Come hear Harry speak at the FEI Chicago Chapter’s premier Professional Development Day at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University on Monday, May 6th. This year’s program will be held in the new flagship Global Hub building on the Evanston Campus. The Global Hub was built to inspire business leaders by supporting new forms of learning and community
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The numbers are both ridiculous and idiotic. According to a study from research firm Dscout, the average person touches their phone 2,617 times, checks email 74 times and receives 46 notifications — all in a single day. That’s a real problem when you consider another number: 168, which is how many hours we have in a week. While that number
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Ford CFO Bob Shanks retiring as company seeks to double profit, sources say In a significant change in the leadership of Ford Motor Co., the automaker is preparing for the retirement of Bob Shanks, executive vice president and the chief financial officer since 2012. …The importance of the CFO simply can’t be overstated, said Harry Kraemer Jr., a professor at
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Join Harry at the ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on September 19th for a session on “Reigniting Values.” Details and registration link below. Click to Register
Read moreAuthor, speaker, and executive coach Leanne Hoagland-Smith recently wrote about Harry’s book, “From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership,” in her weekly column in the Chicago Post-Tribune: “From books we have the opportunity to learn and synthesize new knowledge. In the book, “From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership,” by Harry Kraemer Jr., the
Read moreA Financial Times article, Nobel Foundation’s Lars Heikensten: Dealing with Crises dated July 1, 2018, which discusses how to deal with organizational infighting, quotes Harry who sets out four rules for leaders: Set clear expectations about how the team will operate; the leader must communicate these expectations repeatedly; everyone should be held accountable for their actions, and there must be clear consequences for
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