Leadership Matters

Perspectives on the key issues impacting senior leaders and their organizations

  • CES 2017: Top Five Takeaways for Leaders

    January 11, 2017

    Walking the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) can be an inspiring and, at times, overwhelming experience. The sheer level of innovation is astounding and deciding what “next big thing” your organization should focus on can be challenging. During CES 2017, we had in-depth discussions with executives across industries about which specific trends will have the biggest impact on their organizations and leadership in the year ahead.

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  • How to Get the Most From Executive Assessments

    December 1, 2016

    While the executive assessment should serve as a reliable safeguard, the problem with traditional assessment approaches is that they evaluate leaders based on their existing skills and experiences, not whether they can stretch beyond their current capabilities to grow into a new role.

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  • What It Takes to Become a CFO: Lessons Learned from Lyft CFO Brian Roberts

    November 28, 2016

    As part of Spencer Stuart’s and PwC’s “Charting a Path to CFO” series, Lyft CFO Brian Roberts shared lessons learned from his own career and what aspiring CFOs need to do to reach the C-suite.

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  • Are You Invested Enough in Training Your People? (The answer is often "No.")

    By Greg Welch | November 4, 2016

    “If I’m being honest, my company invested in about one-and-a-half training days for me during all of last year. It is pathetic!” This is the feedback one next-generation marketing leader gave me about his organization. He is not alone.

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