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  • Raging Debates in HR

    Read 10 experts' takes on some timely HR and talent management issues at Halogen Software's Raging Debates in HR site. See their opinions on banning social media at work, annual reviews, forced ranking, and more! CEO's own Ed Lawler is...

  • March 2010 Symposium on Optimizing the Performance of People

    John Boudreau will present a keynote address on "Beyond HR - A Business Approach to Building Human Capital" at the upcoming 8th annual Symposium on Optimizing the Performance of People, presented by KnowledgeAdvisors. Find out more and register for the...

  • What is Fast HR?

    Fast HR is a growing body of work that spells out ways HR can change to meet the needs of today's fast-growth and high change organizations. No longer is change management enough. Traditional change management implies it will finished at...

  • Focal Jobs Report

    Have you seen the recent report from the IBM Institute for Business Value on focal jobs, pivotal roles in the future of HR, and talent strategy? We were pleased to note that the work of John Boudreau and Pete Ramstad...

  • List of All 2010 Seminars

    Upcoming 2010 CEO seminars and workshops

  • Organization Strategy and Effectiveness in Large Emerging Markets

    In September Alec Levenson traveled to China to kick off a new CEO research agenda on organization strategy and effectiveness in large emerging markets. Countries such as China, India, Indonesia and Brazil offer unique challenges and opportunities to both...

  • Ecological Sustainability to Catalyze High Performance

    In October, 2008, CEO hosted a conference on "organizing for sustainability" that was attended by the Cleveland Clinic, including leaders from Huron Hospital, one of the hospitals in the Cleveland Clinic system. Huron is notable because of the severe...

  • Apply for the Susan G. Cohen Award

    Applications are now available for the 2010 Susan G. Cohen Doctoral Research Award in Organization Design, Effectiveness, and Change. CEO and the Organization Development and Change (ODC) division of the Academy of Management announce the Susan G. Cohen Research...

  • CEO's Talent Management and Leadership Development Seminars

    "I left thinking about ways we can enrich our talent processes with more up, down and across." -- Sarah Hunt, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans CEO's Talent Management and Leadership Development seminars, held consecutively in September, featured the Calder Quartet, Steve...

  • When do High-Level Managers Believe They Can Influence the Stock Price?

    Upcoming article to appear in the Human Resources Management Journal in 2010 by Benjamin Dunford (Purdue), Wendy Boswell (Texas A&M), and John Boudreau (CEO, USC): When do High-Level Managers Believe They Can Influence the Stock Price? Antecedents of Stock Price...

  • Engaged in What? Why Employee Engagement is Not Enough

    Theresa Welbourne writes that traditional approaches to engagement are not enough and may even backfire. Rather, she suggests that figuring out "what employees are engaged in doing at work is more important than if they are or are not...

  • Boards of Directors Think CEO Perks Need Cutting

    Findings from a Center for Effective Organizations survey shows that most people on corporate boards believe that CEO pay packages need trimming, especially perks like corporate jet rides and severence pay. The findings come from an annual survey conducted by...

  • CEO in Top 5 of Leadership Development Programs

    Leadership Excellence magazine named CEO the #5 educational organization that offers leadership development programs in their October 2009 issue....

  • Join Ed Lawler, Chris Worley and Theresa Welbourne in Bellevue, Washington

    Built for Agility: Leading in Uncertain Times Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:00 AM In the face of increasing market and economic uncertainties, the need for strategic and organizational agility seems obvious. But when it comes to organization change, the goal...

  • Recession Permanently Changing Workplace and Work Force

    AP reported on the permanent changes being made to the workplace because of the recession. From an acceleration of offshoring jobs, more cautious consumer spending, Alec Levenson, a research scientist of CEO, was interviewed for the piece and noted that...

  • CEO's Executive Education Advisory Board

    CEO is excited to introduce our new Executive Education Advisory Board. This dynamic group will help guide CEO's executive education programming and content. They bring considerable expertise and energy to our efforts and we look forward to working with them....

