...The CEO Advantage Journal, a publication of CEO Advisors, LLC. Visit w w w.tcajournal.com. by Ben Anderson-Ray and John Kobasic N AUGUST 24, 2011, Steve Jobs resigned his role as Apple CEO and was replaced by Tim Cook. This followed a seven-month period in which Cook was already functioning O O as CEO while Jobs focused on fighting the health problems that ultimately took his life on October 5. Many are watching to see how this unique leadership transition will work out for Apple, but it is not the first unique leadership transition they have faced. Jobs, of course, was the cofounder of Apple, but organizational infighting led to his ouster when John Sculley took over in the mid-1980s. Sculley oversaw the growth of the Macintosh and thus the company, but when that growth slowed and new internal issues arose, a series of CEOs failed to get the company back on track. In 1997, a more experienced Jobs returned and drove tremendous growth. The leadership history of Apple is a good reminder that a leadership transition–particularly one involving the founder– presents both risk and opportunity to any organization. If done poorly, it spawns uncertainty, conflict, and stress, stalling growth and exacerbating misalignment that may or may not have already been there. If done well, it brings new vision and strategic clarity to the organization. Indeed, success for an organization begins with the leader and the culture he or she creates and nurtures. Much has been written...
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...adult, a person that can make their own decisions, be accountable, responsible, and trustworthy all on the premise of who you are, yourself. For some of us it begins with the experience of college, some it may happen a little sooner or perhaps a little later. For me, it was later. I had just recently completed a college program in downtown Chicago and landed my first real job. It was acquired not through any linkage to any work study program from school or helping out friends of relatives or anyone I personally knew. This was the real deal. I was working for a huge international insurance company by the name of INA. They were known for their property and casualty underwriting business. Soon after I came on board, INA was merged to form a new and bigger company, CIGNA. I had hit the big time! I was hired to assist a gentleman by the name of John Anderson who lived in Elmhurst, Illinois. I bonded with him immediately upon interviewing with him, and I was offered the job before I left the interview. I was elated. The pay was great and it afforded me to become even more independent by getting my own apartment. I enjoyed my position. Life was great, for a while. I respected my boss and had a great rapport with him and others within the office. My boss, on the other hand, was not liked by many in our office. He was a high producer and others were...
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...opportunities for collaboration and integration but in the short to medium term austerity is set to continue and may even accelerate. With constant change becoming the new norm in terms of our service delivery there has become a need to ensure we have an effective management structure to support this. Following the appointment of a new Director felt it appropriate to review the most senior management in the organisation, resulting in the reduction of the senior team from nine to seven. Out of the seven a total of four of the senior team are relatively new in post and with all this change there has been an obvious shift change in the leadership style. Whilst styles are obviously forming along with adapting to new team dynamics there has been more of a focus around engaging more effectively within the workforce and bringing people along with the changes rather than these feeling forced. The previous Director approached things completely different taking a more directive / consultative style. An example of this would be his blog. This was made available on our internal intranet and was updated regularly but this only informed us of what he wanted to say and his thoughts about what was going on in the organisation, it didn’t really provide an opportunity to comment or influence any of the decisions being made. The new Director has a completely different style that is more around a consultative/participative style. For instance his ‘weekly blog’ no longer exists in its old form...
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...are unable to provide and care for their family. The social problem that was selected to discuss and talk about is grandparents raising grandchildren. Today grandparents not only have to play the role as a grandparent but they too have to take on the task of being a parent as well. Grandparents do not sign up to be the care taker of their grandchild or grandchildren however when there is a dramatic change or transition in the life of the child and there is no other family member who can provide and care for the child the grandparent then will be the next of kin to care for them. Grandparents whom are raising their grandchildren is not something that is new and has been an epidemic for quite some time. Grandparents are playing role models to their grandchildren due to the circumstances and situations of their parents such as mental illness, substance abuse, incarceration and so many more reasons as to why the grandparents are raising their grandchildren. The paper will discuss the important facts that lead up to why it is a social problem with grandparents whom are raising their grandchildren. In the paper it will discuss how the grandparents age can play a major role in the raising the grandchildren and if something were to happen where would the children go and who would continue to care for them. Grandparents are important in children’s lives. The role that they play can help the child to progress and become something in life even with the absence of parents. Grandchildren...
