At the beginning of March, I embarked on what I considered a rather unique mission. After three decades managing the development and execution of corporate strategies, I would share the thinking and the experiences of senior executives. I was in a position to provide the somewhat different perspective of an insider, not as a representative of the company (as in the current vogue of CEOs on corporate blogs), but as a true reflection of management thinking, for better or for worse.
Unfortunately, I hit a roadblock. At the end of May, shortly after posting my last entry to View from the Corner Office, I suffered a serious heart attack. Heart failure and subsequent surgery, which included – or should I say concluded with – the severing of two arteries, set me back in a significant way.
As a result, I have not posted for almost three months. This is a shame since this site was gaining traction and an audience of significant geographic breadth.
I will return, however, within a few weeks. I would ask you all to be patient for just a bit longer. Check your RSS feed for when the next post arrives. For some reason, I can see an entry on succession planning. In the meantime, be sure to review past entries.
Again, I apologize for the break; it will, hopefully, be my last for a long while. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:47 am
Hope you’re feeling better. I rarely have the time to read stuff during the day (which could be one of your topics for the future) but today I forced myself to do a little catching up, at work… I read all of your articles. Wow Murray, they are all very very interesting and very good. I especially liked the one on loyalty. I believe that execs are witnessing massive changes with respect to loyaly, whether it pertains to customers, suppliers or employees and I think that the real challenge for senior management is going to be to get employees to accept this new reality, which may not be what we want to have but its part of doing business today. On another subject, I saw your comments on «Who stole my cheese» and I thought you were a little too harsh. Most people, need simple «how to rules» and although I agree that there is nothing groundbreaking in the book, it certainly helps to visualize in a friendly way some of the difficulties that we have in dealing with those around us who constantly oppose change, and end up hurtiing themselves in the end. I hope that your health is picking up and that you are enjoying whatever is supposed to be our summer period here in Montreal. Take care Murray.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:54 am
I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts down the road on «succession planning» which I believe adds very little value in today’s fast paced business environment. Cheers.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Great content. I’ll keep coming back for similar posts which I cannot wait to read….