Leadership Series

 

 

Lafley on Leading Change

 

• Part 1: Executing with excellence - An interview with Alan Lafley, CEO of P&G, in The McKinsey Quarterly (July 2005) highlighted some of the key elements in P&G's dramatic performance turnaround earlier in this decade. What can owner/CEO's of companies in transition learn from Lafley's leadership at P&G?

• Part 2: Achievable aspirations - Successful companies have "aims and aspirations" as do successful people. Lafley argues for "achievable aspirations" in two ways.

• Part 3: Coaching and coaxing - ...the CEO's job is not to make all the decisions, but to chart the course, set the boundaries, and empower the organization's managers and employees...

• Part 4: Keep innovating - ...winning in the marketplace requires the continual generation of new ideas...

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