A lot has been written recently about the ousted co-founder and CEO of Uber who has tried to get his job back. He had been fired by the board of directors because, after the company was hit with crisis after crisis, virtually all CEO-induced, they had finally lost trust in this individual. The list of those damaging incidents had grown significantly over the past eighteen months. For perspective, that list includes allegations of gender discrimination, encouraging Uber drivers to use a software tool to confuse competition, stealing self-driving car secrets from a competitor, and an investigation by the Department of Justice into Uber’s business practices. Why didn’t the board of Uber see this coming a long time ago?
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What's Holding You Back?
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Seduced By Success
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- Indra K. Nooyi, Chairperson & CEO, PepsiCo, Inc.
The Fiefdom Syndrome
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Bob regularly writes blog posts and articles with his areas of focus being leadership, organizational effectiveness. Below you will find the titles and hot-links of his most recent efforts:
Recently I was interviewed by journalists Dr. Thomas Clark and Richard Zaunbrecher on the importance of communication skills for a leader. This interview is below and my hope is you will find some valuable tips in this dialogue. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Interview with Bob Herbold: The Importance of Excellent Communication to Leadership Success Tom Clark and Richard […]
With the stock market regularly hitting new highs, there are numerous companies that are blessed with exceptional leaders. The CEO’s of two technology behemoths are particularly good examples of this: 1) Amazon is turning in to an amazing retail juggernaut, and 2) Microsoft has been totally rejuvenated by its initiatives into cloud services and turning Office into the Office 365 online subscription service.