  • Welbourne Interview on SmallBizAmerica Radio

    Tune in to an interview with Theresa Welbourne on SmallBiz America radio as she discusses her research on leadership, HR, and change management and how it applies to the world of work....

  • Hiring is a More Protracted Process

    The New York Times reported on the increasing trend towards putting job applicants through several job interviews and asking them to work on a temporary basis before being offered a position. CEO research scientist Alec Levenson was quoted in the...

  • Webinar: Retooling Talent Management to Be More Businesslike - Audio/Video

    CEO Research Director and Professor John Boudreau held a webinar on September 29 discussing how to retool talent management so that it can be more businesslike. There are valuable data and frameworks for talent management today, but they tend to...

  • Driving High Performance with Home Working

    Dr. Theresa Welbourne and her colleagues from Telefonica O2 Europe recently completed a study on the impact of home working on employee performance. Working with Amanda Jones, a doctoral student from King's College London and Danielle Lee, Head of Employee...

  • Sustainable Cleveland - the Experience of Place

    Northeast Ohio, a geographical area of some 16 counties based in and around Cleveland and adjacent to Lake Erie, is making a name for itself as a seedbed of sustainability practices and a model for other communities wishing to...

  • 2009 Cohen Award Winner

    Jill Waymier Paine, of Teachers College, Columbia University, is the 2009 recipient of the Susan G. Cohen Award and receives $2,500. Her dissertation title is "Follower Engagement and Commitment to Change: Examining the Role of Regulatory Fit." Congratulations to Jill!...

  • HRPS's Fall Executive Forum

     Learn more and register for the Human Resource Planning Society's Fall Executive Forum, held October 25-27 in Chicago. At the Forum, some of the world's best talent development executives and thought leaders will share the approaches, challenges and best practices...

  • Workbook/Slides Available: Keys to Success During a Recession

    The slides and workbook for Dr. Theresa Welbourne's August online learning event based on the latest findings from the Leadership Pulse are now available. Slides Workbook The Leadership Pulse is the first and only real-time benchmarking and leadership tool....

  • Jay Galbraith at Business Week: Pro-Matrix

    To Matrix or not to matrix? That is the question posed by BusinessWeek.com and answered by two leading organizational design experts. In this week's "Debate Room" feature, CEO-affiliated research scientist Dr. Jay Galbraith and Dr. Guido Quelle discuss their arguments...

  • Free CEO Working Papers

    Most CEO working papers (2007 and older) are now free to download. See what's available here....

  • Boudreau, Levenson, Benson Presentation at Wharton School

    CEO's John Boudreau and Alec Levenson, and affiliated research scientist George Benson (University of Texas at Arlington) presented Strategic Management of Human Capital: A Case Study of Task Differentiation at the :2nd People and Organizations Conference: Understanding Human Capital as...

  • 2009 HCEO Graduates

    We are very pleased to announce our HCEO graduates for 2009. HCEO (Human Capital and Effective Organizations) is one of the certificate programs that CEO offers. It provides an innovative and rigorous curriculum that prepares high-potential professionals to take...

  • Company and Individuals Recognized at Annual Meeting

    In celebrating CEO's 30 years, we wanted to highlight and thank groups and people with whom we've worked especially closely. At our 30th Anniversary annual meeting and celebration, we presented one company award and three individual awards. The company...

  • Ed Lawler in the News

    Ed Lawler opines, Let's Get CEO Pay Right This Time in the latest Conference Board Review. What's the right way to fix executive compensation? See Lawler's article on this topic in the May/June 2009 Chief Executive magazine. Ed Lawler was...

  • Some Highlights of CEO's 30 Years

    Check out some highlights of CEO's first 30 years! These clips were first shown at CEO's 30th Anniversary Dinner. (Note: there is no audio for these clips.)

