In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Once a band has lost its luster and has fallen from the top 3 or 4 in its category, the opportunity for a successful re-stage is limited. Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? Last Stands.

Brand 170

Brand CEO Stage-Gate Marketing 170

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Once a band has lost its luster and has fallen from the top 3 or 4 in its category, the opportunity for a successful re-stage is limited. Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? Last Stands.

Brand 131

Brand CEO Stage-Gate Marketing 131

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. There’s a verse that has been both a comfort and a guide for the last 20 years of my career. Work: it does a career good! Dan Miller of 48 Days.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Improving innovation is one of the key competencies that companies often look for when replacing a CEO. Yet committees responsible for recommending candidates often grapple with finding the right person for the job when an innovation emperor like Steve Jobs isn’t available. And that’s false when you look at the facts. Find the truth.

Innovation 10

Innovation Organization Stage-Gate Products 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 10

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 10