Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Gautam Ghosh on Organizations 2.0 : Innovation and HR's Quest to be Strategic -  There is a seemingly endless drumbeat of calls for the human resources function to be more strategic.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

 As listed above The Conference Board's mission statement provides a clear purpose for existence and its carefully defined values of relevance, openness, collaboration, innovation, and integrity provide crystal clear guidance on how it will execute this mission.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

Each morning you will be delivered a handful of stories on a variety of leadership topics such as strategic management, innovation, employee development and succession planning, managing in a global economy, and sustaining a competitive edge - just to name a few.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

So far Peters has posted close to 20 videos that explore a variety of ways to pursue excellence both personally and professionally including servant leadership, personal branding, innovation, performance management, and thriving during the recession - just to name a few.   Not big on online video?   Not big on online video?

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 30, 2010

Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future. Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future.  Saying that Bryan is involved in the HR profession is a bit of an understatement!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

At one well-regarded web services firm, the new CEO wanted her company to become more customer-focused – indeed “customer-obsessed.” ” She felt the company’s existing analytics and processes simply didn’t go far enough in improving customer experiences.

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LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

People who are on the edges of innovation or leadership or management. We’re here to chat about Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes. You know, we’re using satellite technologies at the time. Right, or the company, or whatever it is. Sometimes they’re researchers or scholars.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors? HBR Staff/YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. These constant changes made it difficult for employees to stay excited about a company that had previously been an industry bellwether.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. But, as befits a company that has been around for 130 years, GE is moving on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

Winning Friends and Influencing People How Advanced Socialbots Have Infiltrated Twitter MIT Technology Review Ah yes, those pesky Twitter bots. But "as our own history suggests, the economic impact of technology piracy isn''t straightforward," with examples of patents and trade secrets both helping and hurting innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. Whereas Gerstner famously declared "the last thing IBM needs is a vision," Palmisano had a clear vision for the company.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The generation we call the 'silent' generation and the early Boomer cohort exemplified the 'sold my soul to the company store' gospel. If I recall correctly, Jack Welch wrote that you can only have one priority, you need to pick which it will be. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. For those who read less, one strong motivator is to apply more of the ideas into innovative action plans for that day.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. Our communications technologies have dramatically improved, and we have instantaneous access to massive amounts of information. Fast forward to today, and we live in a different world.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Rarely do people point to encouraging employees to disagree with their managers, as Amazon does, or firing top performers, as Jack Welch did at GE. Each of these companies has aligned and integrated its culture and brand to create a powerful engine of competitive advantage and growth.

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CO2

JUNE 30, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Technology and its role in travel 2.0 All Rights Reserved. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The very idea of leading people in jobs is changing with the democratization of work and the continued advance of digital technology. Digital technology is increasing the complexity and options associated with this plurality of work. As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? and has studied emerging business and technology trends. Most established companies focus on short-term financial metrics geared towards shareholder returns. This asymmetry on decision velocity is a competitive advantage that AI will play in companies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bravo Nando… Jack Welch - The former Chairman and CEO of GE reminded us of the value of candor. Candor, clarity, humility, passion and a heart for service characterize Jack Welch. Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation.

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