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Four Steps for Making Better Decisions

Next Level Blog

| Main | What Leaders Can Learn About Speaking from Martin Luther King » January 17, 2011 Four Steps for Making Better Decisions A friend recently gave me a copy of a new book that’s out now, The Price of Everything by Eduardo Porter.  I found Porter’s book to be a fun and thought provoking read.

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Leadership and The Attitude Contagion | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

Reply Gwyn Teatro August 16, 2010 at 4:18 am Hi Leslie, I love the phrase “misplaced Duchesses&# It paints a very vivid picture! Reply Gwyn Teatro August 16, 2010 at 4:19 am Thank you, Anne. You are the soul of generosity Reply Landon Creasy August 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm Great post Gwyn! I certainly agree with that!

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Andrés Iniesta’s Farewell, and How to Make Endings Count at Work

Harvard Business Review

Quality Sport Images/Getty Images. When he scored Spain’s winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final, he took off his jersey and revealed an undershirt displaying a handwritten dedication to his friend and fellow player Dani Jarque, who had died of a heart attack the year before. The game had ended.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation. Improving Financial Performance.

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3 Steps to Break Out in a Tired Industry

Harvard Business Review

” The men thought that these customers, on arrival, really did not need a porter to pick up their luggage and carry it to their room – after all, they had likely just brought it all the way from the airport on their own. In both 2010 and 2011, TripAdvisor voted citizenM “The Trendiest Hotel in the World.”

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. We see billions of people around the world striving to improve their quality of life, and ideas about what constitutes an improved quality of life shifting. And of course, more pressure on climate.

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How Bundled Health Care Payments Are Working in the Netherlands

Harvard Business Review

Bundled-payment efforts in both countries shift accountability to a single provider-led entity that must ensure quality, thereby emphasizing value over volume of care. A collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine , exploring cutting-edge ways to improve quality and reduce waste.