The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Pleasingly, for those of us who have long been advocating greater employer investment in the workforce, new research from Warwick Business School suggests that those organizations that have done this are likely to be buffered from the worst of the Covid recession.

Short-term 119

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 119

CO2

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Year after year, McKinsey’s Global Survey, which has polled executives on their most significant management challenges since 2004, finds that communication is the biggest contributor to a transformation’s success. Here are three ways leaders can revise their approach to change management: 1. Tell a story.

Resistance 78

Resistance System Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

CO2

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Year after year, McKinsey’s Global Survey, which has polled executives on their most significant management challenges since 2004, finds that communication is the biggest contributor to a transformation’s success. Here are three ways leaders can revise their approach to change management: . Tell a story.

Resistance 78

Resistance System Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Asking why 5 times and using the PDSA improvement cycle are two useful strategies to achieve reliable improved results for the long term. Part 2 of True Improvement vs Illusion of Progress a presentation by Peter Scholtes.

Airlines 46

Airlines Tools Quality System 46

Engaging Leader

AUGUST 14, 2012

Regards long-term planning as a critical activity. When I launched Aspendale Communications in 2004, I recognized (sort of) that even though I wanted to be self-employed (with no employees), I needed a team. Encourages group accountability. Shares decision-making with others. Stimulates questioning and dialogue.

Workshop 240

Workshop Long-term Agility Influence 240

Terry Starbucker

MAY 29, 2014

And that’s turned out to be absolutely true, because the SaySay Boutique is a shining example of the kind of long-term small business success that happens not by the power of the product, but by the humanity, passion, faith and savvy of the person who owns and guides it. On June 2 nd , 2004, we opened.

Succession 396

Succession Merchandising Finance Learning-by-Doing 396

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

This is the time for long-term thinking. In April 2004, HBR published "The Ambidextrous Organization" by Charles A. Do you want long-term growth? Long-term growth doesn't come from doing the same things you did yesterday and hoping for a different result. Every recession is followed by growth.

Long-term 13

Long-term Definition Innovation Learning-by-Doing 13

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Survival is the prime directive for a start-up; there’s no budget for overhead or time to think of the long term. Midlevel managers will take responsibility for operations, allowing the C-suite to concentrate on long-term strategies. But he will still have to tell them what to do and how to do it.

Leadership 247

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 247

Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

This can lead to long-term success of your company. For example, since 2004, I’ve spent countless hours as a volunteer SCORE counselor and personally mentor aspiring entrepreneurs. •Offer professional development thru education and training. Create advancement opportunities. Join Women Networks.

Strategy 226

Strategy Mentor Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 226

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. We chase short-term wins. They go after short-term wins and cannot lift their heads high enough to glimpse the future. A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x We keep our focus narrow.

Leadership Development 302

Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 302

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Young markets need a long investment horizon," Neville told me. companies, in general, don''t have the long-term view that they need. He''s a firm believer that many US firms struggle in frontier markets because they''re compelled to a short term view. Warren looks for long-term value, so he shared this view.

Long-term 8

Long-term Marketing Short-term Constraint 8

Management Craft

AUGUST 1, 2012

Never in a million years would I have predicted that I would have kept at it this long. The Very Best from the Management Craft Blog 2004-2012. It is my most personal book yet (because this blog is personal) and I think my best book of all time in terms of its potential to be a game-changer - to affect people's lives.

Management 86

Management Blog Books Long-term 86

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. Neither of these is a good metric for achieving a positive, long-term change in behavior. Goldsmith in strategy+business, Fall 2004. by Marshall Goldsmith. References.

Learning-by-Doing 123

Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

If you’re successful, your brand will leave an impact long after you’re gone. It's an extension of yourself that lingers even long after that person has left your website, book, show, or other piece of content. Also, a little charisma does go a long way. Noticing a theme here?

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Howard Morgan and I recently published an article entitled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved over 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. Long-term change in leadership effectiveness takes time, follow-up and discipline – not just understanding.

360-Degree Feedback 166

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Howard Morgan and I published an article titled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved more than 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. Long-term change in leadership effectiveness takes time, follow-up and discipline, not just understanding.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Brand 67

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 67

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Women may make up more than half the workforce 1 but continue to be significantly underrepresented on corporate boards and in C-level executive positions, according to a major new study released today by Calvert Investments, a long-time leader in advocating for corporate diversity. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Source U.S.

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

But using the term family makes it easy for misunderstandings to arise. Each of these winning franchises has been able to build a consistent identity and a long-term relationship with its players—even though many of those players change from year to year. In a real family, parents can’t fire their children.