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...Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Mary Ellen Garcia Liberty University Multicultural Issues in Human Services -509 Dr. Eva Straner Due: August, 2013 Abstract In the last thirty years, Grandparents have played a significant role in raising their grandchildren. Numerous changes have occurred that have required our current society to move in a familiar direction to care for children that would in other times have been placed in foster care homes. Research has shown that factors that include substance abuse, illness, child abuse, domestic violence, neglect, and death have put a greater challenge on Grandparents living arrangements. With the increase of divorce, the lack of child care, the demands placed on a single parent to enter the work force to financially support a household has also added to the increase of Grandparent participation in the raising of their grandchildren. In the past, Grandparents worked to support their families and looked forward to the day of their retirement and possible social activities of leisure. These goals have decreased significantly as Grandparents have had to take on the role of sole caregivers and active participates in raising their minor age grandchildren. Grandparents find that their age, income status, health limitations and the challenges with the children, affect their everyday life. The Legal System and Child Welfare Agencies rely on the next of kin to assist with immediate placements but have not included immediate legal ramifications...
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...Parental Rights and Roles BSHS 342 May 9, 2011 Parental Rights and Roles Parenting is a task that has gone on for generations and helps prepare the next generation for physical, emotional, economic, and social situations. Parents have a major influence in the development of children. The parent-child relationship exerts the most significant and compelling influence on his or her children’s development during childhood. Factors in society today, like poverty, unemployment, urbanization, increased population growth, increase in crimes and drug use, and the break up of the traditional family unit has families in a state of flux and re-definition. The results of these society-wide changes have many debilitating influences on parenthood, the parent-child relationship and the child’s development. In the following paragraphs is an overview of parental rights and roles in different parental settings, like single parents, grandparents, foster parents, and incarcerated women. Rights and Roles of the Single Parent The roles and responsibilities of single parents can be complicated for both single mothers and fathers. The situations are difficult no matter if the single parents are on opposite sides of a divorce, if it were the parent's choice to have a child on his or her own, or if it is a result of a death. According to (Burgess, 1970), the single-parent family is an ever-increasing phenomenon in contemporary American society. The goal of concerned, conscientious...
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...Most grandparents find the idea of being unable to see their grandchildren inconceivable. In actuality, however, thousands of grandparents have faced the loss of their visitation rights. Some have successfully negotiated, either in or out of court, for grandparent rights, including their right to see their grandchildren. Others have had to face the sad reality of going for years without the prospect of a visit. The concept of grandparents rights is relatively new and is the product of several factors. These factors include greater longevity, which has given many grandparents larger roles in their grandchildren’s lives, and a rising divorce rate, which in many cases has put those relationships in peril. Grandparents facing the loss of their visitation rights have sought legal relief from a patchwork of laws and legal precedents which vary greatly from location to location. In the United States, grandparents rights are governed primarily by state statute, but no less an authority than the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on the subject. State statutes on the subject of grandparent visitation rights vary from statutes considered to be permissive to those considered to be stringent. The Supreme Court case which applies to grandparenting visitation rights, Troxel v. Granville, involved a Washington State statute governing the rights of third parties to seek court-enforced visitation. Although the statute did not specifically mention grandparents, they were most likely to seek...
