Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. We did figure out how to make the trip work, and the guests had fun, but the company lost money that day because we needed more raft guides than covered by our pricing to ensure customer safety. Sincerely, A mom in 2001.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Tom Peters – Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell. Fast Company, March 2001. You will know that you need 6 weeks for X product to arrive from China, and 3 weeks from mainland EU – so you can opt for a lower price for a longer shipping time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.”. Priorities.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

It worked: venture capital poured in and the growth propelled the company to a $436 million sale to Yahoo in 2001. The early 2000s saw Careerbuilder and Monster going head-to-head for market leadership – largely in a race for distribution. They had revenue, after all. That, precisely, was its magic.

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CO2

AUGUST 2, 2011

In 2001, I was the State Department Correspondent for the Washington Times. Automated online systems test your willingness to pay, meaning that they are programmed to charge the highest price. What brought you to write this book? It is hard to learn about something that you do not know exists.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Consider, for example, the release of the first iPod by Apple back in October 2001. While they might make adjustments to respond to various internal or external issues, these adjustments are always done in the light of staying on track with their goals.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). When it comes to long-term incentives….

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). When it comes to long-term incentives….

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For example, the now ubiquitous and much beloved Fiat 500 was first unveiled by Sergio Marchionne, no stranger to showmanship, at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004 following the buzz generated by the 2001 re-launch of the Mini-Cooper by BMW. Fortunately, there is a great training ground for new UX leadership: the startup market.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

Organizational leadership, we tend to assume, is akin to spatial navigation: Either leaders know where to take their company, and how to take it there — or they don't. At Microsoft, Eichenwald argues, leaders established "a corporate culture that by 2001 was heading down the path of self-immolating chaos."

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There is no doubt that Kamprad’s personal tenacity, business savvy, and leadership skills account for IKEA’s success. Sometimes, strategic leadership is about coming up with a great plan and then executing it seamlessly. But how did it hit on this winning strategy?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Speaking out primes the market, builds anticipation, helps a radical idea sound familiar, and for those whose name becomes associated with the idea, thought leadership offers entree to circles of potential future backers and supporters. Together, it's easier to get attention, bargain for better prices, and find information.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs. On the other hand, analysts were skeptical of the pipeline, and some were calling for new leadership of the company. To my surprise, the stock price went up 2.9% billion in revenues. We were concerned about the effect of a restructuring on Merck people.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Ask a buy-side analyst why Amazon or Apple fetches the price-earnings multiple they do, and inevitably the conversation turns to things like their ability to innovate, their capacity to capture and grow the best talent, their skill at managing brand and vendor relationships or ecosystems.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

This position also meant that governments were continually intervening in markets with price-setting and regulations, as well as with government ownership. However, for many the costs of government intervention seemed to be worth the price. Today, one can view the widespread nationalization of many activities by Chavez in the same way.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. This mindset focuses leadership on making near-term decisions with the longer-term destination in mind, but it doesn’t presume that there is only one path from here to there. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

What the naysayers are overlooking or ignoring is that one could have made a list for Steve Jobs that would look remarkably similar: Missed earnings: Apple posted a $247 million quarterly loss ( in 2001 , four years after Jobs took over — and the stock went UP in after-hours trading). Amazon's price-to-earnings ratio is now 2,767.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

There are some notable examples of CEOs with courage: In the days following September 11, 2001, Southwest Airlines did not follow its many competitors and lay off tens of thousands of people, thereby keeping intact its record of never having a layoff, or furlough, and building its market share.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Southwest’s decision in 2007 to hedge against increases in the price of jet fuel proved remarkably prescient. In 2007 AOL and Time Warner finally pulled the plug on the $350 billion 2001 merger that Time Warner chiefs Jeff Bewkes and Gerald Levin later called “ the biggest mistake in corporate history.”.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In the decade since September 11, 2001, Americans have learned how to get along in a new world. The price tag of the war escalated and ever fewer Americans supported the wars. Leadership From the War Room to the Board Room. But for the U.S. casualties mounted, as did host nation civilian deaths. Rutherford and Kyle G.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

It consumes 20% less fuel than an equivalent 767; which, given today's increasing fuel prices and airlines' diminishing profit margins, should make it an extremely desirable aircraft. They didn't want to pay full price for the Dreamliner's development, so, they didn't — or at least, that's what they thought. At least not yet.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Paula encouraged me to talk with Paul because he “is the real thing when it comes to global business leadership.” The company had been without a CEO for nine months, the earnings and stock price were in the tank, good people were running for the exits, and multiple projects in recent years had failed. And in 2001, profits jumped to $2.2

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

For example, Terry Semel, who succeeded Tim Koogle as CEO of Yahoo in 2001, had a media marketing background at Warner Brothers. One example is Ross Stores: It created an innovative off-price fashion retail format in 1982, which led to its IPO in 1985. billion company in 1995 to an $11 billion dollar company in 2014.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Many deals were put on the books in order to inflate the price of Enron stock, which the insiders sold at peak price levels. Executives never stayed long. He has advised two U.S. Presidents and spoke at five Economic Summits.

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