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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. When the U.S.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

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So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). 5) Operational Transparency -.

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6 Q Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Zenger and Folkman (2002) report that the top 10% of leaders produce five times as much net profit as the bottom 10 %, and twice as much as average leaders. TQ – Technical/Operational Quotient Top leaders know the business. They have the operational skills to make things happen. What does this enlightened leader look like?

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. Mastering digital requires leaders to be agile amid disruption. Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009.