By Nilofer Merchant (Contributing Writer, Harvard Business Review) A CEO of a software company reaches out to me recently, and asks me to take a 20-minute meeting to review his strategy/execution software. Sounds low-key, right? I put forth a requirement to do the...
By Nilofer Merchant (Contributing Writer, Harvard Business Review) It was said of Abbot Agatho that for three years he carried a stone in his mouth until he learned to be silent. I was thinking about that story by Thomas Merton during a recent board meeting. The CEO...