Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

While he was at Amazon from 1997-2002, Greg Linden prototyped a system for making personal recommendations for other products to customers as they checked out. But, even for top executives, it was hard to block a test. James Wilson (@hjameswilson) is a senior researcher at Babson Executive Education. Measurement is good.

Execution 14

Execution Education Long-term Guidelines 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Norway has had a quota since 2002, and women now make up more than 40% of board members. But there are plenty of others determined to circle the wagons around their pale, male executive pool. as a land of opportunity and innovation. Government can — and should — help bridge the breach.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In fact, I see at least six ways in which your organization, whatever it is, is like the 2002 A's, who won 20 games in a row and made the playoffs—though not the 2002 World Series —despite a very low payroll. Beane's role is played by Brad Pitt, who does a heck of a job playing an analytical executive who chews tobacco.

Company 12

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Composed almost entirely of independent directors, it was a distinguished and diversified group of former top executives and other leaders with relevant experience. In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

The idea that corporations need a single purpose is based not in law, but in economists' arguments that unless we have a single, objective, easily-observed metric to judge how well directors and executives are running firms, corporate "agents" will run amok. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.".

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

Yet AT&T executives quickly came to believe so strongly in Job’s vision that they skipped internal process protocols to land the deal. Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel prize laureate and psychologist, has said that if he had a magic wand, he’d eliminate it. Most of us think of overconfidence as a bad thing.

Stephenson 10

Stephenson Kahneman CEO Commitment 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

HBS welcomes 6,360 foreign nationals (64% of the total) to its executive education courses each year, enriching the experiences for Americans as well. As a consequence, these foreign-born executives become more interested in doing business with American companies and many will eventually work in the U.S.

Competitive Advantage 12

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

This requires applying different approaches to strategy and execution in different parts of their business, as well as constantly re-balancing exploitation (generating cash to support growth) and exploration (finding winning products and models). Some firms manage to maintain this dual discipline as they grow. points p.a.,

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Pragmatism.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Too many companies prioritize quarterly earnings over long-term innovation, human capital investment, and brand development, and many people believe short-term shareholders are to blame. And there are many reforms that can facilitate this, such as increasing the horizon of executive pay, as I have argued before. What about innovation?

Short-term 8

Short-term Intangible Assets Hedge Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

managers , he said the proportion of U.S. ” A good example of customer-centricity is Tumi , the innovative U.S.-based Its 2002 restructuring offered little incremental benefit while adding cost and complexity. Day of Wharton who reignited interest in the concept. In his 2006 survey of U.S.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Company Henderson Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% For example, Vox Capital — founded in Brazil in 2008 by three young social entrepreneurs — invests in innovative, high-potential businesses that serve low-income populations and contribute to the reduction of poverty. growth in GDP.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. This problem can be compounded when senior executives publicly announce these non-products in an “exciting new space,” creating more pressure on the project development team to deliver something (anything) before it is clear what exactly should be delivered.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Resulting from inflexible conditions, obsolete policies-procedures, procrastination, attitude, resistance to innovation, failure to change.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. 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. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

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. Ultimately, I agree with Peter.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 329

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Hence, when a new potential stream of revenue presents itself, the company’s management feels it cannot afford to just leave it. Yet Capitec’s management was thinking ahead. It has now become the largest bank in the country.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Bottom-up Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. That model still exists, including in online publishing where companies like Automattic, maker of the open source content management system WordPress, sell hosting and related services to publishers. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

And as AI and robotics increasingly supplement and replace the work of humans, the expectations of leaders — truly understanding the work, how it can be executed now and in the future, and the cost, capability and risk implications of current and future work options — are increasing exponentially. Insight Center.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Disaggregation Development Leadership 8