Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Restructurings may be an inevitable part of organizational life but living through them—even when you’re one of the lucky ones still standing—is challenging and stressful. “The goal is to create fun and reduce the seriousness of the situation.” What steps should you take to protect your job?

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Stress Uncertainty Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal is balance: A coherent company strikes a balance where the right product and service portfolio naturally thrives within a capabilities system consciously chosen and implemented to support a deliberate strategy or way to play. Second, a coherent system focuses strategic investment on what matters.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

Most of us try to keep work and home separate, but “we all have situations in which our personal and professional lives collide,” and how you handle these situations with your employees is often a test of your leadership. Be realistic about what they can accomplish and set goals they can meet.

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Crisis Management How To Stress 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. Tie goals to concrete results. better goal would be something like “Sell $100,000 worth of the new product.”

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Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

“But there’s an art to the ask,” says Diana Faison, a partner with leadership development firm Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. By understanding your boss’s interests and goals, and aligning those with your own case, you are more likely to get what you want. Case study #1: Know your worth.

How To 8

How To Case Study Restructuring Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

To give an example of just how hard it can be to prevent this from happening, let’s consider the case of Nokia. The voluminous case studies and articles about the firm would fill entire file cabinets in the typical business school storage area.

Company 8

Company Competitive Advantage Bureaucracy Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. His struggle to transform the Johnsonville Sausage Company into a beacon of enlightened business was chronicled widely and became a best-selling case study.

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Management Long-term System Delegation 8