Company 19

Company Franchising Sports Long-term 19

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. You can expect to work pretty long hours during the first few years of opening a business. Ours did; over 700 did not.) Hard things don’t come easy.

Learning-by-Doing 257

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value. Investors favorably receive projects with long-term payoffs, particularly those in research and development.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Long-term Short-term Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

In 2004, for example, 37% of departing CEOs were forced out, but in 2014, that figure had fallen to 14%. In 2004, the global rate was 7.7% The long-term improvement in CEO succession practices and the global convergence we have seen has benefited shareholders, and there is room for significant further improvement.

CEO 8

CEO Chief Executive Officer Leadership Pipeline Globalization 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

The writer is a United States Marine Corps officer who wrote these words after reflecting on his experience of leading Marines during three very difficult combat deployments in Iraq, including an exceptionally arduous and grueling tour in Ramadi in 2004. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2012

"A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general," says Mr. Li Jiaxiang , Chairman of Air China from 2004 to 2008 and the #1 performing corporate leader in China according to our new ranking (just published in the Harvard Business Review China and the centerpiece for the magazine's launch events in Beijing and Shanghai).

Long-term 13

Long-term Short-term Globalization Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

In a similar vein, research with adults (including this 2004 study ) has linked the ability to be future-oriented–to favor larger long-term gains over smaller immediate ones–to superior financial, work, and health outcomes. We then asked them to work on a related difficult task for as long they liked.

Long-term 8

Long-term Participative Discount Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The stock market is short-term-oriented. Furthermore, these actions are taken seemingly without regard to the consequences for the community, the employees, the survival of the company as an institution, or the creation of long-term firm value. Yes, those actions would have boosted short-term earnings. I disagree.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

In 2004, I attended my first trade show. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. We started with the goal of building something great that would change the world and last for a long time, which is why it has never made sense to me to congratulate people on accepting funding — that is the easy part. Insight Center.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Long-term Short-term Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Not so long ago, Nokia was the disrupter. Although Nokia introduced few radical new products, in the 1990s it was a bold, innovative company in broader business terms — more than most people realise. In 2004, three years before the iPhone, it rejected a proposal to develop a Nokia online applications store.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

When something isn’t working in health care, it can take a long time to change, but providers can reach their own unique breakthrough moment that serves as the catalyst for long-term transformation. In 2004, one of our patients, Mary McClinton, died because of an avoidable error while she was in our care.

Health Care 11

Health Care Quality Report Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A 2004 study showed that young leaders with mentors were more likely succeed professionally and experience career satisfaction. Form a leadership development group: Most of us have little time to reflect on the values and characteristics we want to define us as leaders, the difficulties we're facing, or the long-term impact we hope to have.

Mentor 15

Mentor Leadership Development Long-term Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In the course of leading six successful turnarounds and transformations at Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Wyeth, and two operating units within Novartis, I''ve learned that culture can be powerfully leveraged to enhance long-term success. Yet many executives don''t make culture a priority.

Company 9

Company Compliance Long-term Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. As Lerner summed it up for me in an interview, "There seemed to be a pretty positive track record in terms of technology companies after buyouts.". By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Bush faced John Kerry in their first Presidential debate in 2004, Bush criticized Kerry for having vacillated on the war in Iraq. Leaders who are able to come to terms with uncertainty and communicate it to employees may avoid such bad decisions. In the long term, honesty is the only sustainable strategy. When George W.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Long-term Policies Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Conventional wisdom has long held that, while technology may displace workers in the short-term, it does not reduce employment over the long-term. To those in fear of being replaced by automation, the fact that experts are divided may seem like consolation  unfortunately, its anything but.

Technology 10

Technology Long-term Short-term Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Instead, they are clear-minded about what they do best, developing a solid value proposition and building distinctive capabilities that will last for the long term. That’s how Lego went from losing a million dollars a day in 2004 to being the world’s largest toy company in 2015.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The China head of the packaging business, Li Xin, spent 13 years working in Sealed Air's American and Canadian operations before taking up the China assignment in 2004. That long stint earned him the trust of the global CEO, Bill Hickey, and his top management team. What matters in an emerging market isn't nationality alone.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO Long-term Operations 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 2, 2020

This threshold has been raised from the previous limit of $455 per week of 40 hours, which was set in 2004. The DOL says this revision was “long overdue in light of wage and salary growth since 2004. In the long run, this would be less of a burden for the employer. It is estimated that 1.3

Safe Harbor 84

Safe Harbor Proposal Long-term Comparison 84