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068. Frank Blake: Culture Lessons from a Fortune 50 CEO

068. Frank Blake: Culture Lessons from a Fortune 50 CEO

FromLeading Transformational Change with Tobias Sturesson


068. Frank Blake: Culture Lessons from a Fortune 50 CEO

FromLeading Transformational Change with Tobias Sturesson

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Join your host Tobias Sturesson and his guest, Frank Blake, on this exciting and motivating episode of the Leading Transformational Change podcast. In this conversation, Frank discusses how incentives matter and why senior leaders need to absorb complexity and deal with values dilemmas and conflicting goals. He also explains what it means to lead from an inverted triangle and how to put concepts like servant/humble leadership into practice.

Frank Blake served as Chairman and CEO of The Home Depot from January 2007 through November 2014, and then as chairman through January 2015. Frank joined The Home Depot in 2002 as executive vice president, business development and corporate operations. Frank previously served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that, he served in a variety of executive roles at General Electric, including senior vice president, Corporate Business Development. Frank serves on numerous boards including Delta Air Lines (non-executive chairman), Macy’s, and Proctor & Gamble. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a jurisprudence degree from Columbia University School of Law.

Duration: 1:05:37
Released:
Feb 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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We are passionate about helping leaders, HR, and ethics professionals build healthy cultures of purpose, trust and integrity. Every other Thursday we post conversations with leading thinkers, researchers, and leaders on culture, values, ethics, and transformational change.