  • John Boudreau Award for Human Capital Management Established

    AHRI, the Australian Human Resources Institute, has established this organizational award to recognize outstanding people initiatives/strategies. Specifically, the John Boudreau Award for Human Capital Management is designed to recognize outstanding people management initiatives and strategies demonstrating improved decision systems for...

  • Alec Levenson Featured in HR Magazine

    CEO Research Scientist Alec Levenson's article "Count on Productivity Gains," written with Tracy Faber, Vice President of HR for PepsiCo Customer Teams, appears in the current HR Magazine (June 2009). SHRM members can read the article online....

  • Ways to Get Involved with CEO's Ongoing Research

    Agility/the Strategic Leadership Project What is agile? CEO has been developing a model of the agile organization, and we are currently working with firms to understand the drivers of long-term performance from an agility perspective. Firms participating in the study...

  • CEO Turns 30!

    Setting the Standard in Organizational Effectiveness Research   Thirty years later, USC Marshall's Center for Effective Organizations is still blazing a trail By Jeremy DeutchmanWhen Ed Lawler arrived at USC Marshall in 1978, he had no way of knowing his...

  • Webinar with Jay Galbraith: Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work - Slides/Audio

    Renowned OD thinker Jay Galbraith held a webinar on June 17 at 9 am Pacific Time about designing matrix organizations that actually work. Jay's latest book is all about this subject.   Click the play button above to start audio...

  • Hope and Humility - Leadership Pulse June Report

     "Hope is part of the theme for this leadership pulse because for the first time since 2003, the overall leadership confidence index is showing a statistically significant increase, most of the individual questions that make up the index are on...

  • June 4 Leadership Pulse Webinar Slides/Audio

    The Leadership Team Pulse: Lessons from Participants June 4, 9 am PDT  Click the play button below to start audio file.   A PDF of the slides is available.   As mentioned in the webinar: Join the Leadership Pulse as...

  • Lawler and Boudreau Talk About Google

    Ed Lawler weighed in on Google's use of an algorithm to figure out which of its employees was most likely to quit in the May 19, 2009 Wall Street Journal. John Boudreau was also interviewed about the subject and appeared...

  • New Book Available: Achieving Excellence in HR Management

    Ed Lawler and John Boudreau's new book, Achieving Excellence in HR Management, is now available. Click here to learn more......

  • Sustainability Summer Conference in Cleveland, August 2009

    Organizing for Sustainable Impact: Creating Synergy and Acceleration to Implement a Sustainable Future Held August 7, 2009  Click for the Report Out on the Conference  The August get-together of our sustainability network was co-sponsored and hosted by the Nance College...

  • Extreme Strategizing Article in Leader to Leader Journal

    Theresa Welbourne's article on Extreme Strategizing appears in the Spring 2009 edition of Leader to Leader Journal....

  • Report Out on the October, 2008 Sustainability Conference

    Click to read the report on the October 2008 Sustainability Conference...

  • CEO Informational Folio

    The 2009 information folio and guide to CEO is now available....

  • Photos from Our Workshop in Chicago!

    Check out the snapshots we took during the Strategic Organization Design Workshop held April 14-17, 2009 in Chicago....

  • Participate in Agility Research

    What is agile? CEO has been developing a model of the agile organization. We are currently working with firms to correlate actual performance with this model and the presence or absence of expected OD and capability features. Learn more about...

  • April 23 Leadership Pulse Webinar Slides/Audio

    The Leadership Pulse: Deep Dive on Leadership Confidence (or how to improve confidence and build for the future) April 23, 9 am PDT  Click the play button below to start audio file. A PDF of the slides is available. Mentioned...

  • CEO at HRPS Annual Conference, April 27-29

    We'll have a booth at the HRPS's annual conference. Come say hello!...

