Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. 2) Make Virtue an Organizing Principle -. The 5 building blocks of collaboration.

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

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. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

HR has helped the organization absorb more than 125 acquisitions since 2000 , and integrate globally, saving $6 billion since 2005. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. HR reinvented the way it trained and developed talent.

Globalization 16

Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Companies have long developed and managed their sales people differently from other employees, placing great emphasis on individual performance. From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. In one account alone, the improvements have driven $3.5

Team 14

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

It has been our responsibility to lead the consortium of IT partners involved in designing, building, and operating the massive, mission critical IT infrastructure and solutions that support the Games. Together they develop a complete understanding of what the organizers, competitors, and audience expect.

Committee 15

Committee Project Audience Information Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

But the rules and expectations are different when you’re managing a freelancer who isn’t fully employed by your company. Many managers assume that they don’t need to tend to freelancers as much as they do regular employees—and there’s some truth to that, says Dan Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and Drive.

Management 8

Management Tips Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. Managers spent a great deal of time on the plant floor watching Norman draw suggestions from the employees while asking questions about the jobs that they were performing.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

Sara Rynes, Amy Colbert, & Kenneth Brown conducted a study in 2002 to determine whether the beliefs of HR professionals were consistent with established research findings on the effectiveness of various HR practices. And yet that’s how many companies operate. In the case of 4-Qs, probably not. Hiring Human resources'

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Tools Analysis Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

I believe that when a CEO visibly stands for openness, diversity, and inclusion, it sends an essential message to the organization. How can we possibly serve them well if the managers in our company don't viscerally understand them? In 2002 and 2003, partnering with Catalyst , we took a hard look at ourselves.

Diversity 15

Diversity Human Resources How To Mentor 15

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. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative.

Globalization 17

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Army, known for its hierarchy and "give-and-take orders" environment, could bring to a volunteer-based organization, particularly one with limited resources. From there, they set an order of battle, an operations plan, and timetable with responsibilities delineated. When I arrived at the PHC in 2002, it was in financial distress.

Health Care 13

Health Care Delegation PR Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

Large public events like the Boston Marathon require tremendous resource investment to organize and manage the event as well as to ensure the safety of those involved. cities that held marathons from 2002 to 2012. This has important implications for organizers of all large public events, not just marathons.

Transportation 14

Transportation Travel Participative Sample 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. Smart organizations understand that in these tough economic times, no one can afford to curtail or shut out top talent, no matter their gender or ethnicity. Italy and the Netherlands have also seen an increase since adopting quotas. since 2010.

Diversity 16

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

Between 2002 and 2012, the shareholder return of the average airline company rose an uninspiring 5.6% Of the worst-performing industries between 1992 and 2002, almost 60% percent wound up in the top half in the most recent 10-year period. Second, top-quartile companies operate more profitably than other companies.

TSR 8

TSR Industry Company Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

.” To illustrate, “Why Execution Unravels “ defines execution as follows: Strategy execution, as we define the term, consists of seizing opportunities that support the strategy while coordinating with other parts of the organization on an ongoing basis. Emphasis added]. It is because they call it execution.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Sull Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Change management Mergers & Acquisitions'

Company 14

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 14

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. In no small measure you know people are increasingly finding one another through servant-leadership and through the many organizations and associations that are working with servant-leadership today. Practicing Servant-Leadership without Support Unsupported 4:57 20:47. Ben : Wow!

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

About 7 percent of the population wore eyeglasses in 2002, while whopping 65 percent of those in need did not have them. By using another innovation management best practice, they analyzed their system and found that the opticians themselves were the most expensive piece. For more than half of India's citizens, seeing was a problem.

Constraint 16

Constraint Marketing Travel Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2016

Organizations, too, rely on ceremonies to anticipate new beginnings, demarcate endings, and help everyone understand or navigate the changes at hand. As part of his effort to get developers at Apple to transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X, Steve Jobs held a mock funeral at the 2002 Worldwide Developers Conference.

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Company Mission Statement Bond Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

While on the surface revenues remained strong, its rapport with customers and physicians was rapidly eroding, and its reputation was being bludgeoned by lawsuits and a national backlash against health maintenance organizations and managed care (which Aetna had championed).

Health Care 14

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

” Only few firms manage to be ambidextrous—most struggle to maintain a healthy balance between exploration and exploitation. And managers focused on immediate total shareholder returns may be delighted with high performance. Some firms manage to maintain this dual discipline as they grow.

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Historically, organizations have swung between these two ends of the external-internal spectrum depending on the economy, the labor pool, and the strategic imperative — do we need new talent and capabilities right now or do we have the time to grow them? Shell is a global organization facing similar challenges to most organizations.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

The new conventional wisdom on corporate structure is that companies can do better by organizing themselves around customer groups. managers , he said the proportion of U.S. managers , he said the proportion of U.S. Day of Wharton who reignited interest in the concept. In his 2006 survey of U.S. In his 2006 survey of U.S.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Company Henderson Health Care 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. In no small measure you know people are increasingly finding one another through servant-leadership and through the many organizations and associations that are working with servant-leadership today. Practicing Servant-Leadership without Support Unsupported 4:57 20:47. Ben : Wow!

Greenleaf 100

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

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. How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience. Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure. David Kopans. Andy Molinsky.

Stress 15

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. That means that 70% of acquisitions of firms in the technology sector over the past three years have been made by organizations outside of it.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Leaders of philanthropic and other non-profit organizations naturally blame the economy for this problem; and many expect things to get worse as the economic malaise drags on. Coherence is a fundamental alignment among the elements that create value in an organization. The struggle to raise funds makes it more difficult to be coherent.

Crisis 12

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Any company or organization is like a tree. Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. Without always noticing it, individuals and organizations change 71% per year.

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. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. We cannot fool them.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Upon his retirement in 2002, Bill invented a new life and purpose (by making little bets, I might add shamelessly) to write and to teach. They gave me the encouragement to go back to Medtronic, where I had turned down three times the opportunity to become president and chief operating officer. billion to $60 billion during his tenure.

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

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). Step 1: Craft the strategy and organization to implement the vision. Its profits were $3.07 a share and its return on equity was 16%.

Software 17

Software Outsourcing Committee Consultative 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

The preparations, produced by small teams or individual cooks, are progressively assembled, with sous-chefs (akin to middle managers) controlling the quality at every step. Unlike test kitchens of large chains or FMCG products, the team would work in R&D during the winter and then resume restaurant operations during the summer.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Capitec gets many things right in terms of its strategy, including its market positioning, internal operations, and organizational culture. 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

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

While you need no credentialing to be a coach, you will find no shortage of organizations willing to sell you their certifications. As someone who has worked with managers at all levels since 2002, coaching, mentoring, guiding, providing advice, facilitating conversations, creating space for reflection.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

physicians working as locum tenens has risen steadily from an estimated 26,000 physicians in 2002 to 48,000 physicians in 2016, or approximately 5% of the physician workforce. Developing these could help hospitals and clinics better identify, onboard, and manage highly qualified locum tenens.

Quality 8

Quality Survey Short-term Efficiency 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

When it comes to discussions on the various challenges leaders need to address in today’s fast-changing global economy, there’s one topic that merits a proper assessment as to whether or not it’s really an issue for today’s organizations.

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. Vox is a digital publishing company known, in part, for its proprietary content management system. ” It didn’t turn out that way.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8