by Kevin Cashman | Sep 22, 2017 | Leadership
By Jonathan Dahl, originally published in Korn Ferry’s Briefings Magazine, Issue 32. You’re the CEO of a UK-based international retailer that sells products for expectant mothers, with more than 1,300 stores and $650 million in revenue. Two years ago,...
by Kevin Cashman | Sep 5, 2017 | Forbes, Kevin's Thought Leadership eNewsletter, Leadership
By Kevin Cashman, originally posted on his Forbes.com blog, Pause Point, on September 5, 2017. Taking a true measure of our leadership success is no easy task. Do we measure net profit? Gross revenue? Customer satisfaction and loyalty? EBITDA? Quarterly results?...
by Kevin Cashman | Aug 21, 2017 | Events
By Roselinde Torres, Martin Reeves, Peter Tollman, and Christian Veith. Originally posted by the Boston Consulting Group on June 29, 2017. CEOs live on a nonstop treadmill. They are under constant pressure to perform, live in a 24-7 spotlight of social-media...
by Kevin Cashman | Aug 14, 2017 | Leadership
By Russel Pearlman, originally published in Korn Ferry’s Briefings magazine, Volume 8, 2017. As Rita McGrath tells it, it was a great strategy for a firm that needed one. For years a U.S.-based multinational company had been focused on selling commodity...
by Kevin Cashman | Aug 11, 2017 | Leadership
By Cathy Carlisi, Jim Hemerling, Julie Kilmann, Dolly Meese, and Doug Shipman; originally posted to BCG.com on May 15, 2017. Everywhere these days, people are talking purpose. As big believers, we’re encouraged by all the interest. Yet we’ve observed that many...