Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Our own research on organizational strategy and leadership more broadly suggests a reason. For example, a donor might say to a health or educational group, "I want to give you a transformational gift, but I love community theater — so part of the gift should subsidize plays related to your basic theme." Why the disparity?

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

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.". One tidbit: Greenberg, for example, is a fanatic about AIG's internal auditing, conducted by 100 people who roam the company looking for wrongdoing.

Insurance 8

Insurance Long-term Short-term CFO 8

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. For example, $125 of the cost of each new personal computer goes to reimburse companies for previous thefts. Cargo theft costs the U.S. economy $6 billion per year.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Women's Leadership Exchange

SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

She was our closing keynote at our very firstconference in New York City - November 2002. I first met her in 1983, when I was a member of the inaugural class of Leadership Texas, which she co-founded. The energy. More than a sports fan, though, Ann was a brilliant example for us as young women. Sometimes at the same time.

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Blog ROE Leadership Press Release 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. But they focused their energy on the technical issues — methods of connectivity, standards of information sharing — without having asked a fundamental question: What new things could each of our connected devices do that people would actually want them to do?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

This client was a prime example of a leading CEO who served his community, profession and firm well. Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. Lay was the outsider who wanted status with the downtown CEO clique. The News Media.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57