Community Preservation's board has hired a new chief executive, Rafael E. Cestero, a former New York housing commissioner, hoping to refocus the organization on rental housing in New York, albeit as a far more modest financier than it was in 2007.
In 2008 Gallagher announced a new plan to refocus the organization on three core issues: education, income and health, with specific metrics for measuring success in each area.
But some are fortunate to have leaders with the courage and skill to rein in the complexity creep and refocus the organization on getting things done more simply and with greater effectiveness.
So at a worldwide management conference in 1981, CEO Roberto Críspulo Goizueta decided to refocus the entire organization on putting value creation first.
"Michael said, 'I can't run everything, so I'll start to focus on the Cordiant organization,' " Mr. Whitehead said, adding that the shifts involving the group presidents reflected "a refocusing of the organization to put emphasis on maintaining and building each of our core businesses".
It has shed noncore assets like Jaguar, and streamlined the organization to refocus on the Ford brand.
To its credit, and playing against stereotype for European managers, ABB management streamlined the organization and refocused almost exclusively on the now-core businesses of automation and power equipment.
The strong support for leadership skills among management team members in this study holds up the notion that within healthcare, leadership that rests at the top of an authority hierarchy needs to be refocused to develop leaders throughout the organization [ 47].
For starters, donors need to refocus their objective from the sustainability of the organization to the sustainability of society.
The Rev. Norman Fong, a 50-year old Presbyterian minister and the Chinatown's center's deputy director, said he intended to change the organization's public image and refocus on issue advocacy when his boss, Mr. Chin, 63, retires this fall.
"It is now clear that our refocus on equity is a practical expression of the organization's commitment to the universality of children's rights," said Mr. Alipui.
