Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2011

In The Happiness Advantage , Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research – including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS and KPMG – to fix this broken formula.

Stress 50

Stress Bottom-up Bond Case Study 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

And yet most business schools and leadership development programs still focus on those. These are still two of the most popular case studies taught in business schools, and because of them, we believe we know why organizations self-inflict crises. Consider the Columbia and Challenger space shuttle disasters.

Ethics 8

Ethics CFO Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Lack of attentiveness to quality has cost the United States its global marketplace dominance. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Access to global markets. Customer retention.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

These are typically specific, functional abilities like project management, web development, financial analysis — or advisory skills that come from years of experience. “If you’re 22 and you’re not a web developer, you probably don’t have marketable skills,” he warns.

Planning 8

Planning Outsourcing Case Study Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

And, who needs development and in what areas?” Case Study #1: Create a culture where team members help each other and collaborate. Case Study #2: Talk to your employees one-on-one about their share of the collective workload. “I knew her work ethic,” he says. Who are my players?

Delegation 8

Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2011

Business development. However, the manual writing of spreadsheets gave us the chance to digest and learn from the information, developing the skills to better program for our audience. The case studies become the substance of what we provide future clients. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

Learning-by-Doing 63

Learning-by-Doing Leadership Strategic Planning Open-book 63

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism degenerates into narrow self-interest without a strong ethical foundation.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. A Green Vision.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

s Human Development Index and the standard economic measure of per capita GDP illustrates just how important it is to develop a neutral, long-term-focused metric for progress. Many wealthy societies have low human-development scores (e.g., The contrast between the U.N.'s Which societies display the best Technik today?

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. It far transcends financial analysis made by other people.I

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57