Mary Barra GM’s New CEO – Breaking the Glass Ceiling or Déjà Vu All Over Again?
I am still trying to figure out whether putting Mary Barra in as CEO of General Motors is a good or a bad thing. Of course, that’s hardly politically correct; since she’s a woman we should all be applauding her promotion. Unfortunately it’s not that simple. The good news is that she is a “product […]
Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO – Stockholders want Safety, Not Innovation
So Satya Nadella will be the next CEO of Microsoft. By all accounts he’s a smart guy, good techie, collaborative, someone the board should be able to control. But I am sure not even his friends think he’s a Steve Jobs. Maybe he’s been in Microsoft too long at 22 years? What does his promotion […]
The Role of Chutzpah in Leadership: Re-Electrify GE with Elon Musk?
You don’t hear much about that one, chutzpah, right? Yet its probably one of the most under-rated of the leadership qualities. The polite definition of a person with chutzpah is someone who likes to disrupt the status quo. The impolite one is it’s someone who likes to stick it in the eye to an organization […]
Saving Microsoft and the Second Coming of Amazon
I guess you heard that Steve Ballmer will retire in the next 12 months? Well, bully for him, why didn’t it happen sooner? We all know that Microsoft has slipped dramatically in value for almost his entire tenure So who’s next? What is the Great Succession of Microsoft? It isn’t easy to restore the fortunes […]