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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

Thought-full Thursday: Extending Awareness » Practicing Patience and Faith October 18th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus I was enjoying the Sunday newspaper and glanced outdoors. Ellen Mary Jo Asmus : October 20, 2010 at 8:32 pm Ellen, thanks for your kind words. Stay blessed! It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. If the CEO doesnt play this role, process improvement stays comfortably within functional boundaries. He wasnt a process manager.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In contrast to previous studies, we didn't find evidence that the COO's role is determined entirely by the CEO.

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Corporate China's Succession Struggles

Harvard Business Review

For the first time after China's economic reforms began, CEO succession is threatening to become a major problem, particularly for globally competitive companies such as Haier, Huawei, and Lenovo. Indeed, the choices the founder-CEOs make may well reshape their companies as well as the Chinese economy. 2011 will force China Inc.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

However, Nokia ran into trouble by underestimating the speed at which technological developments in the United States, pioneered by rivals such as Apple, are transforming the mobile telecommunications business. In 2010, China overtook Japan to become the world's second largest R&D spender (in purchasing power parity terms) after the U.S.

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

Newly minted CEO A.G. As he stated in a 2009 Harvard Business Review article, “the CEO’s [role] is to interpret the organization’s values in light of change and competition and to define its standards. Procter & Gamble provides another example. Lafley was thrust into the spotlight. Employees were disengaged. Lawrence A.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" All rights reserved.