Roundtable Talk

MAY 18, 2011

After an affair with an IMF staffer back in 2008, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted as saying: “The personal behaviour of the managing director sets an important tone for the institution. Which begs the question… where were DSK’s former bosses early on in his career? Why were they allowing this behaviour to continue?

Crisis Management 34

Crisis Management Reputation Hotels Committee 34

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 10, 2017

Participants were asked what one thing they wished they could change about their manager. The second most popular answer was to have their manager quit. Here’s how you can begin your transition from manager to magnetic leader. Be open to the possibility that you may need to do rethink your approach to management.

Tips 182

Tips How To Open-book Consultative 182

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

As the Harvard Business School's Michael Jensen put the argument in a 2002 article , "Any organization must have a single-valued objective as a precursor to purposeful or rational behavior. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.". It is logically impossible to maximize in more than one dimension at the same time.

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The CEO of Volkswagen from 1993 to 2002 was famous for his willingness to demote or fire employees who failed to meet expectations. What’s the tone from upper management? Do they talk more about maximizing profits and hitting quarterly numbers, or do they talk more about optimizing value for the long term?

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2018

But we believe this diversity framework, though somewhat artificial (as all frameworks are) can be useful to companies who are trying to refresh their approach to managing diversity. Managing identities of origin. In 2002 the company hired a chief diversity officer, Anand Rohini, to make diversity a priority. Consider Sodexho.

Diversity 8

Diversity Human Resources Policies Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. Patience and a long-term view. Forward-thinking leaders are not just achieving measurable success in the short-term. Directness. He's personable, but blunt. It is not about you.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. Ben : So, Larry, you mentioned your introduction to the Quakers and Robert Greenleaf is that when you first heard of the term servant-leadership? Larry : And that essay was published in 1970, when Greenleaf coined the term, “servant-leader”. Larry's work at Gonzaga Gonzaga 32:08.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

When you borrow talent, you obtain what you need more cost effectively than hiring it and without making a long-term commitment; and when you lend talent you’re offering your stars and high-potentials new opportunities for growth and development that they might not otherwise get within the confines of your organization.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. Ben : So, Larry, you mentioned your introduction to the Quakers and Robert Greenleaf is that when you first heard of the term servant-leadership? Larry : And that essay was published in 1970, when Greenleaf coined the term, “servant-leader”. Larry's work at Gonzaga Gonzaga 32:08.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Gans wrote right after the Nobel announcement that he has “a whole shelf … and not a decorative shelf” of such books by Tirole and has relied on them throughout his career. Many of us teach such ideas — that one firm’s commitments can change another firm’s actions — in our classes today.”. Sheesh, when did he do it?”.

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I did a quick Google search for the term business coach and received 116 million returned results – if that doesn’t scare you it should. So I have a question for you, and I want you to be brutally honest with your answer - when you hear the word “ coach &# used outside the world of sports, what’s your gut reaction?

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce. This way, we can finally move beyond anecdotal and personal viewpoints to empirical, hard facts over whether this really is an issue leaders need to be addressing to ensure their organization’s long-term success and growth. 3) Finegold D.,

P&L 243

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

Long before its current crises , tech gained a reputation for elitism, ” brogrammer “ culture, and an overrepresentation of white and East Asian men (albeit with mostly white ones in management.) For their part, black and Latinx workers have together ticked up only slightly since 2002, to 14.7%

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Executives never stayed long. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur. Corporate Culture. Accounting.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57