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Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down?

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Within weeks he had secured a contract with a major airline to accelerate kiosk rollout in 20 airports and buy software upgrades across their locations. She paused. "I

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Embrace Wild Thinking to Grow Your Business

Skip Prichard

Study some of the most interesting and diverse group of companies such as Google, Twinings, Dropbox and even Wimbledon and you end up with fascinating stories, case studies, and research useful to every brand. Nick Liddell is Director of Consulting and Richard Buchanan is Managing Director and a founding partner.

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Making Sense of Zappos’ War on Managers

Harvard Business Review

His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. Two years in, Stayer fired three top managers because they kept deferring to him. ” Stayer soon became the darling of management gurus.

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Customer Reference Programs at The Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

As CMO Scott Olrich — whose start up firm, Responsys , has landed marquee customers like Southwest Airlines, Whole Foods, LEGO, Harley-Davidson, ESPN and the National Basketball Association — put it at our 2012 Summit on Customer Engagement , "customer advocacy is marketing and marketing is customer advocacy.". Big mistake.

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Customer Reference Programs at The Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

As CMO Scott Olrich — whose start up firm, Responsys , has landed marquee customers like Southwest Airlines, Whole Foods, LEGO, Harley-Davidson, ESPN and the National Basketball Association — put it at our 2012 Summit on Customer Engagement , "customer advocacy is marketing and marketing is customer advocacy.". Big mistake.

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The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track

Harvard Business Review

As a manager, it’s your job to make sure people don’t go off on tangents or give endless speeches. The good news is that meeting management isn’t rocket science; you probably already know what you should be doing. “The As a manager, it’s up to you to ensure that people feel comfortable enough to contribute. Manage ramblers.

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Convincing Skeptical Employees to Adopt New Technology

Harvard Business Review

According to a study by MIT Sloan Management Review and Capgemini Consulting, the vast majority of managers believe that “achieving digital transformation is critical” to their organizations. The goal, says Mankins, is to “implicitly raise the cost of not using the new technology.”