The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

They’ll often use another L-word — leadership — in complete ignorance of how their loveless “bottom line” orientation is rooted in pessimism and fear. It’s at the heart of leadership. Entitled It’s So Simple , the video explains how Southwest is “the company that love built.”

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

New technologies and new leadership styles are needed to succeed and win. But as a CEO, Drew and his company grew when he “decompartmentalized:” on his journey, he learned to integrate his life of commerce and his life of family, faith and values. For example; Knowledge may change as times change, right?

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Cooper Groupthink Leadership Styles Servant Leader 51

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

This is leadership! CEO Jason Levesque, a US Army veteran and entrepreneur, founded Argo Marketing in 2003, and has become a widely respected Maine business owner. A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact. About the Author. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it. In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague. Because they distance themselves from IT, CEOs don''t grasp its subtleties. The senior leadership needs to become literate in technology.

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CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

Will Netflix’s shareholders be sorry that they voted to let Reed Hastings carry on as both CEO and chairman ? Netflix’s shareholders notwithstanding, most people assume the right answer is to keep the two roles separate, in the interests of diversity of thinking and proper CEO oversight. And differences there were.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders required to run global organizations. They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions.

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Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy. This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

About the Author As CEO of MyCorporation Business Services, Inc. Deborah joined MyCorporation in 2003 after serving as outside general counsel for 5 years. However, both private sector jobs and consumer spending have risen creating an optimistic attitude among economic analysts for our country’s economic future.

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Uncertainty Insurance Newsletter Incentives 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

In competitive markets, managers have a strong incentive to give their best effort. ” Similarly, without sufficient monitoring by owners of the firms or the stock market, managers might be tempted to enjoy the quiet life instead of making hard decisions or taking on difficult tasks. .” Kenneth Andersson for HBR.

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Restructuring Management Marketing Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In an effort to explore executives’ motivations for serving on boards, we looked at how board service is evaluated in the executive labor market. Specifically we studied whether or not board service increased an executive’s likelihood of receiving a promotion, becoming a CEO, and/or receiving a pay increase.

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Execution P&L CEO COO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Think of this as the same, but instead of talking about sports in the context of the weather, HBR is talking about failure in the context of the CEO, employees, etc. In 2000-2003, the emphasis switches to employees and the struggle to get employees to buy into a new corporate culture. The physique of the players?

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Analysis Sample Globalization Sports 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In both C suites and boardrooms, discussions about business performance usually center on topics like market momentum, M&A opportunities, capital management, and productivity enhancements. In 1997, when I first took over as the new CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, the company had just undergone a merger that had gone very bad.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

China leads all emerging markets with 89 companies on the latest Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. Western brands also want access to China and recent global market turmoil has exposed many targets for astute Chinese brands.

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Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Other companies can do the same. Build a Re-Founding Team.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. In 2003 he launched an online, interactive "values jam" involving all employees for 72 hours to determine what IBM's values should be.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

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Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

While there are some factors that make social innovation more likely than not — such as intrapreneurs who will champion them — Davis and White find that competing for talent, strong brands, and leadership transitions all correlate with stronger social initiatives. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book. Add to Cart.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8