Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

W ITH the presidential election of 2020 upon us, here are some thoughts about the presidency: “Despite all of the trappings of power—the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue, Camp David, Air Force One, never having to sit in a traffic jam (ever!)—the Newt Gingrich, 2011. You can’t just appoint smart people.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

We see an interesting pattern across the professionally managed companies, those whose CEOs were hired by the board. That knowledge helped them understand how to make change happen inside an organization. As any manager knows, a generic-sounding list of values won’t move the culture needle unless leadership brings it to life.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it? 1] McKinsey & Co.,

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

In his first book, NINCOMPOOPERY: Why Your Customers Hate You-and How to Fix It , he leverages research across thousands of companies to show leaders how to find and kill the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy. And that’s only scratching the surface of everything we’re trying to manage in this brave new world.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. 1M/1M Program has a bold mission. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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