Remove 2005 Remove Development Remove Innovation Remove Short-term
article thumbnail

Robert Iger's 20 Leadership Lessons

Leading Blog

Iger truly embraces innovation. When he took over as CEO in 2005, he laid out three strategic priorities saying it should be about the future, not the past : Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

article thumbnail

Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

As futurist Ray Kurzweil observed in 2005, in the near future, machine intelligence is going to exceed human intelligence. BDAI (for short) is excellent at making sense out of the current state. If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options.

CEO 66
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Navy from 2000 until 2005. When Admiral Clark became the chief, first term re-enlistment didn’t meet the Navy’s goal of 38 percent. As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. percent and the Navy had more sailors that it needed.

article thumbnail

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on Gender, Generations, and the Workplace of Tomorrow

HR Digest

The HR Digest: You’ve coined the term “20-first,” emphasizing the need for balance in leadership across genders, generations, and nationalities. Understanding differences in order to anticipate and serve customer needs and develop the best talent from across the globe. These skills now need to become more widespread.

article thumbnail

What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. These issues are referred to as strategic alignment and employee engagement. Connecting the U.S.

Long-term 207
article thumbnail

Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

And a recent working paper out of the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics ( DICE ), a think tank of sorts, focuses on the latter by exploring whether leveraged buyouts (LBOs) make firms more innovative. PE investors don’t typically invest in firms known for innovation. that didn’t undergo buyouts.

LBO 8
article thumbnail

The Best-Performing Emerging Economies Emphasize Competition

Harvard Business Review

Development economists over the ages have puzzled about why some emerging economies perform much better than others over the long term. The short answer we find from our research is: No. While our research found that firm-level innovation is high, we also note that policy plays an important role.