THE CEO TEST: Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders with Adam Bryant - Episode 66

Scaling Culture

Our guest is Adam Bryant - Managing Director at The ExCo Group and author of multiple books including the most recent "THE CEO TEST: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders,".
Adam has a 30-year career in journalism, including 18 years at The New York Times. He created the weekly "Corner Office" column in 2009, and has interviewed 525 CEOs and other leaders over a decade. Since joining The ExCo Group, he has started popular interview series on LinkedIn with board directors, CEOs, CHROs and prominent Black leaders, and he writes a monthly column on leadership for Strategy+Business magazine. Adam also is the senior adviser to the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership at Columbia University.
In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Adam discuss:

• How strategy drives culture and 4 key components for leaders to succeed
• The power of defining the most critical metric and setting the tone
• How to have tough conversations and the importance of listening skills

For more information about Adam, please connect with him on LinkedIn or go to adambryantbooks.com.
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