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Book Review: Ruthless Focus

LDRLB

Wally Bock is a fixture in the online leadership community. The first two chapters lay out this thesis, the remaining chapters provide case studies on company’s that used each of the five strategies. When reading Ruthless Focus , the parallels to two authors develop immediately: Collins and Porter.

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

Harvard Business Review

Its most successful division, mobile telephony, was looking for a new head of software development at headquarters in Seoul. Hanguk’s leadership would be watching the project closely, because expansion to the Arab world was one of its top strategic objectives. I’ll have 25 developers reporting to me.”

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The Big Picture of Business: Leadership for the New Order of Business Part 1

Strategy Driven

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.

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Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

He has presided over an economic and social rebirth, with Rwanda making dramatic gains in health and development indicators ( watching its recent progress on Gapminder is a remarkable sight). So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come.

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Requiring Companies to Disclose Climate Risks Helps Everyone

Harvard Business Review

Over 20 years ago, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter introduced the Porter hypothesis , which posits that environmental regulation can benefit companies by nudging them to explore their current production methods and eliminate costly waste that they have been blissfully unaware of.

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

It is indicative of a new generation of leadership emerging at the top of many of the world's largest organizations. Witness Chris Lazslo's work on sustainable value , and Michael Porter's theorizing about shared value. And not just me, our whole leadership team. We as a company will invest a huge amount of time.