  • Business Leadership Confidence Finally on the Rise

    Study indicates economic challenges increase management energy levels and drive focus

  • Lawler Paper a Top Ten Download

    Ed Lawler's paper, "Human Capital Management: What are Boards Doing?," was named one of the top ten downloaded papers in its category at the Social Science Research Network's (SSRN) website. All of Ed's papers at SSRN are available....

  • Lawler's List: 5 Books on How to Increase Workplace Productivity

    CEO Director Ed Lawler was asked by the Wall Street Journal to pick five books on increasing productivity at work. His list appeared in the March 27, 2009 edition....

  • Removing Execs During a Time of Crisis

    Director Ed Lawler comments on the firing of GM's erstwhile CEO in a March 31 BusinessWeek article....

  • Leadership Confidence is on the Rise

    For the first time since running the leadership pulse study, which started in 2003, leadership confidence is on the rise (report coming soon). While confidence in the economy was down, confidence in leadership teams, ability to execute on vision, that...

  • Get Involved: Employee Engagement After Layoffs

    CEO is conducting a major piece of work on employee engagement and energy after layoffs. We are not just measuring engagement and energy; our team of experts, who have been helping create innovative solutions for some of the most effective...

  • Levenson Featured on Radio re: Unemployment Figures

    Alec Levenson, CEO Research Scientist, was interviewed by the CBS radio affiliate KNX on March 16 about the latest national unemployment statistics, looking at differences in the figures depending on gender and education level. Levenson was also featured by KNX...

  • Leadership Pulse Research Results

    Check out the Leadership Pulse research results from the summer 2008 Pulse Dialogue. Report available here....

  • Director Lawler Receives Katzell Award

    Ed Lawler has been named the 2009 recipient of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's Katzell Award, which is awarded to a SIOP member who has shown the importance of work done by industrial/organizational psychology for addressing social issues....

  • IHRIM Honors John Boudreau

    IHRIM, the International Association for Human Resources Information Management, has selected Professor and CEO Research Director John Boudreau to receive its 2009 Chairman's Award. The IHRIM Chairman's Award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the...

  • CNN's iReport Features Ed Lawler

    CEO Director Ed Lawler talks to David Kronmiller.

  • Free Webinars by Theresa Welbourne on the Leadership Pulse

    Join us for one or all three

  • Doing Useful Research - a Conference

    Doing Research that is Useful for Theory and Practice has been CEO's focus for the 30 years it has been in existence. Our founding and ongoing belief is that academic research should in fact be useful to practitioners in addressing...

  • Webinar and White Paper: Developing Capabilities During the Downturn

    Chris Worley and Sue Mohrman discuss organizational design approaches that contribute to capability development during challenging and uncertain times. Download their new white paper "Organization Design Levers for Dealing with Rough Times: A Capabilities Development Approach to Surviving and Thriving."...

  • Lawler Article Featured in BusinessWeek Online

    CEO Director Ed Lawler's article on "Fixing Executive Compensation Excesses" is BusinessWeek's online Viewpoint article for February 5, 2009....

  • Extreme Strategizing

    Extreme strategizing is a new method for strategy making in organizations experiencing high change, developed by Dr. Theresa Welbourne. Download CEO's new brochure on this innovative method....

  • Lawler Interviewed in L.A. Times on Bank's Vegas Junket

    CEO Director Ed Lawler was quoted in the February 4, 2009 story in the Los Angeles Times about Wells Fargo and its cancelled trip to Las Vegas for top mortgage salespeople....

  • Reuters Quotes Levenson

    CEO Research Scientist Alec Levenson was quoted in a February 1 Reuters story, "Hard Times give US Goverment Jobs Greater Allure," which was picked up by numerous news outlets, including Yahoo! News, Yahoo! India News, XE.com, MSNBC Wire Services, Sott.net...

  • List of All 2009 Seminars

    Dates and locations for all scheduled 2009 CEO seminars

  • Welcome to our new site!

    Bookmark this site for direct access to CEO!

