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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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What to Do and Say After a Tough Reorganization

Harvard Business Review

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?

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A Guide to Winning Support for Your New Idea or Project

Harvard Business Review

If your new initiative involves, say, improving employee health, zero in on a particular goal, such as decreasing employees’ back pain or helping workers quit smoking. Your colleagues are more likely to respond to specific initiatives rather than lofty, ambiguous goals. Pick precisely where you want to focus. Gather feedback.

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How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Of course, many situations will be open-ended and in those cases, you can set interim deadlines when you get together to check in on how things are going and make adjustments as necessary. Be realistic about what they can accomplish and set goals they can meet. ” Be transparent and consistent.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

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. In an incoherent company, the relatively coherent division can grow.

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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

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.”