A Critical Leadership Skill” Avoiding “Task-Toggling” Lisa Thompson, Managing Director, Professional Services One of the hardest tasks for any senior executive is staying focused on the task at hand. There are distractions everywhere: phone calls, emails, texts, internal squabbles and external crises that often demand immediate attention. In a fast-paced workplace, multitasking is part of our daily lives. But new research by Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab, in […]
Q2 2013 A Message from Keith Pearson, Vice Chairman and President At our recent Spotlight Series breakfast, our panel of finance experts agreed that a CFO’s job is no longer limited to financial matters. Today’s top finance executives spend much of their time spearheading efforts as diverse as finding talent, developing strategies, inspiring teams to implement them and […]
Q1 2013 A Message from Keith Pearson, Vice Chairman and President Imagine if you could sit down with every target customer and ask them about their preferences and interests, so that you could craft products, services and marketing messages that appeal to them and win their business. “Big Data” offers companies the next-best thing: insight into current and […]
Lisa Thompson, Director, Professional Services Senior human resources executives face an unprecedented challenge in retaining the institutional knowledge and skills of retiring workers. With an estimated 10,000 Baby Boomers reaching age 65 each day, organizations of all sizes face a potential “brain drain” as valued employees leave the workforce and enter retirement. A substantial segment of Baby Boomers has not saved enough money to retire in comfort, and wouldn’t […]
How Companies Capture What They Know About Their Customers to Innovate and Gain Market Share Virtually everyone spends time online these days, but few think about the invisible trail of data they are generating with their everyday digital activity. With every phone call, text, Tweet, Facebook post, product view, purchase, “like,” app download, browser search and online bill payment, we leave behind a stream of digital exhaust. The combination […]
Q4 2012 A Message from Keith Pearson, Vice Chairman and President Depending on which pundit you’re listening to, 2013 will be either a year of unprecedented business opportunity or the start of a deep global recession. Soon enough, we’ll learn whether we’re all going over the fiscal cliff, but in the meantime business leaders are trying to maximize […]
On October 16, 2012, Pearson Partners hosted the bimonthly DFW HR Roundtable, a networking and knowledge-sharing group of senior human resources executives in the North Texas area. Cathy McGuinness, executive search consultant with Preod Consulting and author of the best-selling book Emperors’ Clothes, discussed the business lessons in her book, and some of the perils and pitfalls associated with poor decisions in the human resources function. Here is a […]
Are You a Strategic Thinker? Lisa Thompson, Managing Director, Professional Services In a world characterized by increased economic and financial volatility, major corporations are looking for leaders with the ability to see the big picture. It might be a chief technology officer who understands why applications are moving to the cloud and how the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend will affect communications in the workplace. Or, a chief financial officer might […]
While many businesses are becoming increasingly confident and eager to move ahead, countless more remain in a holding pattern pending the resolution of the “fiscal cliff,” regulatory changes, healthcare reform and many other economic factors that complicate decision-making. At the same time, technology is moving ahead at a lightning pace, dramatically altering everything from how consumers shop to how companies create, transport and sell their goods and services. Pearson […]
On Aug. 14, 2012, Pearson Partners hosted the bimonthly DFW HR Roundtable, a networking and knowledge-sharing group of senior human resources executives in the North Texas area. Attorney Jonathan Michael Bowman, chief executive officer of Clear Picture Leadership, discussed how today’s leaders can find the “gold” in their teams. Here is a summary of his remarks. Before we start mining for gold, let’s take a brief look at three […]
