Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 19, 2016

To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. There are so many how-to lead books on the market that it’s almost impossible to siphon out quality from the imposters, but Willett’s book stands apart as a must-read.

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Books Storytelling Consultative Brand 50

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

At M3 Planning, we have measured the following; “Businesses reporting a commitment to strategic planning showed a 12% bottom line and 11% top line greater than other respondents. of Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing at the University of Nevada, Reno. This is in addition to the ‘business as usual.’”.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ryan Covey 104

LDRLB

JUNE 14, 2011

At M3 Planning, we have measured the following; “Businesses reporting a commitment to strategic planning showed a 12% bottom line and 11% top line greater than other respondents. of Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing at the University of Nevada, Reno. This is in addition to the ‘business as usual.’”.

Strategic Planning 74

Strategic Planning Planning Ryan Covey 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

What then were the leadership characteristics that separated the winning leaders from their industry peers? We found that the differentiating leadership principle was a certain approach to creativity, what we call empirical creativity — the ability to empirically validate your creative instincts. Markets down? Market hype?

Skills 15

Skills Leadership Airlines Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market. Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel prize laureate and psychologist, has said that if he had a magic wand, he’d eliminate it.

Stephenson 10

Stephenson Kahneman CEO Commitment 10

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Examples could come from art, comics, film, music, architecture, economics (weird black markets), music, media, etc… Creating opportunities for team members to communicate and share both creatively and intellectually improves team communications and fosters innovation. The key is to develop determination and commitment for the process.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

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. The old "efficient markets" idea that stock prices perfectly measure future returns has long been discredited.)

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. Here at Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria has revamped HBS's MBA curriculum to emphasize practical leadership and global experiences.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Eventually the company is likely to be out of touch with changing market requirements. For many companies, this means extending their repertoire beyond the classical approach to strategy that relies on securing durable advantaged market positions through cost leadership or differentiation. This is easier said than done.

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

In 2002, unsure of what to do with his life, he takes off to surf in Indonesia and Australia. To live a question is to commit to it—to explore it even though we’re not sure where it will take us. What’s the connection between poetry and great leadership? He wants to capture live-action shots from his surfboard.

Video 12

Video Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Loyalty 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We'd lost half of our market value in just one year. There were a lot of things we changed, from the leadership team to package design — you've read about those. Another part of the corporate social responsibility plan — committing to cut Campbell's carbon footprint by half — has saved money and lowered costs.

Company 14

Company Real Estate Retail Commitment 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

billion from 2002 through 2004. We’ve found that, in general, companies that move between exploratory and exploitative R&D exhibit superior performance, in comparison with companies that budget R&D expenditure as a fixed percentage of sales, committing neither to exploratory nor exploitative R&D.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

But HP is no longer a values-driven, family-like, innovation-oriented company that inspires commitment. and smooth succession to a new CEO in 2002, while continuing an innovation thrust that included grid technologies, cloud computing, and supercomputing. Identify the best performers and get their commitment to stick with the company.

Tips 10

Tips CEO Software Drucker 10

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. The stock market is down 25%. Public pension funds nationwide lost at least $6.4

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

First, it offered a path to amnesty for people who committed serious crimes. It was also a leadership clash between two political figures with different proposals for the country, and with their own vanities. While he was in office, from 2002–2010, he promoted a hard-line policy with the FARC. The answer is not simple.

Politics 10

Politics Leadership Tourism Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. In their marketing, accounting and auditing firms claim to be full-service business advisors, in order to get business. Commitment from workers drops because no corporate culture was created or sustained. Morale is low or uneven.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57