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9 Tips for Navigating the Inevitable Unexpected

Leading Blog

Given that the global biotechnology market was valued at USD 1.55 Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. Assemble diverse teams with complementary skills and a shared vision. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined. Any wrong move can take you down.

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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. Most recently, she was a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Why does this matter? Know your stats.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

They are remarkably open to talented people from diverse backgrounds, and are highly skilled at giving future leaders the knowledge and experience they need to lead successfully in the global economy. companies actively promote executive officers with diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? Dynamism: A dynamic set of extended ties that evolves as you evolve.

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Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

Harvard Business Review

Looking at the executive teams we work with as consultants and those we teach in the classroom, increased diversity of gender, ethnicity, and age is apparent. Of course, there is a ways to go, but progress has been made. Since there is so much focus on the importance of diversity in problem solving, we were intrigued by these results.

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Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

Harvard Business Review

” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Of course it was natural for a boss to have mixed feelings about seeing a valued employee move on, but David was more than Mark’s manager: He was his mentor. ” Mark said.

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Give Impact Investing Time and Space to Develop

Harvard Business Review

Second, in addition to time, the sector needs a framework to measure success, one that makes sense of the sector’s inherent diversity. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum. We allowed microfinance and the venture capital industry the time and space to develop over a few decades.