Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

By driving millions of transactional decisions with predictions about the future payment behavior of homeowners, Chase bolstered mortgage portfolio management, curtailing risk and boosting profit. This veritable Big Bang delivers a plethora of examples so great in number, only a computer could manage to learn from them. Introducing.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

It provided the opportunity to delve more deeply into my initial answers on the importance of knowing why I do what I do and how that influences my direction and future focus – a process I encourage you to do too! in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I started building CoachStation (website, social media etc.)

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . Five Trends .

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? The Cult of Influence. In much the same way that Google has defined a system that rewards those who produce findable content, there is a race on to develop a system that will reward those who wield the most social influence. Social Sharing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

They seem certain to intensify in global power and influence. It's now how silver haired executives — and 75 year old grandmas — read the news, manage their email and play games with the kids. The rise of accessible augmented reality technologies makes physical location matter more. Handheld Augmented Reality.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 12, 2012

Through this exploration, Thomas and Brook discuss organizational factors influencing successful decision-making including: Participative Problem-Solving Processes. Technology and Analytics. Our insights to high-risk decision management can be found in StrategyDriven ’s Decision-Making topic area. Power and Culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. Carrie Koens, from Weaving Influence, completes a pass to Julie Winkle Giulioni , who wrote Talent Management Systems: Sometimes the Cure Makes the Patient Sicker. New York Jets.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Five years later, you may be heading into 2012 with cellular-level awareness of how many people retweeted you today, or how many +1s you got for your latest blog post. That is not a world I want to live in ten years from now, or even in 2012. Perception quickly becomes reality. I will delete my Klout profile. (If

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ExactHire - Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In my previous two posts from this series, I discussed how changing demographics, views on the nature of work and the workplace, and rapid advances in technology have converged to create intense competition for talent in today’s job market. They managed by “walking around.” These leaders led from positional authority.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

About ten years ago, somebody sent me a PDF file of Dr. Deming’s “Some Notes on Management in a Hospital.” A system doesn’t design itself and a system doesn’t manage itself. This also includes managers and leaders who are so consumed with fire fighting and bureaucracy that they are not able to spend time helping improve the system.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. This bold strategic leap was, we found, in part facilitated by Nokia’s newly appointed board who actively attended to top managers’ emotions in 2012-2013.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

Procter & Gamble wanted to become “the most digital company on the planet” in 2012, but ran into growth challenges in a difficult economy. This kind of unfortunate decision has happened over and over again, in wave after wave of transformative business technology.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Ever since Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, observers have bemoaned boards of directors as being ineffective as both monitors and advisors of management. Institutional investors often are critical of CEOs’ influence over boards and have made efforts to help companies improve their governance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense. One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Overwhelmed?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

It’s become commonplace for observers to tout the transformative potential of digital technologies and bemoan the allegedly slow pace at which companies support these initiatives. And is the key to success here the technology, or fundamental segmentation and buying-process criteria? are picking up steam.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But the Strava case is prescient as we continue to develop digital technologies that influence the emotions and impulses that make us so darned human. Apologies are a "powerful and easy-to-use tool" for social influence, the researchers say. Technology' So Sorry Want People to Trust You? Just asking.) No surprise there.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In 2012, $10 billion in sales were made through mobile channels. Though many purchases influenced by mobile are completed on other channels (e.g. Without any way to credit mobile''s influence on purchases, it''s impossible to determine the ROI on mobile ads. Advertising Technology' "Mobile first." Lack of a closed loop.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012. The intelligent use of data will have a transformative influence on all points of care. Consumer technology offers direct access to patients.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In 2012, $10 billion in sales were made through mobile channels. Though many purchases influenced by mobile are completed on other channels (e.g. Without any way to credit mobile’s influence on purchases, it’s impossible to determine the ROI on mobile ads. Advertising Technology' “Mobile first.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

She developed compelling content to educate customers, prospects, advocates, and influencers on the new law. In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500. Antonio Lucio, Chief Brand Officer at Visa , created a customer engagement strategy for the 2012 Olympics. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Today it's rare to find a CEO who won't acknowledge the impact digital technology is having on their business. In a digitally driven economy, the preferred way for everyone to interact with a company is through internet technologies, such as a company's website, mobile interface, or Twitter feed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Like many of my classmates, shortly after college, I joined the ranks of a top strategy and management consulting firm. In fact, as recently as 2012, a Gallup poll revealed that 40% of U.S. Disclosure: this experience ultimately led me to leave that job and found Zarvana, a company that offers productivity technology and services.)

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. Technology to do this exists, and it has implications for what managers can do before, during, and after the events they sponsor or attend.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Below, you will find the most frequently mentioned responses prioritized from most to least important.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

When women start companies they quite naturally create more permeable and diverse management teams, having worked on gender diverse teams, or, conversely, having seen the pitfalls of being the token woman in a homogenous grouping. For many of the very largest market opportunities, technology is merely an enabler.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Center for Orthopedic Research and Education (or CORE Institute ) — a group of musculoskeletal, neurologic, and rehabilitative physicians in Arizona and Michigan that includes orthopedic, spine, and pain-management physicians and a number of other types of clinicians — is pioneering an approach that represents a middle ground.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. They had surged with the rise of digital camera only to peak in 2012, coming back down as smart phones became widely used. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

You’ve managed the same team for the past five years — then one day you find out that your most successful employee uses cognitive-enhancing drugs on the job. Meanwhile, the world of management remains stunningly silent. This scenario may not be hypothetical for long. — and work performance.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The MIT Forum launched an online survey in 2012 to understand what U.S. Another indication that near-shoring is accelerating is the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). production of cheap natural gas (using new fracking technology). One-hundred fifty-six U.S. A value of 50.0 Yes, the prices of oil have recently fallen.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For instance, midlevel managers may primarily affect their teams, but C-suite leaders can be expected to influence the majority of the organization. First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization. million in severance. million.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Below, you will find the most frequently mentioned responses prioritized from most to least important.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Nonetheless, between 2012 and mid-2103, Banner has captured nearly $70 million in savings, and by 2017, the savings will contribute $256 million annually to its bottom line. With these rules in place, 8 cross-functional teams—each composed of middle managers, a consultant guide, and a sponsor from the leadership team—were formed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Many technologies, such as computers, copiers, fax machines, and other office equipment are rapidly converging. In a network organization, leaders need to effectively influence people without line authority. People throughout the organization will be expected to routinely make decisions once reserved for managers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In 2012 only about 21% (420,000) of the 2,000,000 stay-at-home fathers in the U.S. It is impossible to overstate how these technological developments have expanded the choices available to many working couples. Our networks tend to tilt toward our own gender, and men are more likely to be in positions of influence in organizations.

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