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Leadership Infrastructure – A Prerequisite To Mightiness

Tanveer Naseer

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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Are Veterans More Ethical Leaders?

LDRLB

A recently completed working paper by Efaim Benmelech of Harvard and Carola Frydman of Boston University, studied companies run by CEOs with military experience from 1980 to 2006 with the intent of examining whether military experience led to a signature leadership style. David Burkus is the editor of LDRLB.

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Leadership Teams: Why Two Are Better Than One

Harvard Business Review

The concept of "two-in-a-box" leadership has been examined extensively over the past few years. One of the most thorough discussions is in the HBR article The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas. We create leadership teams not only for our top jobs, but for every management position in the company.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business Review

When Warren Buffett retired from Coca-Cola’s board in 2006, he said he no longer had the time necessary. This question was at the heart of a recent study we conducted that is forthcoming at the Academy of Management Journal. It was an incredible leadership school for me. In 2004, he joined the board of Petsmart Inc.,

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New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

To overcome these problems, many companies are now using or experimenting with "idea management" software applications. In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas. A year later, IBM used a jam to bring its new values to life.

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Building a Culture of Transparency in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

For example, employees may be reluctant to report safety issues or errors for fear of being reprimanded by their managers or shunned by their colleagues. The most effective way to build a culture of transparency begins with those in leadership positions. There can be many barriers, some of which can be quite complex.

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Nokia's Voyage From Tight-Knit Team to 'Burning Platform'

Harvard Business Review

Magazine profiles of very successful companies are endeavors of dubious value; they often manage to catch an organization just as it peaks and heads into decline, and the strengths they describe soon start looking more like liabilities. At the time Nokia was riding high, and my charge was to explain why that was so.

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