Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2018

Borrowing on the advice of the former CEO of Medtronic, Art Collins , authors Powell and Botelho outline Collins’ advice on the art of apology : Be personal. “The art of apology can make the difference between lost trust and ruined reputations and emerging stronger than ever.” Be focused.

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CEO Books Succession Charisma 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2011

As Jim Collins observes, of the 500 companies that appeared on the first Forbes 500 list in 1953 "only 71 have a place on the list today." We now face intense competition, narrowing margins, higher risk, inscrutable change, and greater punishment for being wrong. The landscape is littered with companies that didn't make it.

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Collins Rogers Wilde Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

I have a clock in my office that synchronizes itself at 1:00 am every day using a signal sent out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Fort Collins, Colorado, which has an advertised precision in the fraction-of-a-second range. It should be trustworthy, right? Not so — it can be wildly inaccurate.

Advertising 8

Advertising Collins Wilde Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

IBM''s transformation under CEO Lou Gerstner is the subject of an HBS case study by Lynda Applegate, Robert Austin, and Elizabeth Collins. This simple strategy proved wildly successful. Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management.

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Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. You don’t build – Jim Collins in his book Good to Great said the most important lead quality of leadership is humility… focused on other people.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. You don’t build – Jim Collins in his book Good to Great said the most important lead quality of leadership is humility… focused on other people.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 29, 2015

Clive Wilson is a writer, speaker, facilitator and business coach. He is a director of Primeast, a learning and development company based in the beautiful town of Harrogate in the county of North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, some 220 miles north of London. Primeast works primarily in the oil and gas, power, pharmaceutical and […].

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Pharmaceuticals How To Power Development 70