Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

The days of the ‘Great Man’ theory of Leadership – where one sole leader rules over the masses from their ivory tower, are long gone. A study by Pearce and Sims (2002), published in Group Dynamics, found that shared leadership is a useful predictor of team effectiveness. This isn’t a one-off conversation.

Team 8

Team How To Commitment Project 8

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.” Other industries with relatively high rates of outsider CEO hires include health care, utilities, and energy.

CEO 8

CEO Company Telecommunications Planning 8

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’ll get higher involvement in training – when employees know that a learning journey is narrowly defined and under 10 minutes, they’re more likely to engage in the process. See if this rings true.

Training 52

Training Meyer Process Talent Management 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Our own research on organizational strategy and leadership more broadly suggests a reason. When a not-for-profit becomes incoherent, its attention is distracted from the thing it needs to do most: Investing time, energy and funds to build critical capabilities to accomplish its strategic purpose. Why the disparity?

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

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. Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate reform legislation, in 2002. Processes, Running the Company. Learning the Lessons and Moving Forward.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

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

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Executives never stayed long. The News Media. He has advised two U.S.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

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. Foy hadn't supported Romney during the campaign; he was a Democratic-leaning independent.

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Ryan Brand Politics Budgeting 11