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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

What to Ask the Person in the Mirror : Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan. Best Leadership Books of 2009. Better Under Pressure : How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others by Justin Menkes. Decision Points by George W.

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BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

Today began with a drive East from my home in Connecticut to Saul Kaplan’s wonderful Business Innovation Factory Conference (called “BIF-6″) in Providence, Rhode Island. Driving into the sunrise on this sunny, clear day with a hint of Fall in the air was simply stunning. why is everyone smiling?

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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

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According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study.

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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

CO2

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study.

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Five Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation

LDRLB

In 2009, the company expanded to Brooklyn. Innovation business model innovation kaplan nonprofit' That first location was so successful that Housing Works soon opened another outlet to handle the demand, and then another, and another still. There are now ten Housing Works thrifts around the city.

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Can Walmart Get Us to Buy Sustainable Products?

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, Walmart was one of several companies that provided seed funding to start The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), jointly run by the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University. Rob Kaplan, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, gave an example of this important difference using electronics.

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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes.