of his successor, Stephen Squeri, 58, as chief executive officer as well as chairman of the...
