Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Innovation Catalysts Harvard Business Review, June 2011. What Executives Really Need to Know about Employee Engagement Accenture, May 2011. Economical Employee Engagement Human Resource Executive Online, January 2011. The Things They Do For Love Harvard Business Review, 2004.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. Jim Kouzes – Jim is a bestselling author, an award-winning speaker and, according to the Wall Street Journal, one of the twelve best executive educators in the United States.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Unfortunately, business schools don’t teach classes in building leadership infrastructure, and it is not a natural skill for most executives. Planning and governance processes that ensure leaders of the company stay on track, executing a thoughtful strategy. That will make the business chaotic and inefficient. That’s wrong.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 18, 2012

It brings executive leaders to a quiet place where they can see the value of stopping, looking, listening and feeling, allowing intuition to enter decisions, using connection to drive operations, welcoming the change that becomes or evolves, in line with a whole new menu of rewards that corporations of the future will embrace.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. In 2004, Forrest received the prestigious Crosby Medal from the American Society for Quality for his earlier book, Implementing Six Sigma.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Every company wants “integrity,” “respect for people,” “quality,” “customer satisfaction,” “innovation,” and “return for shareholders.” Despite the lofty words, many of Enron’s top executives either have been indicted or are in jail.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

Creating and executing new revenue streams. I consulted and led a 6 month coaching and training process with the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and 14 of the Associate Vice Presidents. To read more success stories check out Team Building Stories and the Exponent Leadership Stories. Financial Services Group.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2023

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. He says executives need to be far more proactive, to find ways to discern relevant facts in a society that increasingly offers competing narratives of the truth.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 23, 2011

We bring good things to life lasted from 1981 until 2004 with a changing of GE’s executive guard. Jack Welch’s replacement wanted ‘Innovation at Work’ — not bad for culture and corporate morale, but in my view, short on consumer relativity. Now, as far as ‘walking the talk,’ Allstate has plenty of work to do.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. Here’s some data to “prove&# it though. It comes from Tim Sanders and his great blog – in a post a few weeks back.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

They usually suggest that leaders should have high integrity, focus on customer service, deliver quality products, develop great people and encourage innovation. The leaders who did absolutely nothing understood what to do as well as the leaders who actually executed on their improvement plans. Most make a lot of sense.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. Prahalad or The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick. This can be part of your strategy. 656,952 tons of CO2 offset.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

For businesses that want to continually innovate and grow, engaged employees who work with passion and feel a profound connection to their company are required. For companies that want to remain on the forefront of innovation, employees must remain engaged and motivated to work hard. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Recently, in New York, we participated in a panel discussion organized by the Asia Society called " Jugaad Innovation: Reigniting American Ingenuity " (you can watch a video here ).

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 1, 2014

In the past week or so, there’s been much discussion and debate over the merits of disruption and with it, how we view and understand what it means to innovate. Innovation is vital to the successful completion of these unmanned missions to Mars. It was innovative and seemingly crazy. Many thought it could never work.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

They usually suggest that leaders should have integrity, focus on customer service, deliver quality products, develop great people and encourage innovation. The leaders who did absolutely nothing understood what to do as well as the leaders who actually executed on their improvement plans. Most make a lot of sense.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. of the highest paid executive positions within the same group of companies. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Hubert Rampersad ​"Passionate and compassionate to inspire learning individuals to unlock their potential and dedicated to energize innovative organizations within the service and manufacturing industry. A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). But the founders' passionate advocacy of the need to follow a "long-term, innovative approach" resonated with me.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

In turn, top executives should provide direction on improvement priorities down to front-line workers. And top executives don't have good mechanisms to share their vision downward. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. But this is rare.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The book did quite well — it has been translated into 18 languages at this point, become part of the ongoing innovation dialogue, allowed me to present ideas to executives across the world, and to build a unique consulting firm with clients on six continents. So, not surprisingly, I frequently get asked just how I did it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. The gap between strategy and the execution of that strategy is often referred to as “ strategic dissonance.” The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. Be proactive.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

It was written with Jay Terwilliger and Mark Sebell, managing partners at Creative Realities , a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. From small business to large, executives confront a constant tension between managing what is and creating new growth. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. And, legitimized by MSV, a prime way in which corporate executives fuel this hope is by doing massive stock buybacks. I disagree with this priority.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. When Facebook was founded in 2004, the company embraced the agile software delivery methodology to ensure that code was shipped as quickly as possible.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

According to her story, a survey by executive-search firm Spencer Stuart found that about four out of five S&P 500 companies that chose a new CEO last year promoted insiders. That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate. If you don't have a clear understanding of why you are pursuing an innovation, you risk being wasteful and ineffective, and could lack strong differentiators from incumbents. What are our core insights that will lead us to market-shaping innovations?"

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

In 1994, the dominant global provider of mobile handsets was Motorola: its shares were trading at an all-time high and it was seen as an outstanding innovator and even described by a senior consultant at A. In 2004, three years before the iPhone, it rejected a proposal to develop a Nokia online applications store.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Product pioneers face more risk, but can reap big rewards when an innovation proves successful. Research I conducted together with John Joseph of Duke University shows that both approaches can be successful — what matters most is not simply timing but whether a company tailors its innovation strategy to whichever approach it adopts.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Fostering innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2014

My research has shown that there are ways for everyone — from the managers of sales teams, to executives in government agencies, to computer engineers, to florists, to coaches — to achieve professional success without always having to sacrifice the things that matter in their personal lives. All this examination allows you to be innovative.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

By contrast, a non-safety focus, such as efficiency or innovation, is associated with avoiding forgoing the opportunity to do something that is indeed appropriate, such as holding back a new product that might be error-free. New executives take the helm. Employees leave the company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Yet many executives don''t make culture a priority. At all the companies I led, we published five or six behaviors we all expected of each other so that we could share, learn, innovate, and grow as individuals and as members of a team. Execute via a high-performance culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Most of the executives I meet with, regardless of their industry, now promote UX as key to their product strategy. For a designer like myself, it''s easy to recognize which executives know their products intimately, and which manage from a spreadsheet. UX, as user experience is known, is the new black in business culture. All of it.".

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