Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In 2000 under the leadership of CEO John Chambers, Cisco was at the top of the game. By 2002, it was down to $9.42. But this CEO whose leadership transformed and revitalized the company was the same one who was at the helm when it tanked. Process: First he framed what had happened, and what was occurring in the present.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Its HR function has been instrumental in the $100 billion company's metamorphosis from a floundering computer manufacturer in the 1990s to a prosperous software and consulting services company today. Randy MacDonald: "We observed that 80% of leadership development is based on work experience. But not at IBM. Fostered global teamwork.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The process is arduous, negotiations are tough, and you’re working against a tight deadline. When you submit a tender to the foreign government, they advise you that there is little likelihood of winning the contract unless you hire a consultant of their choosing. His successor frequently berated poorly performing employees.

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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. Why do so many consulting firms underwhelm their clients? What’s the connection between poetry and great leadership? Second, the process changed how I saw the questions. He wants to capture live-action shots from his surfboard.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

.” With Iger’s contract ending in 2018, the company said its board “will broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration.” ” That broader scope may extend well beyond Disney’s ranks. one of the authors of the study.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. A book that is a favorite among consultants. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The problem is that too often they see training as an “event” rather than a process, and they earn a miserable return on investment. You hire an outside consultant to conduct a two-day training session. You just finished reading Engage your employees in the training process ! See if this rings true. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. This is yet another example of niche consultants skewing the client in the wrong directions.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 25, 2012

Employee turnover is not a single event ; it is really a process of disengagement that can take days, weeks, months, or even years. Then came Enron, Worldcom in 2002, then the crash of 2008 exposed the depth of corruption. I expected senior leadership to be a major factor, but didn't expect it to be the number one reason.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate reform legislation, in 2002.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

When Palmisano took over in early 2002, IBM had four main businesses each organized on a global basis: hardware, software, services (such as back-office outsourcing), and personal computers (PCs). In a near-miraculous feat of management, those consultants were partnered with technologists and successfully integrated into the company.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

There is a real elitist attitude that pervades the industry which tends to be process oriented rather than client oriented. It’s not about the process, it’s about results. Coaching isn’t about esoteric definitions, scripted questions or canned processes. In my opinion this is a huge mistake.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

In my work studying and consulting with innovative companies, I’ve found that this balance is best achieved through dedicated time and space for research and experimentation, as well as a thorough process for both iterating on and standardizing new inventions. Let’s consider an example.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

No one in their right mind was looking to hire a search consultant. As that dramatic disintegration played out in early 2002, I had to present our office’s results and perspectives at the firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Switzerland. They can reverse-engineer your processes. Now it’s the time for us to support you.

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Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 9

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2013

That means that non-union employers will not be included in the bidding process for public work or state funded contracts unless there is a collective bargaining (union) contract representing employees. And, the competitive bidding process is in place to assure the best look at products, quality of services, at the best price.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

It took almost a decade after the term was coined for Rutgers psychologist Daniel Goleman to establish the importance of emotional intelligence to business leadership. My research, along with other recent studies, clearly shows that emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Labor Secretary Robert Reich, in the 2002 race for Massachusetts governor. So in late 2002, I encouraged my campaign colleagues to send in their resumes; I submitted mine, too, and expressed a particular interest in working with Foy. Years later, I did have the opportunity to partner with Foy on a consulting project.).

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