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Crisis in Week One: What Every New CEO Needs to Do leadership transition Oct 28, 2025

- by Jane Halford and ChatGPT

Stepping into the CEO role is always a high-stakes moment. But imagine this: you’ve barely settled into your new office when a crisis hits. The media is calling, employe...

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Leadership Is Learned, Not Inherited leadership transition Oct 21, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

Great leaders aren’t born; they’re made. Every successful CEO knows that leadership is a journey of continuous learning, growth, and refinement. As a new leader, you may feel pre...

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How to Resolve Workplace Conflict Without Losing Momentum leadership transition Sep 23, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

Conflict within the workplace is inevitable, especially when you put a group of highly skilled individuals passionate about what they do in a room together. Personality clashes c...

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Boundaries For a Dignified Transition leadership transition Sep 09, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

Leadership transitions can often be emotionally complex, especially for your outgoing CEO. They are about to leave behind something they dedicated years, sometimes decades, of th...

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Don't Let Summer End! leadership transition Sep 02, 2025

- by Jane Halford and ChatGPT

Can you hear it??? The silent screams of the workforce having to admit that summer is over and we're all heading "back to the grind".

For leaders and board members ther...

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CEO Termination - is it time? leadership transition Aug 26, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

CEO transition is often an overlooked responsibility of a board. While most exits and arrivals of CEOS are an amicable, orderly change from one leader to the next, not all leader...

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Do you sneak in emails on vacation? I do. leadership transition Jun 25, 2025

-Jane Halford and ChatGPT

Am I the only one? You know the type...July arrives and now as busy business owners, board members, and executives, we're supposed to become a different version of ourselves...

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Business Travel: The Glamour, The Glory…The Ridiculousness leadership transition Jun 02, 2025

- by Jane Halford and ChatGPT

You step onto the jetway, passport in one hand, carry-on in the other, dressed in wrinkle-resistant neutrals. The business traveler. A modern gladiator armed with noise-...

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Don’t Leave the Next Generation Guessing family business leadership transition May 27, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

According to Forbes, nearly half of family businesses world-wide don’t have a succession plan. Despite this, three quarters of these businesses intend on passing the reins to the...

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Oilers' Coaching: A Masterclass in Dynamic Leadership leadership transition May 20, 2025

- by Jane Halford and ChatGPT

As the Edmonton Oilers advance through the playoffs, fans see a team in pursuit of the Stanley Cup. But if you’re leading an organization, there’s something else worth n...

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I Inherited the Family Business—Now What? family business leadership transition May 13, 2025

- by Sophie Pinkoski

Unexpectedly inheriting a family business is rarely a straightforward process. The decisions that come with such an immense sudden change in your life are complex and deeply pers...

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A Fresh Mandate: 10 Essential Strategies for Newly Elected Leaders leadership transition Apr 29, 2025

- by Jane Halford

As the adrenaline rush of an election campaign concludes, newly elected officials are met with the challenge of serving the public, including undertaking transformative action neces...

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