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Overcoming Leadership Myopia

Michael Lee Stallard

Gradually over time, America has become overly obsessed about managing tasks. All the Six-Sigma, Lean, benchmarking and metrics in the world won’t help us lead people if we fail to recognize these realities. Leadership is all about the human experience. What can be done? As human beings we have emotions.

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1:1 Executive Coaching Program – Now Open for Enrollment

Six Disciplines

Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change. Industry Benchmark reports from three perspectives: (Financial, Market, Competition). Each of the logically ordered steps is clearly explained.”

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Corporate Universities Should Reflect a Company’s Ideals

Harvard Business Review

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. Here are some of GE’s principles for achieving those essential aims: A leadership institute should reflect the company’s leadership ideals.

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What Government Should Relearn from Business (And It's Not Efficiency)

Harvard Business Review

drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand. Of course, government has long looked to business for new ways of managing. Benchmarking was a key feature of President Clinton's effort at Reinventing Government. And as they do, business managers should take note.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Banner’s leaders made a conscious choice to eschew industry benchmarks in the cost initiative. Finally, the leadership team, in partnership with Booz & Company, invited people from across the system to collaborate in cost reduction. All of Banner’s C-suite leaders served on the leadership team for the G&A project.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. And it’s not just your company.