Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

There is a crisis in the not-for-profit sector. Our own research on organizational strategy and leadership more broadly suggests a reason. In short, this is a crisis of coherence. Since the great recession began, donations to the largest charities in the U.S. Why the disparity?

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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. The post A Leadership’s Judgment appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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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. Facing “too embarrassing” losses in the midst of the financial crisis, Toshiba’s then-president ordered his staff to “ get it done like your life depends on it.”

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Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Outsiders, in effect, have become more of an intentional leadership choice than a stereotypical hire in a turnaround or crisis situation. Last year 7% of incoming CEOs hired held the joint title of chair, a record low in the study — that’s down from 48% in 2002. That’s nearly double the rate from 2004 to 2007.

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CEO Company Telecommunications Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

Asked about retirement in 2002, he replied , "I had a great-grandmother who worked until she was 108 and then died in an accident.". And we just can't know if the management approach that served the company well for decades would have been as effective in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime crisis.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). Welch is perhaps the most famous CEO-turned-leadership-author and a vocal advocate of HR.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Rather than stick together in crisis situations and collectively investigate the problems, both Ford and Firestone distanced themselves from each. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. 85% of the time, planning and forethought will avert the crisis.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

There were a lot of things we changed, from the leadership team to package design — you've read about those. That is what is helping employees feel more fulfilled despite even this latest economic crisis. We needed to restore both — trust and engagement. If we could do that, then we were sure the profits would follow.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

In this massive piece, Nicholas Carlson analyzes Armstrong''s rise from his days as the owner of a strawberry business, uncovering a leadership trajectory that culminated in a proxy war with an activist investor and a final realization that his baby — local-news and listings provider Patch — needed to be trimmed, or else. Crisis management'

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Armstrong Bond Entrepreneur Crisis Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Deming Institute

APRIL 3, 2020

Guest blog post by Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership at Drake University. In his 2002 book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big difference , his chapter entitled “The Law of the Few” provides a background on how epidemics spread. These are unprecedented times. Nor am I an epidemiologist.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Their missions’ success rests on their ability to stay resilient and perform effectively in adverse circumstances.

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Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

To a large extent, say-on-pay — which was introduced in the UK in 2002 and has spread to several other countries, most recently Switzerland — is a simple exercise in bandwagon-following. So paying bank CEOs mostly in stock is a recipe for a financial crisis. Boards Compensation Leadership'

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. 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.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

The Avon Products Foundation — the charitable arm of the Fortune 500 cosmetics company, illegally appropriated our Breast Cancer 3-Day concept, and on August 11th, 2002, announced their plans for a multi-day walk for breast cancer with full-page ads in major papers across the country. million in 2002 with us, to $11.1

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Teamwork Learning-by-Doing Maturity Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

In 2002, we had an offsite strategy session, and we had some consultants come in. In 2002, the worst-case models showed we’d still have over $1 billion in revenue. And we felt that it was more of a macroeconomic issue (driven by financial crisis) than a telecom-specific issue. Leadership'

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Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

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). Its ambitious goals were met early despite the economic crisis beginning in 2008, and a new road map set.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

They are able to play the role of ambassador, emissary, influencer, coach, facilitator, expediter, lobbyist, buffer/shield, crisis manager, negotiator, publicist, strategist, tactician, mentor, consultant, counselor, collaborative thinker and in some cases partner, based upon what the client needs. Thanks for adding to the conversation.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here are five of the most common leadership style and guidelines on when to use them. Command & Control is also useful, and often required, in a crisis. They don’t take charge in a crisis. They understand that using a single management style in every situation won’t get results. The Command & Control Style. But there is.

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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. The way the California energy crisis was handled speaks to Enron’s disdain for media openness. Executives never stayed long. The Annual Reports carried and permeated this communications aloofness. The News Media.

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