A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
While Stonyfield is best known for making yogurt, yogurt wasn’t the way the founders of Stonyfield thought they’d change the world. In 1983, co-founders Samuel Kaymen and Gary Hirshberg were trying to help family farms survive, protect the environment, and keep food healthy through their nonprofit organic farming school.
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: A new workplace trend suggests that “radical candor” is the secret to being a good boss. Can you help me find the line between blunt criticism and constructive feedback? (more…)
Welcome to the twentieth issue of CEE News!
Last week, my team had the privilege of facilitating a leadership retreat for a public agency in San Diego. The CEO kicked off the morning with a kind welcome introduction. She also shared some advice about a technique she uses when making decisions. She called it being “others focused,” and here is her 3-part test:
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Welcome to the nineteenth issue of CEE News!
“From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.”
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I work at a fast growing non-profit. I’m pretty much the entire marketing department and am always juggling lots of projects with a firm deadline. I don’t mean to be unfriendly, but I have a colleague who constantly drops by for a chat. These “chats” are really non-stop monologues about whatever has popped into her head. I’ve tried subtle ways to let her know that I’m too busy to talk, but she seems clueless. How can I get my space back without hurting her feelings?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
Not many American companies today can trace their history back for 92 years, or link to inventor Thomas Edison. But, Masonite, a publicly-traded company (NYSE: DOOR) can trace its roots back to Laurel, Mississippi, and its founder William H. Mason, an apprentice of Thomas Edison.
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Welcome to the eighteenth issue of CEE News!
One of the most common topics on our clients’ minds these days is diversity. A record number of organizations are reviving and rebuilding their diversity programs. The subject is no longer consigned to a small print paragraph on corporate websites. Instead, more CEOs are making diversity a key part of their platforms. Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson credited diversity as a key engine in completing needed work in the energy space. Genentech recently posted an advertisement for a Senior Director of Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: We implemented 360 Performance Reviews this year. Frankly, I was hurt by some of the feedback. As a senior executive of our firm, I know that it is important for me to temper my reaction and be a model for others. What advice do you have for getting past the sting?
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