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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Disengaged teams stem from disengaged leaders. Leaders are expected to move things forward: the organization (business), the teams that do the work, and each individual on those teams.

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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.

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Leadership Teams: Why Two Are Better Than One

Harvard Business Review

One of the most thorough discussions is in the HBR article The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas. CEO/COO teams or "Office of the President" arrangements can offer great strengths, but may also introduce some sizeable risks, as Stephen A. Miles and Michael D. Watkins conclude. How could we justify it?

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. 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.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. And billionaire Mark Cuban worked until 2 am launching his first business and didn’t take a vacation for seven years. “But weren’t sure how.” “We kept trying.

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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

Managers in these organizations translate corporate objectives into a few straightforward guidelines that help employees make on-the-spot decisions and adapt to constantly shifting environments, while keeping the big picture in mind. Its new management team took over an organization that was bureaucratic, overstaffed, and bleeding cash.

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How to Really Listen to Your Employees

Harvard Business Review

These are important traits, but it’s equally important for managers to stand down and listen up. In 2004, Mike Colwell was promoted to manage a team of five directors, all of whom he’d worked with previously. When his managers came in, the various electronics on his desk created distractions and interruptions.

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