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...Children Raised by Custodial Grandparents? Nowadays more women have jobs and parents are busier with work than ever before. More grandparents become weekend helpers and help to co-parent their grandchildren; however, grandparents as custodial parents are special cases. The young child’s parents may be unable or unfit to perform their roles as parent due to drug abuse, AIDS or mental disorders. Although parents and grandparents all have love for the children in their life, are children raised by biological parents better than those who are raised by custodial grandparents? This is my research question for the essay. Some sociologists argue that because of the lack of existence of parents, children grow up with grandparents cannot have a real understanding what a family is, and these children usually perform not as good as children who grow up in a normal nuclear family. I concluded some main perspectives support that there are disadvantages of children raised by custodial grandparents; these include emotional disturbance, physical weakness, incapability, social barriers and higher chance of getting substance abuse. Emotional Disturbance Fist of all, children who live with their custodial grandparents might often question where did their parents go. When they start to understand and make sense of the world, their first impression is that their parents abandoned them. From Brown-Standridge, “Custodial grandchildren may try to push grandparents away since they feel others...
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...Many grandparents in the United States (US) are finding grandparenthood different from what they expected. Instead of the occasional visits from their grandchildren, they have taken on the role of primary parents to their grandchildren. According to 2000 US Census data, six million (8.4 percent) of all children under the age of 18 are living in grandparent or other relative-maintained households across the nation. The Census further found that nearly 5.8 million grandparents are living in households with one or more of their own grandchildren under the age of 18. More than 2.4 million of these grandparents are primarily responsible for meeting the basic needs of these children. In Alabama, more than 113,000 (10.1 percent) children are now living in these conditions. Although the percentage of children in Alabama living in grandparent or relative-maintained households is somewhat higher than the national percentage, a closer look at Alabama counties reveals other astounding percentages. For example, in Madison County 7.2 percent of children are living with grandparents or relatives. While this percentage is lower than the national average, two counties in West Alabama, Lowndes (19 percent) and Wilcox (17.3), both have higher national percentages. And Huntsville located in Northern Alabama, reported that as many as 1524 grandparents are the primary caregivers of grandchildren, and at least 2922 grandparents now live in the household with one or more grandchildren under the age...
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...Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences 4(2): 173-181, 2012 ISSN: 2041-3246 © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2012 Submitted: December 30, 2011 Accepted: January 31, 2012 Published: March 20, 2012 The Role of Family in Educating-Socializing Children: The Case of Vietnam Nguyen Thanh Binh Free University of Berlin, Germany, Institute of Sociology, Gary strasse 55, 14195 Berlin, Germany Abstract: Vietnamese families are the first, primary and deciding factor in educating-socializing each person. It is through families that people can learn the standards, values approved by the society. Families are the first human group, which people are raised, looked after, educated and grown up. During childhood, children live in families and learn a lot by observing and teaching, and know what is wrong or right, should or shouldn’t . In Vietnamese families, fathers and mothers play the most important role in educating children. Fathers symbolize intelligence, will, and family discipline to unite children-especially sons. Mothers who are often careful, close to children everyday, find out and timely shape misleading, and better at raising children lifestyle. With tender and tactful attitude, mothers convert, persuade and teach children to love even when they grow up. Key words: Children, education, family, socialization, Vietnam A.C. Macarenco what parents do for children before the age of 5 is 90% of the result of educating (Chuong, 2000). Therefore, wanting...
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...The Plight of Grandparents’ Rights Being a grandparent is one of the grandest things that will ever happen to a parent. Maybe because it happens to us later in life when we are a little wiser and a little more appreciative of things. Maybe because it is a gift that we really didn’t expect to receive. Whatever the reason, the experience of being a grandparent is one that is precious and should be respected. For seven years I enjoyed watching my twin granddaughters grow up. In fact I lived with them for the first year of their lives and developed a very strong bond with them. Sure our family had it’s moments but for the most part we were close and enjoyed spending time together. Then it happened, our family fell apart. My granddaughters’ parents split up and so did our family. Being the grandparent, I was the last to know that there were issues in my son’s marriage but I was the first one to be cut out of his daughters’ lives. My granddaughters’ mother will not speak to me or allow me to have any contact with them. My son is fighting his own battle to see them. Now I only see them a few hours every month. Needless to say this turn of events has been absolutely devastating for my husband and I. We miss our granddaughters so very much and we feel so confused. Do we have legal rights to see our granddaughters and be a part of their lives? “The state of grandparents’ rights is terrible”, says Richard Kent, from Meyers Breiner & Kent. This is the opening sentence...
