Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Kent was one of the most intentional leaders I’ve ever met, and I am grateful I had a chance to make his acquaintance, and more importantly, learn from his example. For instance, in 2004 a group of employees travelled to Mexico, where they rebuilt an orphanage and a community center. How’s the energy level?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I N 2004, Barbara Kellerman wrote that “the idea that some leaders and some followers are bad, and that they might have something in common with good leaders and followers, has not fully penetrated the conversation or the curriculum” on leadership. Examples: Roger Ailes and Xi Jinping. Examples: Warren Buffett and Charles Koch.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 21, 2023

Suddenly, your mood lifts, your focus sharpens, and you find yourself humming along as you tackle your work with renewed energy. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (released in 2019) and Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 single “Unwritten” topped the list, accumulating a staggering 4 billion plays on the platform.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

For example, if your partner isn’t on board, many people might choose to avoid conflicts between “your-wife-or-your-life” or “your-man-or-your-plan.” For example, starting a lawn service with a mower and a truck will demand far less investment and risk than borrowing a lot of money to buy an existing landscaping company.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Moreover, a few of the companies emerged as genuine leaders in the diversity movement, setting an example that other companies could emulate. In 2004, the Calvert Women’s Principles ® became the first global code of corporate conduct focused exclusively on empowering, advancing and investing in women. Citigroup Inc., Coca-Cola Co.,

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santander, which made its debut on this year’s list, is a best-case example of a brand that stayed true to its brand promise and saw it pay off. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Chinese companies want access to energy, raw materials, and food that will support growth in their economy and in their customers’ needs—especially at the high end. Consider, for example, Shineway’s recent purchase of Smithfield, a major U.S. They’re focusing on three things these days: Resources.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004. Tsai, for example, clearly understood U.S. Many other U.S. internet company in China.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. In the Chinese industries we studied — solar, steel, glass, paper, and auto parts — labor was between 2% and 7% of production costs, and imported raw materials and energy accounted for most costs. Case Examples: Steel and Paper. percent annually, while similar U.S. Take steel.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

For example, in 2004, Renault launched Logan, a small, no-frills family car. In addition to a stripped-down, modern design, Logan is reliable and energy efficient. At a starting price of $10,000, the car is built with drastically simplified product architecture and minimal components.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The approximately 80-minute lecture highlights how exponential growth interacts with population and energy dynamics to create a disturbing outlook for the future of our planet. In the summer of 2004, Peter Thiel's initial investment in the just-started company valued it at $4.9 By May 2009, the company was being valued at $10 billion.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

There can be organizational paralysis, or a release of incredible and productive energy, and which of the two happens depends mainly on leadership. Consider the soul-searching that must have gone on at Merck in 2004 when its management finally made the decision to remove Vioxx from the market. Why do we do the work we do?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, Tom Caroll was loaned from Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League to Swansea City. For example, in the Premier League, players on loan are not permitted to play against the team loaning them. Admittedly, these cutting edge examples of talent lending are still rare. Both clubs realize a unique win-win.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

In 2004, the European beer company Interbrew, itself a product of several mergers, acquired a majority stake in AmBev, creating InBev. AB InBev's executives devote a lot of time and energy to fostering this culture. Expanding rapidly throughout South America, AmBev soon became the third largest brewer in the world.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve received about 25,000 cold emails since 2004 (yes, I do keep track). Consider this example: A VC friend of mine once complained on Twitter about how his car was constantly getting tickets because the street signs were misleading. Tailor the message to the recipient. You need to do your research. and 11 a.m.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

Consider, for example, how we convert and control electrical power. ” This style of “more electric” control by software also means big gains in energy efficiency. But I’ve found that they’re less cognizant of how software has transformed other fields that we traditionally think of as hardware-based.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. Ambassador to India from 2004 to 2009, was more successful in part because his long tenure enabled him to gain trust, respect and apply his learning effectively.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

First, you need to inject new energy into a tired organization under stress. Third, you need to locate key employees at the front line and promote them — as a source of knowledge and energy, and as a signal that the future will be about merit and open-mindedness. Build a Re-Founding Team. By 1993 the company had $1.3

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

in the United States and Western Europe in 2000 to 2004 to 0.5% For example, in the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, rising consumer purchasing power boosted productivity growth in both the retail and the auto sector, by encouraging a shift to higher-value goods that can be supplied at higher productivity levels. in 2014 to 2020.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong. For example, recently we were in a meeting discussing the results of a global people survey. 2 (2004): 349–399. In fact, few of us do.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

Regardless of which number is right, there is no doubt that a lot of time and energy go into marketing products that will no longer exist in a year. The term was coined by the late Harvard Business School marketing professor, Theodore Levitt, in a 1960 article by the same name (republished in 2004). Why is this?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Platform businesses bring together producers and users in efficient exchanges of value – Uber, for example, connects drivers and passengers just as YouTube connects videographers and viewers. In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

In September 2004, I attended a reunion of my class at Harvard Business School, four years after the Supreme Court decision putting George W. For example, who would net neutrality benefit? Bush in office and immediately before the next Presidential election. Only the public—now facing a diminished power to make their votes count.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

They include years of 15% to 20% annual increases in labor costs without compensating productivity growth in manufacturing titans such as China, cheap energy in North America unlocked by hydraulic fracturing, and the increasing complexity and cost of managing global supply chains. In 2016, that gap was down to about 1 percentage point.

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