Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. It’s by doing high-quality, objective reporting that we help alleviate suffering.” ” You and Your Team Series.

Stress 14

Stress Learning-by-Doing Report Project 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

But more than two-thirds of 1990 industry leaders no longer existed by 2004. In researching my new book, Better Under Pressure , my colleagues and I sought to identify the qualities that define leaders who excel in this environment of duress. They must remain highly effective in an environment of extraordinary, ongoing stress.

CEO 16

CEO Self-aware Bottom-up Industry 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2 By all means, choose a name and stick with it.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

That’s how Lego went from losing a million dollars a day in 2004 to being the world’s largest toy company in 2015. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence. That’s why the quality and caliber of top leadership is so important.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Eichenger and Michael Lombardo According to Day and Lord (1986), differences in the quality of executive leadership explain as much as 45 percent of an organization’s performance. TQ – Technical/Operational Quotient Top leaders know the business. They have the operational skills to make things happen.

Agility 120

Agility Leadership Goleman ROI 120

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2004, CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove extended the expectation of measuring and publicly reporting outcomes to other clinical areas. Indeed, the chief purpose of the Outcomes Books is to be a catalyst for quality improvement in patient care and outcomes. In 1998, we began publishing and distributing that data to referring physicians.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Audience Report Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. Some people are saying that Tim Cook just ain't up to it, that he's no Steve Jobs. Volatile stock: In 2008, under Jobs, the stock price dropped by more than 50%. No iPad mini at all. His wife, the VP of HR at Apple, also left.

Marketing 11

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Swansea City gets a player of much higher quality than they could hire, and Tottenham Hotspur gets Caroll having the first team action so critical to his development. He spent two years as the CFO of power and automation company ABB, from 2002 to 2004, before returning to Shell as CFO. Both clubs realize a unique win-win.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

We look at the scope and quality of their influence. They are expert individual contributors who help shape the direction and priorities of Red Hat and key open source communities through their contributions and thought leadership. We also rely on associates’ peers and communities to informally assess how people perform.

Management 8

Management Performance Review Review Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. I know because I ask a second question: On a scale of one to five, how would you rate the quality of your current network? Give you a sounding board to flesh out your ideas.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. When Knudstorp took over as CEO in 2004, he quickly settled on a course of action: return the company to its core. Build a Re-Founding Team.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

This means achieving precise standardization and strong quality control. For example, at The Fat Duck in the UK (which has had three Michelin stars since 2004, except in 2016 when it closed for refurbishment, and where I worked on the innovation side), cooking temperatures are systematically controlled to 0.1°C,

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

He did so, we believe, by mounting a campaign that fully leveraged the principles of conversation-based leadership. depends on how well leaders are able to promote four key qualities. Four years ago, each of those qualities was very much in evidence in the campaign that culminated in Obama's victory on Election Night.

Operations 15

Operations Media Long-term Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Apple learned this the hard way.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11