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...Creating a Social Program Rosalind Harris HSM/240 August 21, 2010 Kevin Bottomley It is estimated that 1.3 million children are entrusted to their grandparents’ care everyday and that 2.4 million children live in households headed by a grandparent. This practice is one of tradition, especially in the African-American culture. Full-time care giving of grandchildren by grandparents is a growing national phenomenon (Moore & Miller, 2007). During this time, some grandparents experience stress and resentment for having to raise their children’s children. On the other hand, grandchildren experience emotional, behavior and academic problems at school (Edwards, Daire, 2006). This experience can be devastating for both grandparent and grandchild. With the assistance of the social program called “Grandma and Grandpa’s Hands”, Grandparents can learn how to cope with caring for grandchildren and grandchildren can receive assistance to enable them to improve their performance in school and to adjust to living in a loving environment where the grandparents are the guardian. The creation of this new social program will enable grandparents and grandchildren to appreciate this rewarding experience. The Social Problem The problems that this social program addresses is that different circumstances that place children in jeopardy such as the abandonment of child/children by the parent. In most cases, this is the result of a parent’s drug use, mental illness of a parent and divorce...
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...friends, family members, and the people that affect the life of an individual. Each and every family unit is unique in the way they operate and definitive roles that are assigned to each member of the family. This can include extended families with grandparents, and even great grandparents in some case living under the same roof. In this paper I will describe my families cultural values and roles and how that has shaped me in my life today. I actually am a product of a divorce at a very young age. My Mother and Father divorced when I was 5 and we moved to another state. Until then, we lived in a town where I was raised with Catholic believes, mainly because that was my fathers upbringing. It was very traditional if the fact that my mother was a homemaker who primarily raised and cared for my needs. My father went to work, made all the money, paid the bills and therefore made all the decisions regarding how the money would be managed and spent. My mother received an allowance for material goods she may need throughout the month, and they had a joint account he would fund in order to give her access for groceries, medical expenses, household items and other necessities. She performed all the homemaker duties from cooking, laundry, cleaning, ironing, and mothering. It was the classic picture of the old standard of traditional family roles. My Father came from a Italian heritage where the woman and men had very clear...
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...Divorce and changing family patterns have strongly impacted family relationships and support for intergenerational families. When it comes to providing care for elderly parents in the family, it is reported that divorce and stepfamilies affect the amount of support that is given to the adult parents. Research suggests that out of all the gender-by-marital status combinations, it is seen that the group experiencing the lowest level of personal care from their children are divorced fathers (Family Relationships and Support in Old Age, Smith, 2016). When finding information on adult stepchildren in regards to their aging stepparents it is seen that their relationship is more fragile then the relationship between a an adult child and their biological...
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...the Chinese culture pantheon is indisputably secure. However, mahjong’s place in the hearts of each succeeding generation of Chinese has been in constant flux. My grandparents grew up watching their elders gather around the mahjong table drinking, laughing, arguing, and gambling long into the night – especially during the Lunar New Year. However, upon reaching adulthood they suddenly found it taboo. Mahjong (along with card play and gambling in general) was banned under the new Communist government in 1949 which viewed it as a useless and morally corrupt capitalist distraction. Many Chinese certainly continued to play in private, but at their own peril – especially during the height of the Cultural Revolution. It wasn’t until the late 80’s that the central government officially once again legalized the open playing of mahjong. Prior to writing this essay, I asked my grandparents how they felt about that and their response was essentially that life was so hard during those years they likely wouldn’t have been able to find time to play even if it was acceptable. Despite the long absence of mahjong from their lives, when suddenly confronted with tremendous free time upon their retirement and driven by childhood memories, they all rediscovered the game and have played nearly constantly to this very day. My grandparents are not the same when they gather round the table and begin shuffling the tiles. Traditional expectations of...
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