Gary Cohen, Executive Vice President at Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) recently sat down with Katherine Klein and Jacob Gray, hosts of Wharton’s Business Radio show Dollars and Change on SiriusXM. The second of a four part series of conversations discussing higher ambition leadership, Cohen discusses higher ambition at the 119 year old company as…
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Although most of us are familiar with Starbucks coffee, few of us might be aware of all that transpires behind the scenes. At the helm is CEO, Howard Schultz, who has successfully powered through the ups-and-downs of the company’s changing fortunes—including the current kerfuffle over changes to its loyalty program—with a consistent focus on Starbuck’s…
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One of the more interesting emerging areas of co-creating social and economic value is the cradle-to-cradle movement: making goods that are never thrown away because they are continually reused, repurposed, or recycled. The future lives of a product and its components are considered from the beginning as is their impact on the full range of…
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Recently, Center for Higher Ambition Leadership’s Russ Eisenstat and Mike Beer sat down to dissect the meaning, impact, and evolution of higher ambition with hosts Katherine Klein and Jacob Gray on Wharton’s Business Radio on SiriusXM. The show, Dollars and Change, highlights individuals and organizations using their business acumen to change lives. It provided a…
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Servant leadership is a concept popular among Higher Ambition CEOs. Seeing leadership as a form of service is a natural complement to a stakeholder view of capitalism and a belief that businesses exist to create social as well as financial value. Now empirical evidence is emerging that servant leadership can have a positive impact on…
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Mette Norgaard is an expert on strategic leadership and learning. Among her many activities, she serves on the faculty of the Center’s Higher Ambition Leadership Initiative. The following are Mette’s reflections on the recent Center for Higher Ambition Leadership CEO Summit. The post has been translated and adapted, with her assistance, from an article she…
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Leaders must be ambassadors, says Center board member Doug Conant in a recent post at Conant Leadership. He speaks wisely on the power generated by leaders who choose to demonstrate and champion their values, priorities, and both personal and professional mission to achieve the greatest impact on the greatest number of people within their organizations. When they act as ambassadors,…
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Center Executive Fellow, Douglas A. Wilson, reflects on the power of taking a truly long term view of your business. We agree with Doug that focusing on the long term opens up one’s thinking about fundamental questions of organizational purpose and capability. He also provides an important perspective on the theme of the recent Center for…
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More than three dozen CEOs and other executives gathered with leaders of the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership for its annual CEO Summit outside of Boston in early January. The executives represented companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to the mid-market from across North America and Europe. The theme for the 2016 conference was Building…
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It is that time when we receive our final paychecks of the year and, if fortunate, a year-end bonus. As you look at how much you have earned, think for a moment about how much of your effort, engagement, and initiative was driven by dollars-and-cents. If you are like many, finding meaning and purpose in…
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