Innovation Strategy
When Innovation Meets the Language of the Corner Office
What are the most effective ways to communicate the process and output of innovation to executives?
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Boards & Corporate Governance
How Boards Botch CEO Succession
Research finds three key reasons boards fail at CEO succession planning.
Robert Hooijberg and Nancy Lane
Digital Marketing
How CEOs Can Leverage Twitter
By tweeting, CEOs have an opportunity to initiate and influence online conversations.
Claudia Kubowicz Malhotra and Arvind Malhotra
Global Strategy
How Global Is Your C-Suite?
National diversity of top management should be a topic of conversation for boards of directors.
Pankaj Ghemawat and Herman Vantrappen
Leadership Skills
Staying in the Know
How can executives best distinguish usable information from distracting noise?
Davide Nicolini, Maja Korica, and Keith Ruddle
Climate Change
Are Firms and Managers At Risk When Contributing to Climate Change?
At what point do corporate executives become personally liable for their companies’ failure to take action on climate change?
Olivier Jaeggi and Simone Hutter
Executing Strategy
Driving Change Through Corporate Programs
When CEOs use corporate programs to drive strategic renewal, program design is key.
By Michael Boppel, Sven Kunisch, Thomas Keil and Christoph Lechner
Leadership Skills
Why Good Leaders Don’t Need Charisma
To judge by the business media, you’d think top executives have to have charisma. Think again.
Christian Stadler and Davis Dyer
CEOs — Not Just Teens — Can Get in Trouble on Facebook
The SEC’s investigation of a Facebook post by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.
Robert Berkman
Talent Management
When Is an Outsider CEO a Good Choice?
There are circumstances in which outsider CEOs may outperform CEOs who came up through the ranks.
Ayse Karaevli and Edward J. Zajac
Collaboration
Improving the Performance of Top Management Teams
Andrew J. Ward, Melenie J. Lankau, Allen C. Amason, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and Bradley R. Agle
Boards & Corporate Governance
Are You Underutilizing Your Board?
Chris Thomas, David Kidd and Claudio Ferñ¡ndez-Aríoz
Organizational Structure
Taking Cues From the Public Sector
Checks and balances, competitive elections and term limits could improve corporate oversight.