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Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cartOrganizational Leadership  Governance Best Practice Meets Corporate Renewal at Textron -- Our board demonstrated a great deal of courage in allowing the management team to abandon the very heritage of our company’s storied business model. By Textron Chairman and CEO Lewis B. Campbell.
First Quarter 2007 [4 page(s)] The Changing Role of the COO -- Are you grappling with how best to utilize the chief operating officer function? You’re not alone. By Steve Mader, vice chairman and head of the board services practice of Christian & Timbers executive search firm. Sidebars: “The CEO as Chief Execution Officer” by Brian Sullivan, chairman and CEO of Christian & Timbers, and “How One CEO Looks at His COO,” by Jon Nix, chairman and CEO of National Coal Corp.
Second Quarter 2006 [6 page(s)] The New Big Thing for the Era Ahead -- Think 'collaboration' -- universally underutilized, but with enormous potential to drive competitive advantage. By Linda Sanford of IBM Corp.
First Quarter 2005 [1 page(s)] In Splitting Leadership, Look At CEO Ownership -- Is it fair to ask executives with significant ownership to turn over the strategic oversight of their companies to an outside chairman? By Dennis Simon of Crossroads LLC.
Winter 2004 [3 page(s)] Matrix Management: Recipe for Chaos? -- When it works, it works well. The strengths of the matrix model appeal to many corporations, but not all are suited to this organizational structure. By Rita Numerof and Michael Abrams of Numerof and Associates Inc.
Summer 2002 [4 page(s)] Co-CEOs and the Sharing of Power -- An analysis of the prevalence of this practice, the rationale for using such a structure, and key do's and don'ts in power sharing at the top. By Mick Thompson of William M. Mercer Inc.
Winter 2002 [5 page(s)] Learning from Successful High-Tech CEOs -- There is a collection of traits that strongly correlate to high performance, especially in an environment of fast-paced change. Results of a two-year Andersen Consulting project to pinpoint these traits. By Robert N. Frerichs, global managing partner of Andersen Consulting's Electronics and High Technology Practice.
Spring 1998 [3 page(s)] Topgrading the Organization -- Building a talent advantage over competitors is the No. 1 priority of boards. Here is how the best CEOs and boards do it. By Bradford D. Smart of Smart & Associates Inc. and Geoffrey H. Smart of G.H. Smart & Co. Inc.
Spring 1997 [7 page(s)] The 20th-Century Company Meets the 21st-Century Board -- An increasingly Darwinian 21st century lies ahead. Boards must resolve some lingering governance issues and be ready to embrace a board model with distinctive new features. Keynote article of the 20th anniversary edition of Directors & Boards. By Norman R. Augustine, retired chairman of Lockheed Martin Corp.
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