Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

At the same time, our prediction is that AI will also lead to a greater emphasis on the “soft” elements of leadership — the personality traits, attitudes, and behaviors that allow individuals to help others achieve a common goal or shared purpose. Vision has always played an important role in effective leadership.

Leadership 8

Leadership Short-term Agility Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

The performance engine is bigger, is the center of power, and can justify resources based on short term financial results. The strategy is fuzzy, and traditional metrics can't be applied early in the process, because that which is truly new has no frame of reference nor benchmark. An inspiring, shared vision of the future.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Technologies will change, distribution channels for content will change, usage environments will change. This is often the reason why thoughtful quantitative analysis that incorporates macro-economic trends, market share, competitive strategies, retail analysis and technological assessments so often misses the mark. Think about it.

Benchmarking 13

Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns. Similarly, Toyota (#11) encourages innovation by removing some of the pressure for short-term returns.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures. While the execution of a conventional strategy lends itself to linear progress and clear benchmarks, innovation often proceeds by S-curves , moving at a slow crawl until it explodes at an exponential rate.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Their goal was to help entrepreneurs and those inside established companies adopt a new approach, “one better suited to high-potential projects whose prospects are uncertain at the start.” In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. ” Step 2: Do benchmarking.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need. Instead of selling the concept of the “connected home,” Nest focused on specific problems their customers wanted to solve in addition to good technology. But products often fall short of these high expectations. billion in 2014. Fix or kill? Fix or kill?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

And second, they need to ensure that – even with respect to strategy and operations – board scrutiny doesn’t result in an over-emphasis on conforming to benchmarks and industry norms. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Letting your ETR slip to the benchmark could risk your customers’ trust.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Ask anyone in technology. On a short-term basis, the only thing they can expect in return for focusing on data is the headaches that follow from explaining, justifying, and evaluating their operations to colleagues and investors. FedEx isn’t in the business of optimizing supply chain activities using global benchmarks.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Through culture, organizations are able to establish and manage their sustainability goals such as social impact, environmental footprint, employee engagement, satisfaction, etc. PMI corporate culture identifies the need for employers to seek long-term achievements while proposing corporate goals and objectives. .

Globalization 40

Globalization Human Resources Long-term Diversity 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Crucially, he concludes that our unconscious mental frames “shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions.” The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8