Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other.

Books 453

Books Leadership Open-book Wiseman 453

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

Water, no ice, please,” said Noelle Freeman, the CFO of Franklin Climate Systems. Franklin was in the business of designing, engineering, and manufacturing climate control systems for cars and SUVs. Watching the clouds out her window at 30,000 feet, she’d been deep in thought.

Case Study 13

Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 13

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2012

Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc…. It will help prepare you before the program, and give you a support system after the program. Maintain your energy level. More energy = more learning = more ROI.

Execution 231

Execution Development ROI Participative 231

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Invest in Growing HR When companies have a skeleton crew working the HR tasks and handling everything from conflict resolution to payroll tracking, there is very little energy that can be dedicated towards strategic planning. They need to explore how they can help HR become a strategic partner by providing them with the resources they need.

Strategic Planning 98

Strategic Planning Reputation Long-term Human Resources 98

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Starting Over – Without being hampered by systems/processes that haven’t worked, you can create as you go. By studying swings of the pendulum (likelihoods of failures), one better understands their progress. Immediate Feedback – It is far better to succeed or fail.

Succession 82

Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 82

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The innovative system promised to reduce local governments’ energy consumption and maintenance costs and improve their constituent relationships.

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

The Service First Video Library is a powerful video-based training system making it easy to train any number of employees – with no limits – with immediate results. Build a high-energy workplace that accelerates performance, generates more profits, increases sales and provides outstanding customer service.

Newsletter 162

Newsletter Library Video Class 162

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But the IT systems we’ll need to put in place to handle the loan applications are complex. “They’re good.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The workers standing near him applauded.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Editor's Note: Like HBR's traditional case studies, this online-only "flash" case study dramatizes a dilemma frequently faced by leaders in real companies. We still haven't figured out how to put the energy data in a format that's truly useful to customers. We're not ready to request a pilot launch.

Case Study 9

Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Wayne walked Gretchen around, showing her some of the updates to the refrigeration system. Are the brothers still talking about closing us down?" Shawn asked.

Case Study 10

Case Study Retail Transportation Niche Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Managing multiple brands, running separate IT systems, setting different price structures — it would be a mess.". The energy there is great.

Case Study 8

Case Study Brand How To Beyer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Her mentors had told her to trust the system, to be patient, to wait for the right opportunity. Anything for you?" the waiter asked Betsy Sugarman. A Higher Standard.

Case Study 12

Case Study Travel Quinn Career 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While that has long been considered traditional retirement age, Boomers are known for bucking the system. Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge.

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

This book contains original case studies in which the author was directly involved, not a rehash of others that have appeared elsewhere. Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Drucker 62

Drucker Senge Strategic Planning Newsletter 62

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Guidelines 62

Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge. Manager can avoid this by taking some steps now to prepare for the day when key workers leave.

How To 62

How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

But most of us need a little extra motivation, especially for boring work like recording billable hours, uncomfortable tasks like facing awkward conversations with dissatisfied clients, or major projects like writing a complex case study. Setting up a compelling reward system can help you power through your to-dos.

How To 8

How To Case Study Download Sports 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets offers dozens of examples to clarify precisely how buying decisions can be facilitated through the right kind of questions, including an in-depth case study of a marketing manager who recognizes the need for a better website and wants to bring in an external design team.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

To understand sustainable success, I compared perpetual winners with long-term losers in professional and amateur sports and then matched the findings to business case studies for my book Confidence. Positive moods produce physical energy and the resilience to persist after setbacks. Solid support system.

Skills 16

Skills Absenteeism Sports Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

When you stop to think about it, you’ll realize that your fans and followers are essentially volunteering their time and energy to serve as developers, sounding boards, and advertisements for your company. Pitfall #3: Neglecting to find ways to encourage and inspire your Social Nation’s followers and fans.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

You think the company’s IT system is out of date. Lois Kelly, co-author with Carmen Medina (see case study #1) of the upcoming book, Rebels at Work: Befriending the Bureaucratic Black Belts and Leading Change from Within , says the smartest people carefully calculate what’s worth their time and energy.

How To 12

How To Case Study Politics Reputation 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

And yet, workers may increasingly be tempted to band together, as support systems for the working class (housing subsidies, food stamps, lower tax rates, etc.) Work increasingly isn’t, or isn’t only, a matter of producing things, but of supplying your energies, physical and emotional, in the service of others," writes Myerscough. "It

Micromanagement 8

Micromanagement Case Study Innovation Review 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Leadership usually does not happen in just one particular instance, but often involves a complex system of moves/actions to accomplish a goal over a period of time. Leaders direct their energies toward others to achieve something together. Third, leadership is a process. Fourth, leadership includes attention to common goals.

Servant Leader 107

Servant Leader Leadership Styles Short-term Tactics 107

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

This compromises your immune system and your ability to experience relaxation.” The goal is to “use that adrenaline pop” to focus your nervous energy, “heighten your attention, and really apply yourself.”. Case study #1: Think positive thoughts. Case study #2: Vent to someone who will help you recover and move on.

Stress 13

Stress How To Real Estate Case Study 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

This compromises your immune system and your ability to experience relaxation.” The goal is to “use that adrenaline pop” to focus your nervous energy, “heighten your attention, and really apply yourself.”. Case study #1: Think positive thoughts. Case study #2: Vent to someone who will help you recover and move on.

Stress 13

Stress How To Real Estate Case Study 13

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A 130-year-old energy conglomerate, Black Hills doubled its workforce to about 2,000 employees after an acquisition. Like many energy companies, a combination of challenges — an aging workforce, the need for specialized skills, and a lengthy timeline for getting employees to full competence — created a significant talent risk.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Metrics Bottom-up 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

Like HBR's traditional case studies, HBR.org's Management Puzzles are based on academic research into business problems. This story was inspired by the Harvard Business School case study " Olympia Machine Company, Inc. ," by Frank V. We devote a huge amount of energy and a lot of money to keeping our sales force happy.

P&L 12

P&L Management Chemicals Case Study 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Media 58

Media Learning-by-Doing Newsletter Blog 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

V"), an ophthalmologist with crippled fingers who started the Aravind Eye Care System in 1976 — with no business plan, money or resources. The case study written about Aravind has been required reading for all Harvard Business School students for over a decade. Aravind now sees 2.7 Aravind now sees 2.7

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Franchising Quality Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The answer lies in a complex economic system whose informal origins date to the mid-19 th century and whose central idea rests on geographical proximity. Interviews, case studies and ethnographies tell us proximity matters to certain industries. Think Silicon Valley, Wall Street or Hollywood.

Fashion 8

Fashion Industry Parcell Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

The Syngenta story, like the other three case studies in the article, had a clear protagonist, a "corporate catalyst": someone who marshaled resources both inside and outside the company and built organizational support for the disruptive growth strategy.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Globalization Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In our case study on Central Park, we elaborate on ways she built and maintained her team’s momentum, and we discuss the Park’s current forty-nine team, decentralized zone management system.)

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

If not, can you make a case for future profitability based on similar business models used by others in different sectors or geographies? Root Capital , a lender to small-scale farmers in the developing world, discussed a potentially large market-rate loan from a major bank a few years ago.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Business Model Case Study Globalization 8