  • Levenson Quoted on Circuit City Closing

    CEO Research Scientist Alec Levenson was interviewed for the L.A. Times' story, "Circuit City to close remaining 567 stores in U.S," which was published on January 17, 2009. Click to link to the story on the L.A. Times site....

  • DOE Research

    DOE Research Homepage -- Department of Energy-Sponsored Research on Knowledge Networks in Government-Sponsored Basic Research Latest Report: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation (September 2008)...

  • Employee Engagement

    Employee engagement is one of the hottest topics in management. Read Theresa Welbourne's article Employee Engagement: Beyond the Fad and into the Executive Suite here. Theresa offers actions that leaders can take to ensure that the people in charge of...

  • Join the Leadership Pulse Study

    Learn about the Leadership Pulse, which is the first and only real-time leadership benchmarking and learning project. You can also join the new Leadership Team Pulse, which allows any team of 100 managers / senior professionals to join and receive...

  • Boudreau Featured on "Bill Kutik Radio Show" Podcast

    Listen on January 7 at 12 noon Eastern time to John Boudreau on the Bill Kutik Radio Show internet podcast. You can also listen to a recording of the show by going to the same URL at any time. John...

  • Welbourne on Reorienting HRM in Tough Times

    CEO Research Professor Theresa Welbourne has an article in the current IHRIMlink. Read a PDF of her "In My Opinion" column....

  • Lawler as Guest Columnist in Wall Street Journal

    Ed Lawler writes that Boards are MIA for Workforce Decisions in the December 11 Wall Street Journal....

  • Good Riddance to the Imperial CEO

    Ed Lawler's viewpoint on the Imperial CEO, from Business Week Magazine online

  • Is HR a Strategic Partner?

    The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the University of Southern California has completed its fifth study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations.

  • 5 Top Thought Leaders Affiliated with CEO

    Leadership Excellence Magazine named to its Excellence 100 Top Thought Leaders list 5 people affiliated with CEO: Warren Bennis, James O'Toole, Jay Conger, Morgan McCall, Jr., and Ed Lawler. Ed was also named as one of the top Practitioners in...

  • CEO in NAHR Class of 2008

    CEO was named the NAHR Honored Organization of 2008 in recognition of 30 years of contributions to the HR field.

  • Talent is a 2008 Best Biz Book

    Ed Lawler's Talent is named one of the best business books of 2008 according to Strategy + Business magazine. (You'll need to register - which is free - to read the article.)...

  • John Boudreau Guest Blogger on Evidence-Based Management Site

    Most organizations today are awash in evidence about talent, yet lack the logic to use those numbers for vital strategic decisions. Lots of data with little logic is why Pete Ramstad and I proposed that we need a decision science for talent, in our book, "Beyond HR."

  • Stop Keeping Pay Secret

    Pay secrecy hurts both organizations as a whole and employees as individuals

  • Rewarding Employees When You Are Out Of Cash

    In the report Cash May Not Be King, you can find some unexpected good news to help with your dilemma.

  • Managers Lament: Have Strategy, Need Direction

    Is it possible that our current models for making strategy are broken? Read the article and join in a discussion

  • CEO Named as Top Leadership Development Program

    Leadership Excellence magazine named CEO as the number 5 Leadership Development program in the Education/Universities/Schools of Management and Business category for 2008-9....

  • Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage

    A new book by Edward E. Lawler III

  • Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives

    A new book by Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau

  • Conference on Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability

    A Working Conference
    October 2-3, 2008

  • Interview: John Boudreau talks to HR Horizons

    Boudreau discusses identifying pivotal talent and more in the interview....

  • Boudreau writing as guest columnist at Evidence-Based Management

    Read John's column at Evidence-Based Management, "Supply Chain Logic for Evidence-Based Talent Management."...

  • Video Interview: Boudreau Discusses Beyond Talent

    John Boudreau discussing his book, Beyond Talent June 21, 2007...

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