Briefings Audio Conference

In the late 1990’s, it seemed the entire business community was talking about the McKinsey study on the “War for Talent.” CEO’s made pronouncements of strategic intent to win on this battlefield. Vision statements were revised to emphasize acquiring and developing human capital. Companies made big promises. They couldn’t do enough for their people.

Yet, over time, as a challenging business climate has lingered, these promises turned to rhetoric, not reality in many organizations. Early signs that the “coast was clear” with dramatic economic recovery underway, gave way to continued caution as escalating energy prices, geopolitical unrest, and a war against terrorism emerged as the order of the day. Though their Annual Reports proclaimed people to be their “most important assets”, people were often treated as a cost only.

There are significant lessons to be learned from the recent economic downturn. Those companies that best weathered the storm acted on their firmly-held belief that during times of both prosperity and uncertainty, success hinges on the quality of a company’s leadership…at all levels of the organization. A business rises and falls on the strength of its leadership. Those that made an investment in this asset typically outperformed the field. The other companies allowed themselves to be diverted. They focused on trying NOT to LOSE, rather than trying to WIN. These firms have more ground to cover now.

Join us for a 90-minute audio conference as we discuss how successful companies used leadership to increase their success during challenging times.

Presenters

Michael G. Winston
Managing Director and Chief Leadership Officer
Countrywide Financial Corporation

Michael Winston has more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in several Fortune 50 businesses across a spectrum of business sectors including financial services, high technology and aerospace

As Global Head, Worldwide Leadership and Organization Development for Merrill Lynch, he held the highest functional role in the corporation on the issues of organization structure, executive succession planning, leadership development and the management of change. Previously, Michael spent over ten years at Motorola as Vice President and Managing Director, heading up all organization design, large-scale change, leadership development and succession planning initiatives for the communications businesses during the company’s meteoric rise from $6B to over $30B. He has also held top strategic human resources positions at McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Corporations during seismic shifts in the industry.

He currently serves as Managing Director and Chief Leadership Officer of Countrywide Financial Corporation (total revenues of $18.5B, profits of $2.5B and 55,000 employees) with enterprise-wide responsibility for Organization Integration, Succession Planning and Executive and Leadership Development.

An internationally respected and highly sought-after speaker, he has delivered Keynote presentations to over 250 leading companies and industry and professional associations. He is represented by some of the world’s most prestigious Speaker’s Bureaus. He has also presented as an Adjunct Faculty Member at some of the finest University Executive programs in the world.

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