Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 5, 2016

To that end, as we make plans for what we’d like to achieve in 2016, here’s a look at my Top 10 Leadership Insights from 2015, insights that can help you to use your leadership to not only drive success in your organization in 2016, but create that kind of environment that will allow your employees to thrive under your care.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Environment Succession 100

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

At the current rate of change, it will take until the year 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles in our country.” America ranks number six in women’s economic participation and opportunity on the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Gender Gap Index of 136 countries. It’s a painful revelation. “At percent of the U.S.

Diversity 66

Diversity Competitive Advantage Participative Committee 66

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2020

29% of Americans believe that armed rebellion might be necessary in the near future to protect their liberties from government intrusion (Cassino, Jenkins, 2013). 3% of those polled (57 million individuals at the time of the study) admitted to intentionally ramming another vehicle (AAA 2014). Alston, the UN Study). It is hilarious.

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How To Bond Positioning Stress 109

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. I ended up with that job and found out what it really means to lead in a high turbulence environment.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. following the introduction of checklists.

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Hawthorne Effect Airlines Efficiency Letter 14

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Mostly because it’s fundamentally more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors.

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How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. In January 2013 the team came out with a “minimum viable product.” Leadership roles and responsibilities.

Ries 8

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Questions like this involving issues like politics, human rights, or equality often present themselves sooner or later for any business operating in global markets. According to Reuters reporting , until a few years ago the bank operated in Sudan, a country whose government was under U.S. sanctions, like Iran.

Politics 9

Politics Short-term Long-term Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

In contrast to “transformational” and “authentic” leadership, which has been criticized for being fuzzy and wishy-washy , “fitness leadership,” as we refer to it, offers a more concrete approach. When he was brought in as CEO in August 2014, the company wasn’t in great shape.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Walmart recently lost $20 billion in market cap in one day, in part because its leadership admitted it needs to invest more into its e-commerce operations. In 2013, Target even told the Securities and Exchange Commission that “digital sales represented an immaterial amount…of total sales.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Retail Loyalty Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. For example, after opening its first store in 2014, fast-food chain KFC recently opened its fifth branch in the country.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million.

Retail 9

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. Among their trophies in 2014 was a complete housecleaning at Darden Restaurants, the largest operator of full-service restaurants in the U.S. Leadership Boards' Dupont did not give in to Nelson Pelz’s demands, but it did make big changes in its board.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

To that end, Diebold recruited a new CEO in 2013, Andy W. Innovations at the top extend even to how the board itself operates, and Blackstone Group — one of the leading investment groups in the world — has been pressing the case. Boards Innovation Leadership' More blog posts by Michael Useem , Dennis Carey and Ram Charan.

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Innovation Committee Charan Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

France: Pushing quotas and operational roles. In 2014, are we witnessing a trickle-down effect? France is one of the rare countries to have so many of their most senior women in operational roles, rather than the staff and support function jobs that has been the initial answer of so many companies trying to balance their teams.

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Execution Committee Diversity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Getting the company back on its feet required a major boost in operating efficiency. We succeeded, but by 2013 we worried that we had taken our focus on results too far. In order to make our success sustainable, we decided to roll out a new “leadership model” for our middle- and upper-level managers.

Resistance 8

Resistance Long-term Short-term Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The Google/Alphabet metamorphosis has catapulted Sundar Pichai into one of the highest profile leadership jobs in Silicon Valley. The old Google had always been a tricky leadership challenge. Pichai’s leadership challenge is to build a new Google, keep it fresh and relevant to consumers, advertisers, and talent.

CEO 8

CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Depreciation IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The president made this goal even more formidable by promising that every American would have an electronic health record by 2014. In the end, the program got very close to fulfilling President Obama’s promise that every American would have an electronic health record by 2014.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. Operations Competitive strategy Technology'

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Tata Consultancy Services, the India-based information technology (IT) services and solutions company, operates in an environment it can neither predict nor change. The renewal approach to strategy aims to restore the vitality and competitiveness of a firm when it is operating in a harsh environment. Applying the Strategy Palette.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8