Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

When he was brought in as CEO in August 2014, the company wasn’t in great shape. Since September 2016, Torkild has spent a couple of days a week at the Björn Borg headquarters, attending workshops, meetings, and fitness tests; having lunch with and talking with employees; and participating in sports hours (25 to date).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Moreover, the skills that are cherished and rewarded for achieving current results differ from those that aid in discovery and experimentation, both of which are needed to drive innovation. As a result, fostering a true culture of innovation in big companies is often an aspiration rather than a reality.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a 2014 survey from Deloitte , 86% of business leaders know that their organizations’ future depends on the effectiveness of their leadership pipelines — but a survey of 2,200 global HR leaders found that only 13% are confident in their succession plans, with 54% reporting damage to their businesses due to talent shortages.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

For their part, they need to figure out how to help the veteran employee connect and work with civilian coworkers, learn new skills and concepts, and adapt to the civilian workplace within a reasonable timeframe. This means that only about two in 10 veterans will hold their first non-military job for more than two years.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Recently, New York Times columnist David Brooks reflected on Sting’s talk at the 2014 TED conference, in which he revisited his childhood as a middle-aged man, seeking inspiration from some of his earliest experiences. Through Echoing Green’s Work on Purpose program , I lead a workshop dedicated to this very concept.

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Career Participative Learning-by-Doing Workshop 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

GE vice chairman Beth Comstock spoke to the issues of speed and continual customer input in a 2014 interview, when she said, “We work in these very complex, deep industrial technologies. Most large companies are populated more by skilled operators than by innovators hunting for underserved markets or new business opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This is increasingly risky, as contingent and other non-full-time workers possess more of your vital strategic skills and deal with sensitive intellectual property. In 2014, the company set a strategic goal to double revenue by 2020, which required disciplined focus on specific strategic growth trajectories.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

HMSHost will be launching workshops on engagement across the entire company. After a skills training and a 10-week paid internship, 75% of This Way Ahead graduates receive offers for positions at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic stores. Offer professional-development opportunities. There is also a business case for raising wages.

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Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A hallmark of skilled leaders and teams is that, as their organizations grow larger and older, as the footprint of a change program expands, they keep looking for signs of once useful but now unnecessary roles, rules, traditions, processes, products, strategies, and services. Yet scaling is also a problem of less.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

The question is, do your executives have the skills and experience to lead a cross-functional process focused organization? She provides consultation, workshops and training programs for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, and government organizations. About the Author.

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